Now,just two do. That's because - while Spanish is still the language in many homes - the children of immigrants from Cuba and other Latin nations speak English in school and on the street, wear American clothes and prefer upbeat Anglo rock music to their parents' dreamy, old Spanish ballads.

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We want to know as curious people how children learn language, what we find attractive or unattractive, and what's the basis for mental illness.

人类的好奇心驱使我们去探索,儿童如何学习语言,什么会被感知为迷人或丑陋,心理疾病的成因又是什么

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And more recently, there's been case studies of children who acquire sign language.

而近期更有些关于儿童学习手语的,个案研究

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But, also, there are genetic disorders, some falling under the rubric of what's known as "Specific language impairment," where children are born without the same ability as the rest of us to learn to speak.

但被叫做"特殊言语损伤"的遗传障碍,也能使你失去语言能力,儿童出生便不具有,我们其他人所具有的学习说话的能力

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And there's a huge industry with DVDs and flash cards and all sorts of things designed to teach your children language.

设计来教授儿童语言的,DVD和闪存卡以及其他存储,形成了一个庞大的产业

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