纪录片《为何讲话》 第23期：测试语言能力

（单词翻译）

That's very quick. He does learn really quickly.

很快 他学得确实很

Christopher memorised all of the words he was taught

克里斯托弗可以在短短十分钟内记下

in just ten minutes.

所有教给他的单词

His incredible ability

他的惊人才能意味着

means he's continually adding new languages

他能在自己长长的"已掌握语言名单"上

to the long list of those he's mastered.

不断地添加新的语言

I think Christopher illustrates¹ the ability to,

我认为克里斯托弗表现出了

to learn rules quickly, the patterns,

快速学习语法句式

Scan through things quickly and see things,

快速浏览文字 以及根据所见

predict what's going to come next in the language.

预测下文的语言能力

Christopher has this island of ability in a sea of disability

克里斯托弗缺陷的海洋中有了这座岛屿

so everything else is poor compared with one unique ability.

其它一切在这独特能力前都显得微不足道

The natural talent that shines through in Christopher

克里斯托弗与生俱来的才能

seems to be revealing an extreme version

似乎揭示了可能曾存在于

of what might have once existed in all of us.

我们所有人体内的这样极端一面

An innate² ability for language.

天生的语言能力

Je m'appelle Frederica et je parle le Francais,

我叫弗雷德丽卡 我会讲法语