研究發現 嬰兒在出生時就會記住母語大綱

Babies build knowledge about the language they hear even in the first few months of life, research shows.
一項研究顯示，嬰兒在生命最初的幾個月裏就建立了關於他們所聽到的語言的知識。

If you move countries and forget your birth language, you retain this hidden ability, according to a study.
一項研究表明，如果你搬到了別的國家，忘記了你的母語，你仍保留着這個隱藏的能力。

Dutch-speaking adults adopted from South Korea exceeded expectations at Korean pronunciation when retrained after losing their birth language.
從韓國收養的講荷蘭語的成年人，在經過訓練後，講出的韓語遠超預期，儘管他們早已忘記了母語。

Dr Jiyoun Choi of Hanyang University in Seoul led the research.
來自首爾漢陽大學的崔姬妍博士領導了該研究。

The study is the first to show that the early experience of adopted children in their birth language gives them an advantage decades later even if they think it is forgotten, she said.
她表示，這項研究首次表明，被收養的孩子的母語早期經驗對於他們後天再學習會有優勢，即使他們認爲已經被遺忘了。

'This finding indicates that useful language knowledge is laid down in the very early months of life, which can be retained without further input of the language and revealed via re-learning,' she told BBC News.
她在接受BBC採訪時表示：“這個發現表明，在生命的最初幾個月，實用的語言知識已經建立起來，可以在沒有語言的進一步輸入的情況下保留，並通過重新學習喚醒。”

'Try to talk to your babies as much as possible because they are absorbing and digesting what you are saying.'
“儘可能多的與你的孩子交談，因爲他們會消化和吸收你所說的話。”