可可電臺,每期節目一話題,讓英語磨練耳朵的同時學到更多有益的小知識,豐富知識的同時受益于生活。
The advantages of learning a foreign language.
學習一門外語的優勢
You become more perceptive
更能明察事理
A study from Spain's University of Pompeu Fabra revealed that multilingual people are better at observing their surroundings.
來自西班牙龐培法布拉大學的一項研究揭示:講多種語言的人更會觀察他們周圍的環境。
They are more adept at focusing on relevant information and editing out the irrelevant. They're also better at spotting misleading information.
他們更擅長于集中注意力在相關信息上,同時排除無關干擾,他們也更擅長于找出迷惑性信息。
Is it any surprise that Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot are skilled polyglots?
名偵探夏洛克·福爾摩斯和赫爾克里·波洛都通曉多種語言,你還覺得驚奇么?
【知識點津】
polyglot n.通曉多種語言的人
例句:
a polyglot who speaks four languages.
能說四門語言的人
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