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but it later emerged that in her first three years
但不久之后人們發現她三歲之前
she lived in a domestic setting and had had human interaction.
一直生活在人類家庭 與人有過接觸
It meant the scientists
這意味著 在人類說話能力
were no closer to establishing
有多大程度是天生的這一問題上
how much of our ability to talk is innate.
科學家并未取得任何進展
The forbidden experiment has remained enticing but out of reach.
禁忌實驗依然只能遠觀而無法觸及
Until now...
直到今天
One scientist has found a unique way of getting round the ethical problem.
一位科學家獨辟蹊徑繞開了這一道德問題
Ofer Tchernichovski is studying something
奧弗·滕尼克斯基正在研究某種東西
linguists think might hold the key
語言學家認為那是
to whether speech and language is innate.
解開講話是否天生這一謎題的關鍵
The forbidden experiment is trying to see
禁忌實驗是為了探究
what speech and language human infants will develop
人類嬰兒在沒有語言交流的環境下
without any exposure to spoken language.
會發展怎樣的語言
