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People used to think that learning two languages created confusion in the mind. Far【C1】it was thought, to get one right than bother with two. An even more extreme and【C2】view was that learning two languages caused a kind of mental illness or dual personality. Some studies did seem to【C3】the idea that learning two languages could be problematic; early researchers noted that bilingual people tended to have smaller vocabularies and slower access to words. But these myths and【C4】disadvantages have now been overshadowed by a【C5】of new research showing the【C6】psychological benefits of learning another language. And these extend way【C7】being able to order a cup of coffee abroad or ask directions to your hotel. First, Language centers in the brain actually grow as a result of successful language learning. The better you learn, the more those【C8】areas of the brain grow. Second, bilingualism【C9】Alzheimers disease in susceptible people by as much as five years. Seems unbelievable,【C10】the studies are continuing to support this result. Third, being bilingual can lead to【C11】listening skills, since the brain has to work harder to recognize different types of sounds in two or more languages. Fourth, you may become more language 【C12】. Infants in bilingual households can distinguish languages theyve never even【C13】before. Just being 【C14】the different sounds in, for example, Spanish and Catalan, helps them tell the difference between English and French. Fifth, it can【C15】your memory. Babies brought up in a bilingual environment have stronger working memories than those brought up【C16】only one language. Sixth, bilingual people can【C17】from one task to another more quickly. Seventh, bilinguals have stronger control over their【C18】and are better able to limit distractions. Furthermore, it can help develop new ways of seeing and improve your first language etc. These are all quite apart from the benefits of【C19】yourself in another culture, and of seeing your own culture from the【C20】of another. You may well get something like a second soul from learning another language.
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Going hungry is a major contributor to ill health, particularly among children, and a new report reveals how long-lasting the damage can be. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the University of Calgary performed the first longterm study on the【C1】of hunger on general health,【C2】children from birth to 21 years. Most studies to date have【C3】only snapshots of childhood health,【C4】the short-term impact of hunger【C5】a period of time. In the new analysis, the scientists found that children who went hungry at least once in their lives were 2i-times more likely to have【C6】overall health 10 to 15 years later, compared with those who never had to【C7】food. 'Our research shows that hunger and food insecurity are really damaging【C8】childrens life chances,' says lead author Sharon Kirkpatrick, a visiting fellow at NCI. The study supports earlier findings that【C9】episodes of hunger are more likely to cause ill health than an isolated experience of starvation: children in Kirkpatricks analysis who experienced two or more periods of hunger were more than four times as likely to report ill health than those who never went hungry. The relationship, she says, remained strong even after the team accounted【C10】other factors that could influence health, such as age, sex and household characteristics like income. 【C11】one experience of hunger can have lasting effects on a childs health, a fact that is especially troubling in light of the sobering rise in U.S. households that were【C12】to do without food in 2008: 15% of American families reported some【C13】in the amount or quality of food they consumed,【C14】from 11% the previous year. 15 this study did not probe into the【C16】mechanism by which hunger affects long-term health, Kirkpatrick【C17】that both psychological and physiological factors may be at work. Aside from the obvious negative impact that missing key nutrients and calories can have on growth and development, she says, the psychological【C18】of food insecurity—not being able to afford a【C19】and high-quality source of food—can be【C20】__to youngsters as well.
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