慢速英语:Lifelong Bilingualism Gives Seniors Mental Edge

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1. A new study adds to evidence suggesting that being bilingual is good for the brain.

be good for 值得，有效；利于
例句：How can that be good for you?
你怎么会觉得这些东西好看?

2. We found that seniors who are bilingual are able to activate their brain with a magnitude closer to young subjects.

be able to 能够
例句：We'll be able to smooth away these difficulties.
我们能够克服这些困难。

3. But he says the older bilingual adults appear to have built up a kind of surplus from a lifetime of increased mental activity.

built up 建立
例句：Mr. wilson has built up his own business.
威尔逊先生建立起了自己的事业。

4. He now plans to study whether learning a second language or immigrating to another country as an adult can provide some of the same mental advantages as lifelong bilingualism.

the same as 一样
例句：Can't I have the same as rose?
我不能和罗斯喝一样的吗?