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Have you ever felt like a different person in another language?
你們有沒有過這種感覺：換一種語言，就像變了一個人？
2
I have, and it took me years to understand why it happens.
我有過，而且我花了好幾年才明白為什麼會這樣。
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It's often said that learning a language opens doors.
人們常說，學習一門語言能開啟許多扇門。
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What I've come to believe is that it also rewires the mind.
而我逐漸相信，它還會重塑我們的思維。
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At forty-one, I moved to Lisbon, and I knew no Portuguese.
41歲那年，我搬到了里斯本，一句葡萄牙語都不會。
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Ordering coffee felt like an exam, and I failed it daily.
點杯咖啡都像一場考試，而我天天不及格。
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About a year in, something shifted,
大約一年後，有些東西變了，
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and friends told me I was a different person in Portuguese.
朋友們說，我講葡萄牙語的時候像換了個人。
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I was louder and warmer, and I was far more patient!
我更大聲、更熱情，而且耐心多了！
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Some of the clearest evidence comes from a military academy in Sweden,
一些最有力的證據來自瑞典的一所軍事學院，
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where recruits learn languages like Arabic or Russian from scratch.
那裡的新兵要從零開始學阿拉伯語或俄語這樣的語言。
12
Researchers scanned their brains before and after three months of study.
研究人員在他們學習3個月的前後，分別掃描了他們的大腦。
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Parts of the brain linked to memory and language had physically grown!
大腦中與記憶和語言相關的區域，竟然真的長大了！
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Medical students, who were studying just as hard, showed no such change.
而同樣刻苦學習的醫學生，卻沒有出現這樣的變化。
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So it seems it wasn't hard work alone that made the difference.
所以看來，帶來差別的不只是努力本身。
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That study lasted months, but the benefits may well last decades.
那項研究只持續了幾個月，但它帶來的益處很可能會延續幾十年。
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In a Toronto memory clinic, Ellen Bialystok's team compared hundreds of patients.
在多倫多的一家記憶門診，Ellen Bialystok的團隊比較了數百名患者。
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Those who'd spoken two languages all their lives
那些一輩子都講兩種語言的人，
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developed symptoms of dementia around four years later!
出現失智症狀的時間晚了4年左右！
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Admittedly, not every study has found such a clear effect,
誠然，並非每項研究都發現瞭如此明顯的效果，
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but it's widely thought that juggling two languages keeps the brain flexible.
但人們普遍認為，在兩種語言之間來回切換能讓大腦保持靈活。
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Perhaps the most counterintuitive finding concerns how we make decisions.
也許最違反直覺的發現，與我們如何做決定有關。
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In 2012, a Chicago team gave people a classic decision problem,
2012年，芝加哥的一個團隊給受試者出了一道經典的決策題，
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framed either in terms of lives saved or lives lost.
表述方式要麼著眼於獲救的生命，要麼著眼於失去的生命。
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In their native language, people's choices flipped with the wording,
用母語時，人們的選擇會隨著措辭而反轉，
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but in a foreign language, the bias largely disappeared!
但換成外語，這種偏差基本上消失了！
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The less emotional a language feels, the more calmly we decide.
一種語言給人的情感衝擊越小，我們做決定就越冷靜。
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It isn't that I'm a nicer person in Portuguese,
並不是說我講葡萄牙語時人就變好了，
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it's that I have to slow down and choose every word.
而是因為我得放慢速度，斟酌每一個詞。
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Had I never left my comfortable English-only life,
如果我從未離開那種只說英語的舒適生活，
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I'd never have met this side of myself.
我永遠不會遇見自己的這一面。
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So, provided you're willing to feel a little foolish,
所以，只要你們願意讓自己顯得有點傻，
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start a language, and allow yourself to be bad at it.
就開始學一門語言吧，允許自己學得不好。
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What if a new version of you is waiting in another language?
如果在另一種語言裡，有一個全新的自己正在等著你們呢？
35
Thank you — or, as I'd now say, obrigada!
謝謝大家——或者，用我現在的說法：obrigada！
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節 C1 級別的口語課以影片“SEtalk: What a Second Language Does to Your Brain”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：language, Portuguese, brain, lives, study。 這段影片共有 35 個句子、362 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 2:26。 說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 149 個詞，很適合跟讀。 只有 79% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙難度較高。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中最難的 8 個單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| counterintuitive 形容詞 | /ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv/ | 反常識 /反常識, 反直覺 /反直覺 |
| juggling 名詞 | /ˈd͡ʒʌɡəlɪŋ/ | 變戲法 /變戲法, 雜技 /雜技 |
| symptom 名詞 | /ˈsɪm(p)təm/ | 症狀 /症狀, 病徵 /病徵 |
| dementia 名詞 | /dɪˈmɛnʃə/ | 痴呆 /痴呆, 失智症 |
| recruit 動詞 | /ɹɪˈkɹut/ | 招聘, 徵兵 /徵兵 |
| foolish 形容詞 | /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/ | 笨, 傻 |
| researcher 名詞 | /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ | 研究員 /研究員, 研究者 |
| disappear 動詞 | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | 消失 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| slow down 動詞 | 減速 /減速, 放慢 |
值得反覆跟讀的句子
影片中簡短而完整的句子，可以直接用在日常對話裡：
- Have you ever felt like a different person in another language?
- I'd never have met this side of myself.
- What if a new version of you is waiting in another language?
- Thank you — or, as I'd now say, obrigada!
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 8 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 I'd, I'm, I've。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: dementia /dɪˈmɛnʃə/, foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: counterintuitive /ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv/, recruit /ɹɪˈkɹut/, foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
如何用這段影片練習
- 先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
- 用正常速度逐句跟讀，每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 counterintuitive, juggling, symptom 這類單詞。
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。