可可电台，每期节目一话题，让英语磨练耳朵的同时学到更多有益的小知识，丰富知识的同时受益于生活。

The advantages of learning a foreignlanguage.

学习一门外语的优势

You become smarter

变得更聪明

Speaking a foreign language improves the functionality of your brain by challenging it to recognise, negotiate meaning,and communicate in different language systems.

讲外语会迫使你的大脑去识别、调整语义，并且在不同的语言系统中交流，以此提升大脑的功能。

This skill boosts your ability to negotiate meaning in other problem-solving tasks as well.

此技能也会帮助你在解决其他问题时懂得调整。

Students who study foreign languages tend to score better on standardised tests than their monolingual peers, particularly in the categories of maths, reading, and vocabulary.

学习外语的学生，和只会讲一种语言的同学相比，更倾向于在标准化考试中取得更好的成绩，尤其是在数学、阅读和词汇这些范畴。

【知识点津】

monolingual adj.<术>单语的，只用一种语言的

例句：

owever, he is monolingual only fluent in Japanese, and considers himself Japanese.

然而，只有他一个人会说日语，并认为自己是日本人。

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