I've been to the bazaars in Istanbul, where the negotiations are fast, furious and bilingual.

去过伊斯坦布尔的集市，那里的讨价还价快速，激烈，还是双语的。

But as intellectual pendulums do, this one has begun to swing again, against the " bilingual advantage" .

但就像智力上的摇一样，这个论证“双语优势”的原因又开始摇。

So what drew you to the field of bilingualism in general?

是什么吸引您进入研究双语的领域？

Scientists are discovering new upsides to being bilingual all the time.

科学家们断发现掌握双语的新好处。

But other studies hint at cognitive advantages among bilinguals.

但其他的研究也暗示了双语习得者的认知优势。

Because we haven't even gotten into the whole like sort of bilingual like. - Yeah.

因为们甚至还没有进入双语的状态。- 是的。

The classes are bilingual. They are taught in both English and Spanish.

他们的课程是双语的——英语和西班牙语。

Bilingual describes a person who can speak two languages.

双语指的是能说两种语言的人。

37. Being bilingual is considered a must in today's world.

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What did you think about bilingual education in the United States?

你认为美国的双语教育怎么样？

A distinctive, bilingual Hispanic American culture is blurring old distinctions between Mexican-Americans and other Latinos.

现如今，别具特色、双语的拉美文化使得墨西哥裔族及拉美裔族的旧式差异那么明显。

How are the strategies that bilingual children use to learn language different from monolingual children?

双语儿童学习语言的策略和单语儿童有何同？

The parents were eager to discuss their experience of bringing up their daughter bilingually in London.

这对父母很想分享伦敦用双语抚养女儿的经历。

Aboriginal society does, however, provide frequent examples of bilingualism, with some people speaking several languages and dialects.

然而，土著社会确实提供了双语现象的频繁例子，一些人会说几种语言和方言。

Mason's mother Margaret Parker says she loves the program, especially the dual language component of the books.

梅森的母亲玛格丽特·帕克说，她喜欢这个项目，尤其是书中的双语部分。

British scientists say they've discovered that babies brought up in bilingual homes are faster in switching between tasks.

英国科学家称，他们发现双语家庭中长大的婴儿多任务之间转换更快。

The idea of major cognitive benefits to bilingualism may seem intuitive now, but it would have surprised earlier experts.

双语认知方面的主要好处的想法现看来可能很直观，但它会让早期的专家感到惊讶。

A group of children who had early exposure to Greek and English from birth — they were our early bilinguals.

一组孩子从出生起就开始接触希腊语和英语——他们是们的早期双语者。

Even without those side-effects, though, a bilingual child's connection to relatives and another culture is a good thing in itself.

即使没有这些附加优势，掌握双语的儿童和亲人以及另一种文化的连接本身就是一件好事。

That's not even mentioning the social and cultural benefits of bilingualism that are harder to test in a lab.

这还包括双语的社会和文化带来的好处，这些好处实验室中比较难测试。