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It's one of life's truths: Being bilingual or multilingual can only be considered a good thing. The ability to travel seamlessly in another country; to interact with people you wouldn't otherwise be able to communicate with; to really understand and immerse yourself in another culture, whether it be your own or another's; and on the most trivial level, to order off a menu and truly know what you're ordering.
生活的真相是：会讲两种或多种语言只会有益。可以无障碍地去另外一个国家旅行；和那些如果你不会讲外语就无法与其沟通的人互动；真正地品读和沉浸在另外一个文化里，无论是你自己的或者他人的；还有最微不足道的好处，可以自己点餐同时知道自己点的是啥。
But aside from all these reasons, there is a multitude of research showing how speaking more than one language is also good for your health -- particularly, the health of your brain. Here's where the bilingual among us have an advantage:
但是，除这些原因以外，大批研究表明会讲外语对你的健康——尤其是大脑的健康也很有益。以下就是我们中会讲外语的人占据优势的原因：
