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n. 开关，转换，鞭子
v. 转换，改变，交换
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"The bilingual brain is fascinating because it reflects humans' abilities for flexible thinking - bilingual babies learn that objects and events in the world have two names, and flexibly switch between these labels, giving the brain lots of good exercise," said Patricia Kuhl, co-author of the study and co-director of the UW's Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences.
帕特丽夏•库尔是该研究的合著者之一，也是华盛顿大学学习与大脑科学研究所的副主任，她说：“双语大脑很棒，因为它可以反映出人类灵活思维的能力。双语宝宝们认识到世界上的物体和事件都有两个名称，并能在不同的名称之间灵活转换，这给了大脑很多有益的锻炼。”
Kuhl's previous studies show that between 8 and 10 months of age, monolingual babies become increasingly able to distinguish speech sounds of their native language, while at the same time their ability to distinguish sounds from a foreign language declines.
库尔之前的研究显示，只接触一种语言的宝宝在8个月到10个月大的时候分辨母语语音方面能力会日益增强，但与此同时，分辨外语语音的能力却减弱了。
For instance, between 8 and 10 months of age babies exposed to English become better at detecting the difference between 'r' and 'l' sounds, which are prevalent in the English language.
比方说，接触英语的宝宝们在8个月至10个月大的时候会更容易分辨r和l两个音的区别，而这两个音在英语中很普遍。
This is the same age when Japanese babies, who are not exposed to as many 'r' and 'l' sounds, decline in their ability to detect them.
而同年龄的日本宝宝们没有接触到那么多的r和l，所以他们分辨出这两个音的能力也在下降。
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prowess: 非凡的能力；高超的本领
label: 称号
prevalent: 普遍的
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