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For most of us it just happens.
對于大多數人 說話是自然而然的事
It's such a sophisticated skill
這是一項精妙復雜的技能
and yet children learn it so easily with minimal effort at all.
而孩子們卻能夠輕而易舉地掌握
That's Mummy.
那是媽媽
And when you start thinking about it,
當我們仔細回味時就覺得
it is quite miraculous how the brain does it.
大腦做到這一切的方式多么不可思議
But despite decades of research,
盡管經過了數十年的研究
how we learn to talk remains a mystery.
我們如何學會講話依舊是個未解之謎
How did this ability evolve?
這種能力是如何進化的
Why is it uniquely human?
為什么這是人類所特有的
And is it something we are born with
它是我們與生俱來的
or something that we learn?
還是后天習得的
It strikes me it's surprising and odd that
這讓我覺得很驚奇
we know an enormous amount about, for example,
我們知道很多東西 比如說
the first fractions of a second in the history of the universe,
宇宙歷史開始時那零點幾秒的故事
but we really know very little at all
但對于什么東西使我們成之為人類
about what makes us human and where language comes from.
以及語言來自何處 我們幾乎一無所知
