Because young children can make sentences they have never heard before, Chomsky suggested that human infants are born with the ability to learn language.

由于小孩子可以造出他们从未听过的句子，乔姆斯基认为人类婴儿天生就有学习语言的能力。

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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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In the same way, they suggest, our ability to learn language comes at the price of an extended period of cognitive immaturity.

同样地，文章还指出，人类学习语言的能力是以长时期的认知不成熟为代价的。

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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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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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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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