【科学60秒】多学几国语言可延缓老年痴呆_英语听力练习mp3下载-科学-沪江听力酷

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【科学60秒】多学几国语言可延缓老年痴呆

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[Hello. (in Spanish)] [My name is Cynthia. (in French)]
According to a variety of studies my languages may be providing ___1___ beyond the ability to chat with locals when I travel. Judith Kroll, from Penn State University, discussed findings from a number of her lab’s papers on February 18th at a session of the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Common thought, she explained, holds that bilingual children are ___2___ in their cognitive development. But it turns out that bilingual children and adults perform better when it comes to multitasking and focusing on important information. That’s because ___3___. So the multilingual is always making choices in selecting the appropriate language for a given situation. In the lab’s most recent paper, that scenario held true for deaf students who use American Sign Language and written English.
Ellen Bialystok, from Toronto’s York University, explained that bilingual children are better at ___4___ than monolinguals. She also found that multilingualism may help protect against age-related ___5___, such as Alzheimers and dementia.
So maybe [the fact that I speak a few languages (in Hebrew)] helps me pop between different topics for this podcast.
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