外刊精读3/经济学人/ 双语的好处

Speak more than one language

Related words:

1. two-tongued = bilingual 双语的
2. oscillate between two languages 两种语言转换
3. dialect 方言
4. acquire language 习得语言
5. keep track of what are you saying = grasping other perspectives = understand

Vocabulary:

1. material poverty 物质匮乏
2. undernourished 营养不良的
3. sit/ take/ attend the test 参加考试
4. How things have changed = how time flies 时间过得真快
5. It has become almost common knowledge that 已经成为一种常识
6. stacks of 大量的
7. notably 显著的
8. suppress 压制，压抑
9. Swing 摇摆
10. incongruent 与什么不一致
11. subject 研究对象 control subject 对照组
12. adept in = be good at 擅长
13. hint 示意， n 暗示和线索 drop a hint, 留线索 take a hint 使用线索
14. leg-up 帮助
15. notional 概念上的
16. offspring 下一代
17. get a big lift 得到提升
18. humility 谦虚

Nice sentence:

1. (双语者的3个好处）Two-tongued people enjoy a variety of non-linguistic advantages. Most notably, they have shown that bilinguals get dementia on average four years later than monolinguals, and that they have an edge in（有优势） "executive control" - a basket of abilities that aid people doing complex tasks, irrelevant information and updating working memory. As well as that, a second language expands the number of people you can talk to. It adds to the ways you can say things, and so offers a second point of view on the whole business of expression. In addition, bilingualism may help you understand other people. In other word, people who speak two languages are better at grasping other perspectives, perhaps because they are always keeping track of who speaks what, a regular reminder that everyone is different.
2. (为什么双语能力会产生产生以上好处）Although the philosophy behind the benefits I mentioned before is unclear, there is a hypotheis, go popular, which suggests that having two languages means suppressing one when speaking the other, a kind of constant mental exercise that makes the brain healthier. That is why the ability of speaking two or more languages can delay the onset of dementia.