科學(xué)60秒:多學(xué)幾國語言可延緩老年癡呆
來源：滬江聽寫酷
2011-07-16 10:00
[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.
【視聽版科學(xué)小組榮譽(yù)出品】
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.
【視聽版科學(xué)小組榮譽(yù)出品】
mental benefits
hindered
the other languages are always present in the background
prioritizing tasks
mental decline
大家好（西班牙語），我是辛西婭（法語）。
多項(xiàng)研究表明，我所掌握的多國語言除了用于和當(dāng)?shù)厝私徽勚膺€有利于智力健康。美國賓州州立大學(xué)的朱迪斯?克羅在2月18日舉行的美國科學(xué)促進(jìn)會(huì)年會(huì)上談?wù)摿怂亩囗?xiàng)實(shí)驗(yàn)室研究發(fā)現(xiàn)。
人們一般認(rèn)為會(huì)說兩國語言的小孩子在認(rèn)知發(fā)展過程中，能力會(huì)受到阻礙。但是研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，無論是掌握雙語的小孩還是成人，在處理多項(xiàng)任務(wù)以及關(guān)注重要信息時(shí)都比常人表現(xiàn)得出色。原因在于在處理一種語言任務(wù)的同時(shí)，他們掌握的另一種語言也在無形之中起著重要的作用。因此，掌握多種語言的人時(shí)刻都在選擇一種適合時(shí)宜的語言。朱迪斯?克羅在最近的一項(xiàng)研究報(bào)告中指出，上述研究發(fā)現(xiàn)在使用美國手語以及書面英語的聾啞學(xué)生身上得到了驗(yàn)證。
來自加拿大約克大學(xué)的艾倫?貝里斯托談到雙語兒童在區(qū)分任務(wù)輕重方面要比使用單一語言的同齡人更出色。艾倫還發(fā)現(xiàn)掌握多種語言還有助于防治阿爾茨海默氏癥、癡呆等與年齡相關(guān)的智力衰退。
看來我能在這段播客中的各個(gè)話題之間轉(zhuǎn)換自如還多虧【我會(huì)說多國語言呢】（希伯來語）~
