学汉语的苦与乐(英文)

• 作 者: 蓝丽妮
• 出 处: Women of China
• 发表日期: 2004年期
• 关键词: remember 脑细胞 characters vocabulary think grammar talking write sentences writing

英国的一项研究表明,说汉语要比说英语花费更多的脑力。对大脑的扫描结果发现,说汉语的人要同时使用左脑和右脑,而说英语的人只用其中的一面。不论这项研究是否属实,要掌握成千上万的汉字和那些汉语音调无疑需要大量的脑细胞以及坚强的意志力。不过,进行一番如此的努力还是非常值得的。不是吗?想想吧,只要学会汉语,你就可以和地球上1/4的人口交流了。

A British study shows that speaking Chinese costs more mental power than speaking English. Scanning of the brain found that people who speak Chinese use both the left and right brains, while English-speaking people use only one of them. Regardless of whether the research is true or not, it takes undoubtedly a large amount of brain cells and strong willpower to master tens of thousands of Chinese characters and those Chinese tones. However, some such efforts are still very worthwhile. No, think about it, just learn Chinese and you can talk to a quarter of the planet's population.