可可电台，每期节目一话题，让英语磨练耳朵的同时学到更多有益的小知识，丰富知识的同时受益于生活。

The advantages of learning a foreign language.

学习一门外语的优势

You become more perceptive

更能明察事理

A study from Spain's University of Pompeu Fabra revealed that multilingual people are better at observing their surroundings.

来自西班牙庞培法布拉大学的一项研究揭示：讲多种语言的人更会观察他们周围的环境。

They are more adept at focusing on relevant information and editing out the irrelevant. They're also better at spotting misleading information.

他们更擅长于集中注意力在相关信息上，同时排除无关干扰，他们也更擅长于找出迷惑性信息。

Is it any surprise that Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot are skilled polyglots?

名侦探夏洛克·福尔摩斯和赫尔克里·波洛都通晓多种语言，你还觉得惊奇么？

【知识点津】

polyglot n.通晓多种语言的人

例句：

a polyglot who speaks four languages.

能说四门语言的人

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