想要大脑永远年轻? 那就学外语吧
<p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="USED">USED</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="joke">joke</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="spoke">spoke</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> 3-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span>. <span word="Until">Until</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="French">French</span> 3-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="couldn">couldn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conversation">conversation</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="intense">intense</span> <span word="study">study</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Rosetta">Rosetta</span> <span word="Stone">Stone</span>, <span word="Fluenz">Fluenz</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="instruction">instruction</span> <span word="software">software</span>, <span word="Meetup">Meetup</span> <span word="groups">groups</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="intensive">intensive</span> <span word="weekend">weekend</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="steady">steady</span> <span word="diet">diet</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="movies">movies</span>, <span word="television">television</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="radio">radio</span>, <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="I">I</span>’<span word="d">d</span> <span word="hoped">hoped</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coup">coup</span> <span word="de">de</span> <span word="gr">gr</span>â<span word="ce">ce</span>: <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="immersion">immersion</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="France">France</span>.</p><p>我曾经开玩笑说，我讲的法语像是三岁小孩。直到有一天我遇到了一个三岁的法国小孩，可是在对话时我却接不上茬。在那以前，我已经经历了一年的密集学习，包括每天花两小时用<span word="Rosetta">Rosetta</span> <span word="Stone">Stone</span>、<span word="Fluenz">Fluenz</span>等自学软件学习，参加<span word="Meetup">Meetup</span>的互助小组，周末参加强化班，长期观看和收听法语的电影、电视、广播。之后我又在法国最好的语言学校里泡了两个星期，我本以为这会是“制胜一击”(<span word="coup">coup</span> <span word="de">de</span> <span word="gr">gr</span>â<span word="ce">ce</span>)。</p><p>“<span word="French">French</span> <span word="resistance">resistance</span>” <span word="took">took</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="entirely">entirely</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="meaning">meaning</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="repelled">repelled</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="strategy">strategy</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="employed">employed</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="unremarkable">unremarkable</span>. <span word="Advertising">Advertising</span> <span word="claims">claims</span> <span word="notwithstanding">notwithstanding</span>, <span word="few">few</span> <span word="adults">adults</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="tackle">tackle</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="achieve">achieve</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="resembling">resembling</span> <span word="proficiency">proficiency</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span>, <span word="though">though</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="turns">turns</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="spending">spending</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="learning">learning</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="could">could</span>’<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="my">my</span> 57-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="brain">brain</span>.</p><p>我的大脑排斥了我运用过的所有策略，于是“法兰西抵抗”对我有了全新的意义。而实际上我的挫折相当平常，尽管有各种各样的广告宣传，但极少有成年人能参透一门外语，达到接近娴熟的程度。到头来，我虽然花了一年时间也没学会法语，那却可能是我对已经57岁的大脑所做的最好的事。</p>
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