注釋 ：
bilingual [bai'li?ɡw?l]
adj. 雙語(yǔ)的
n. 通兩種語(yǔ)言的人
Researchers presented their newest studies last month at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The latest evidence shows that being bilingual does not necessarily make people smarter. But researcher Ellen Bialystock says it probably does make you better at certain skills. Imagine driving down the highway. There's many things that could capture your attention and you really need to be able to monitor all of them. Why would bilingualism make you any better at that? And the answer, she says, is that bilingual people are often better at controlling their attention -- a function called the executive control system.
研究人員在上月舉行的“美國(guó)科學(xué)促進(jìn)會(huì)”(AAAS)會(huì)議上提出了他們的最新研究結(jié)果。最新證據(jù)表明，通曉?xún)煞N語(yǔ)言并不意味著更聰明。但是研究員Ellen Bialystock表示，通曉多種語(yǔ)言能夠使你在某些技能方面更加出色。想像一下你在高速路上駕駛。有許多事情會(huì)吸引你的注意力，你必須能夠同時(shí)關(guān)注所有的事情。那么，為什么通曉?xún)煞N語(yǔ)言能夠提高你這一方面的能力呢？她說(shuō)，答案就是，通曉雙語(yǔ)的人通常更容易控制他們的注意力——這種能力叫做執(zhí)行控制系統(tǒng)。