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26.What did the author think of the job
A.Worthwhile and effortless.
B.Rewarding and demanding.
C.Innovative and challenging.
D.Easy and enjoyable.
27.What does the author's story mainly show
A.He who dares wins.
B.Practice makes perfect.
C.Many hands make light work
D.Every cloud has a silver lining.
C
A new study from the University of California San Diego says learning Mandarin
Chinese can help with music.In a paper in Developmental Science,researchers found that
preschoolers who speak Mandarin first are better at musical pitch (than those who
speak English.
The results are not just about finding who might be good at music early.The study
shows that when the brain learns skills in one area,it can affect learning in another.Sarah
Creel,the lead author from UC San Diego's Department of Cognitive Science(认知科学
)said,"A big question is whether our mental abilities are separate.For example,do we
have special brain systcms only for language Our research suggests the opposite
there's a kind of interaction and we can use cognitive abilities in different areas."
The researchers did two experiments with young Mandarin learners and English
learners.They tested 180 children on tasks about pitch patterns and timbre ()In the
timbre task,Mandarin-speakers and English-speakers did similarly.But in the pitch task,
Mandarin-speakers outperform_English-speakers.
Mandarin is a tone language.The authors think that paying attention to tones helps
young Mandarin speakers notice pitch in music better.Gail Heyman,a co-author from UC
San Diego's Department of Psychology,said,"This shows that the language you speak
affects how you understand music.It supports the idea of cross-domain (
learning."
The study's co-authors wrote,"We show for the first time that learning a tone
language is connected with better musical pitch processing in young children.This is
important for neuroscience(神经科学)and behavior,,and our research can help design
brain training programs."
But Heyman and Creel advise:Don't stop your child's music lessons to focus only
on language,or language lessons for music.To be good at music,you still need to study
music.And learning another language is good in itself,whether it makes you a better
musician or not.
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