喝酒能让你的口语更流利？_BEC初级作文

喝酒能让你的口语更流利？

虽然酒精并没有影响学生们对自己的打分，但他们中摄入了酒精的人获得了评估者更高的分值，特别是他们的口语得分。

So what's going on? We know that alcohol has a detrimental effect on our brain's executive functioning, including our memory, our attention, and our inhibitions. A lot of these functions are important for speaking a non-native language.

这是怎么回事呢？我们都知道酒精对大脑的运行功能有负面的影响，包括我们的记忆功能，注意力，抑制力等等。这些功能中许多对说外语都非常重要。

At the same time, we know that booze also improves confidence and reduces social anxiety, which is also helpful when you're trying to talk in another tongue, especially if you've only just learned it.

但同时我们也知道酒精能提升自信，减少社交焦虑，因而在你学习用外语交流，特别是你刚刚入门的时候，酒精也能发挥助力。

"One possible mechanism could be the anxiety-reducing effect of alcohol," says one of the researchers. "But more research is needed to test this."

“酒精之所以能发挥这种机制，或许与它减少焦虑的作用有关。”一位研究者说道，“不过这一理论还需要进一步的研究测试。”

With only 50 people involved in the research, we should be wary of making too many generalisations on this study alone, but it's an interesting pointer towards how a little bit of drink could grease the wheels as far as talking in a foreign language is concerned.