But the bilingual children would say, in their own words, “It’s silly, but it’s grammatically correct.”

然而，双语儿童会用他们自己的语言说：“真是荒谬，可句子的语法没有错误。”

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Ellen Bialystok, from Toronto's York University, explained that bilingual children are better at prioritizing tasks than monolinguals.

来自多伦多约克大学的Ellen Bialystok解释道，双语儿童在执行行动优先排序的任务时表现比单语儿童要好。

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Researchers say bilingual children are better able to separate a word from its meaning, and more likely to have friends from different cultures.

研究人员称，双语儿童能更好地区别单词含义，也更有可能结交不同文化背景的朋友。

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So I think it a lot of children I have. Bilingual children and a lot of them have two languages or even three languages.

就此我经常反思,我自己的学生，双语儿童,还有很多会,三门语言。

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Dr Lauchlan said that the bilingual children were seen to have "an aptitude for selective attention" and an ability to filter and focus on information which is important.

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New arrivals spoke mostly Spanish, their children were bilingual and their grandchildren spoke almost no Spanish at all.

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Many of California's Latino students, who make up by far the biggest share of children in bilingual classes, leave school unable to read or write English.

ECONOMIST: Ron Unz, swimming instructor