It's one of life's truths: Being bilingual or multilingual can only be considered a good thing. The ability to travel seamlessly in another country; to interact with people you wouldn't otherwise be able to communicate with; to really understand and immerse yourself in another culture, whether it be your own or another's; and on the most trivial level, to order off a menu and truly know what you're ordering.
生活的真相是:會講兩種或多種語言只會有益??梢詿o障礙地去另外一個國家旅行;和那些如果你不會講外語就無法與其溝通的人互動;真正地品讀和沉浸在另外一個文化里,無論是你自己的或者他人的;還有最微不足道的好處,可以自己點餐同時知道自己點的是啥。
But aside from all these reasons, there is a multitude of research showing how speaking more than one language is also good for your health -- particularly, the health of your brain. Here's where the bilingual among us have an advantage:
但是,除這些原因以外,大批研究表明會講外語對你的健康——尤其是大腦的健康也很有益。以下就是我們中會講外語的人占據優勢的原因: