My view is that late-life language learning is probably beneficial, not because of bilingualism but because learning a language is a stimulating mental activity and a good way to exercise your brain.

就我个人来说，我认为即使年龄较大后学习语言也应该是有益的，不是说因为使用双语而受益，而是因为学习语言本身就是一项激人奋进的脑力活动，能很好的运动大脑。

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The language of everyday life was evolving in Europe and at a certain point in the middle ages it was really only merchants, aristocrats and clergy who could deal with Latin.

在欧洲，日常生活的语言在不断演变。在中世纪的某个时期，真的只有商人、贵族和神职人员才会使用拉丁语。

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Was it the language or something else that made it hard for you to adapt to the life there?

是语言还是什么其它问题让你很难适应这里的生活？

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It is called "Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language."

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Levi-Strauss writes: Whatever may have been the moment and the circumstances of its appearance in the scale of animal life, language could only have been born in one fell swoop.

列维，施特劳斯写道：,不论语言是何时何种环境下,在动物的历史中诞生的，语言只可能是一刹那间诞生。

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He sees life as continually, always already mediated by language.

他将人生看作是连续的，永远可被语言调和。

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Twitter no more sucks the life from modern language than the haiku destroyed the villanelle.

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This provides free tuition for adults who have skills below GCSE level - with national Skills for Life qualifications in language, literacy and numeracy.

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Her life as a language teacher began at a young age.

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