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People start learning new languages at different ages, whether young or old. Most people think that the older you get, the (1) it is to learn a new language. That is, they (2) that children learn more easily and efficiently (有效地) than adults. In this way, at some point in our lives, (3) around age 12 or 13, we lose the ability to learn languages well. Is this idea a fact?
(4) did a number of research studies which showed that the opinion may not be true. One report on 2,000 (5) children studying Swedish showed that the teenagers learned more in less time than the younger children. Another report on Americans learning Russian showed a direct improvement of ability with age. That is, the ability to learn develops as age increases.
There are several possible explanations (解释) for these (6) . For one thing, adults know more about the world than children. They can (7) the meanings of words better. For another, adults can use logical (逻辑的) thinking to help (8) see the patterns in the language. (9) , adults have more self-discipline (自律) than children. They know the (10) of learning a new language.
All in all, it seems that the common idea that children are better language learners than adults is not true.

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