2015年秋季中级口译翻译真题（二）

Researchers, educators and policy makers long considered a second language to be an interference that hindered a child’s academic and intellectual development.  But this interference, researchers are finding out, isn’t so much a handicap as a blessing in disguise. It forces the brain to resolve internal conflict, giving the mind a workout that strengthens its ability of knowledge acquisition. The bilingual experience appears to influence the brain from infancy to old age and there is reason to believe that it may also apply to those who learn a second language later in life. 

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长期以来，研究人员、教育工作者和决策者都认为第二语言是一种干扰，会阻碍儿童的学业和智力发展。但是研究人员现在发现，这种干扰与其说是障碍，倒不如说由此而得福。它迫使大脑去解决内部冲突，使脑筋活动起来，从而增强获得知识的能力。从幼年到老年，使用双语的经历似乎都在影响人的大脑，而且有理由相信，这种情况同样适用于在成年以后才学习第二语言的人。

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