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The advantages of learning a foreign language.
学习一门外语的优势
You build multitasking skills
拥有同时执行多项任务的技能
Multilingual people, especially children, areskilled at switching between two systems of speech, writing, and structure.
能讲多种语言的人,尤其是小孩子,擅长在两种口语、写作和结构系统中转换。
According to a study from the Pennsylvania State University, this"juggling" skill makes them good multitaskers, because they can easily switch between different structures.
宾州州立大学的一项研究表明,这种“玩戏法”的技能让他们能够很棒地同时执行多项任务,因为他们可以轻易地在不同架构中转换。
In one study, participants used a driving simulator while doing separate, distracting tasks at the same time. The research found that people who spoke more than one language made fewer errors in their driving.
在一项研究中,参与者在使用模拟驾驶系统的同时做了其他分散注意力的事情。研究发现能讲多种语言的人在这种驾驶过程中更少出错。
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Multilingual adj.使用多种语言的
例句:
Additionally, in places like Hong Kong, multilingual access is usually expected.
还有,在香港这样的地方,多语言是很重要的一个功能。
switch vt.转换; 挥动(棍棒、鞭子等); 迅速转动; 鞭打
例句:
We had to make a switch in our arrangements.
我们不得不对我们的安排作些变动。
distract vt.使分心; 使混乱
例句:
She jabbered away, trying to distract his attention.
她喋喋不休,想分散他的注意力。
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