But they say this is more a reflection on the nature of the message then the writer's ability to use language correctly.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Around seven years of age going up through puberty, the ability to learn language starts to go away.

大约七岁的时候开始,一直到青春期,学习语言的能力逐渐减弱

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Yeah! Well, I mean, I think for sure, the best way to improve your ability to speak any language

行！我认为，我觉得也一定是这样，最好的提高语言能力的方法，

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"But Alzheimer's affects a number of spheres as well, including language,someone's ability to participate in conversation following conversations,as well" He adds that current treatments focus on improving memory, language capabilities and the ability to participate in family activities to put some enjoyment back into lives.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

And this suggests that the ability to learn language and understand language is to some extent separate from these other aspects of mental life.

这表明学习语言和理解语言的能力,在某种程度上是独立于,其他方面的心理活动的

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One of the things we said last time was, with that set of things, the ability to give values-- sorry, to give names to values-- the ability to make decisions, the ability to loop as a function of that, the ability get things in and out, we said that that actually gave us a language we said was Turing-complete.

上次我们和以上内容一起说过，我们可以赋值--抱歉,为数值命名--可以做出判断决定-,并且据此进行循环,可以输入输出数据,我们说拥有这些功能的语言,是图灵完备的。

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And this is interesting because this suggests that to some extent the ability to use and understand and learn language is part of human nature.

这一点很有意思,因为这表明,从某种程度上来说,语言的使用,理解以及学习能力,是人类本性的一部分

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And if parts of these brains--if parts -if these parts of the brain are damaged you get language deficits or aphasias where you might lose the ability to understand or create language.

如果这些脑区,如果这些脑区受到损伤,那就会患上各种语言障碍或失语症,就是说可能会失去理解或创造语言的能力

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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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