学习一门外语的优势-更能明察事理

The advantages of learning a foreign language.

 

学习一门外语的优势

 

You become more perceptive¹

 

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.

 

 

They are more adept² at focusing on relevant information and editing out the irrelevant³. They're also better at spotting misleading information.

 

 

Is it any surprise that Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot are skilled polyglots⁴?

 

 

1 perceptive   

adj.知觉的，有洞察力的，感知的

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• He is very perceptive and nothing can be hidden from him.他耳聪目明，什么事都很难瞒住他。

2 adept   

adj.老练的，精通的

参考例句：

• When it comes to photography,I'm not an adept.要说照相，我不是内行。
• He was highly adept at avoiding trouble.他十分善于避开麻烦。

3 irrelevant   

adj.不恰当的，无关系的，不相干的

参考例句：

• That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
• A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上，一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。

4 polyglots   

n.通晓多种语言的人( polyglot的名词复数 )

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