汉语是我们的母语，我们爱汉语， 我们要学好汉语， 我们也要我们的下一代学好汉语！

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  q1 ^6 J8 L) @$ V0 Y说汉语普通话者讲话时同时使用大脑两边

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英国的研究人员发现，说汉语普通话的人可能比说英语的人用更多大脑。研究表明，说汉语普通话者讲话时同时使用大脑两边。
. r; I6 I) R2 [$ {: ]说英语者只使用大脑一边。研究人员说，这项研究能够促进了解大脑处理语言的过程。
- c# K  }5 h+ W另外，这项研究还可以帮助研究人员找到更好的办法，帮助人们在中风或者脑部受到类似损害后重新学习，掌握语言技能。
7 `* r1 |7 `! F: S( b在这项研究中，操汉语普通话和操英语的两组人接受脑部扫描。研究人员发现，人们讲英语时，靠近左太阳穴的左颞叶开始活跃。
他们发现，大脑这个区域的功能是把发音联系起来，形成单个词汇。
研究发现，人们说汉语时，左颞叶和右颞叶一起活跃。研究人员说，说不同语言时，人的大脑在以不同方式破译语言。这就推翻了长期以来的看法。
汉语普通话十分难学。不同于操英语者，说汉语者使用音调区分不同词的不同意思。比如"马"音，用不同音调发音，可以是马，妈等不同的意思。
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Chinese 'takes more brainpower'

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Researchers in Britain have found that people who speak Mandarin Chinese use both sides of their brain to understand the language.
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This compares to English-language speakers who only need to use one side of their brain.

The researchers said the findings could boost understanding of how the brain processes languages.

This, in turn, could one day help scientists to develop better ways of helping people to re-learn languages after a stroke or similar damage to the brain.
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Brain scans

9 i1 s# J/ v2 |$ A8 E* KDr Sophie Scott and colleagues at the Wellcome Trust carried out brain scans on a group of Mandarin and English speakers.

  d1 v( y" S9 c, HThey found that the left temporal lobe, which is located by the left temple, becomes active when English speakers hear English.
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The researchers believe that this area of the brain links speech sounds together to form individual words.

They expected similar findings when they carried out scans on Mandarin speakers.
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However, they found that both their left and right temporal lobes become active when they hear Mandarin.
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; _& E# E1 `6 h/ [% I6 j"People who speak different sorts of languages use their brains to decode speech in different ways," said Dr Scott.

"It overturned some long-held theories."

+ |) W; @& z3 U$ G7 i* h" \Mandarin is a notoriously difficult language to learn. Unlike English, speakers use intonation to distinguish between completely different meanings of particular words.

For instance, the word "ma" can mean mother, scold, horse or hemp depending on how it is said.

The researchers believe that this need to interpret intonation is why Mandarin speakers need to use both sides of their brain.

( D, W; E4 j- @% v! H; sThe right temporal lobe is normally associated with being able to process music or tones.

"We think that Mandarin speakers interpret intonation and melody in the right temporal lobe to give the correct meaning to the spoken words," said Dr Scott.
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"It seems that the structure of the language you learn as a child affects how the structure of your brain develops to decode speech.

"Native English speakers, for example, find it extraordinarily difficult to learn Mandarin."

Learning languages

Dr Scott said the findings could help scientists to understand how the brain learns language.
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It could be particularly useful in trying to understand how it re-learns language after a stroke.
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She suggested it could also lead to new drugs to help people who have lost their language skills.
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"There is evidence from other studies that certain drugs affect learning in the brain regions that support hearing and speech," she said.

' |. B$ |- T2 @"This is something we can improve on."
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Dr William Marslen-Wilson, of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at Cambridge University, welcomed the study.

"It is an interesting finding," he told BBC News Online.

. I. ]7 n$ Z; Q3 O" a"Looking at languages that are very different from each other helps us to understand how the brain processes language.
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"It can also help us to understand language rehabilitation," he said.
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/ {( M7 r- ?# o6 w"This field is really opening up but it is very early days."
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% N- n* J+ }, X& |+ G! r2 B% RThe findings will be included in the summer science exhibition at the Royal Society in London, which runs from 1 to 3 July.

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