So for example, let&#39s take an English speaker.拿一个母语是英语的人来举例。Up on the screen, that is Bono. He speaks English. I presume he has a worldview.这是波诺。他说英文，他有一个世界观。Now, that is Donald Trump. In his way, he speaks English as well.现在这个人是唐纳德·特朗普。他同样也说英文。And here is Ms. Kardashian, and she is an English sp

I think there are a lot of reasons, but I first want to address the one that you&#39re probably most likely to have heard of,我觉得理由很多，但是我首先想要弄清一个概念，可能大家也都听过，because actually it&#39s more dangerous than you might think.但它可能比你想象的还要重要。And that is the idea that a language channels your thoughts,这个观点是语言能塑

There&#39s an interesting illustration of this.举一个有趣的例子。I have to go slightly obscure, but really you should seek it out.可能这个例子没那么直观，但是你应该可以理解。There&#39s a movie by the Canadian film director Denys Arcand加拿大导演Denys Arcand执导的一部电影，read out in English on the page, &quotDennis Ar-cand,&quot if you want

So for example, &quotThe Cat in the Hat Comes Back,&quot a book that I&#39m sure we all often return to, like &quotMoby Dick.&quot例如，《戴帽子的猫回来了》，这本书我相信很多人还经常读，又如《白鲸记》。One phrase in it is, &quotDo you know where I found him?里面有句台词是，“你知道在哪儿找到他的么？Do you know where he was? He was eating cake in the tub,

Today you can lay down -- lie on your living room floor, sipping bourbon,如今你可以躺着，躺在卧室地板上，喝点小酒，and teach yourself any language that you want to with wonderful sets such as Rosetta Stone.用丰富的学习材料，例如Rosetta Stone语言学习软件，开始自学你喜欢的语言。I highly recommend the lesser known Glossika as well.我强烈推荐Glossika这个软件。Yo

Second reason: it&#39s been shown that if you speak two languages, dementia is less likely to set in,第二个原因：有研究指出，同时讲两种语言的人更不容易痴呆，and that you are probably a better multitasker.而且你可能更加的擅长多线操作。And these are factors that set in early,这些都是目前的研究结论and so that ought to give you some sense of when to give j

The language I&#39m speaking right now is on its way to becoming the world&#39s universal language, for better or for worse.我现在说的英语正逐渐变成全球通用语言，这有好处也有弊端。Let&#39s face it, it&#39s the language of the internet, it&#39s the language of finance,我们会认同，这是互联网标准语言，是金融界通用语言，it&#39s the language of air traffic