The Benefits of Being Bilingual

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According to the latest figures, the majority of the world's population is now bilingual or multilingual, having grown up speaking two or more languages.

最新數(shù)據(jù)表明，如今，從小就操兩種或者多種語言的雙語者及多語者在世界人口中占大多數(shù)。

In the past, such children were considered to be at a disadvantage compared with their monolingual peers.

過去認(rèn)為，這樣的孩子不如同代說一種語言的孩子。

Over the past few decades, however, technological advances have allowed researchers to look more deeply at how bilingualism interacts with and changes the cognitive and neurological systems, thereby identifying several clear benefits of being bilingual.

但是，幾十年過去了，研究者能借助先進(jìn)的技術(shù)深入研究雙語與認(rèn)知和神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)之間的關(guān)系及使后者發(fā)生的變化，進(jìn)而確定了雙語者的幾個(gè)明顯優(yōu)勢(shì)。