雙語:美國少年自學23門語言名聲大振

字號:

以下是為大家整理的關于雙語:美國少年自學23門語言名聲大振的文章,希望對大家有所幫助!
    Now 17-year-old Timothy Doner, from New York, is a proven polyglot, having learned 23 different languages。
    17歲的紐約少年蒂莫西-多納是個名副其實的多語者,如今已經(jīng)掌握了23種語言。
    Languages caught his interest for the first time when he started learning Hebrew and had a good grasp of it within a week in 2009.
    2009年,多納在學習希伯來語時開始對語言產(chǎn)生興趣,他在一周內(nèi)就熟練掌握了這門語言。
    Doner gained fame after he posted videos showing off his skills on YouTube. In one video where he speaks 20 consecutive languages, he also mentions how he met with an Iraqi language partner to perfect his Arabic and watched WWII movies to learn German。
    多納在YouTube網(wǎng)站上上傳了視頻展示語言才能,從此名聲大振。在其中一個視頻中,他連續(xù)說了20種語言,還提到了他如何結識一位伊拉克語伴來練習阿拉伯語,以及怎樣通過觀看二戰(zhàn)影片學習德語。
    In addition to the popular languages, such as Chinese, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian and German, he has mastered a number of African languages. Xhosa, an official language of South Africa, is one of the more unexpected tongues, as is Wolof (spoken in Gambia) and Swahili (spoken in Tanzania)。
    除了中文、俄語、法語、西班牙語、意大利語和德語等熱門語言外,他還掌握了很多非洲語言。他還會說一些更加讓人意想不到的語言,比如南非官方語言之一的科薩語,岡比亞的沃洛夫語和坦桑尼亞的斯瓦希里語。
    The boy has continued his work, largely teaching himself new languages in either a few weeks or months with the help of instructional books and flashcard apps on his iPhone。
    這名少年還在繼續(xù)學習語言,主要是借助輔導書和蘋果手機學詞程序自學。他在幾周或數(shù)月內(nèi)便可掌握一門語言。
    Doner also practices his language skills in the real world by speaking with cab drivers, interacting with others at restaurants and connecting with people around the world via the Internet。
    多納也會在真實的語言環(huán)境中練習:他與出租車司機交談、和餐館里的人對話,還通過網(wǎng)絡與世界各地的人們交流。
    Doner sees the lighter side of his skill. “Learning a serious number of languages kind of helps you become a bit of an eavesdropper. I find most of the time that I accidentally follow people perhaps for a little bit longer than I should,” he said。
    多納看到了語言技能有趣的一面。他說:“學習多種語言有點像是把你變成一個偷聽者。我發(fā)現(xiàn)很多時候我都會在無意中跟在別人后面(聽他們講話),結果可能會跟得久了點,導致自己走過頭。”
    Now he wants to learn to speak Sudanese or Malay。
    如今,他想要學習蘇丹語或者馬來語。