纪录片《为何讲话》 第18期：语言接受的根源（在线收听）

There are all sorts of different components

我们把各种不同的组成部位

that we're putting together to make this model

放在一起建造了这个模型

So it is like doing a jigsaw puzzle

这就像玩七巧板

where you have lots of different pieces and as you work on it,

工作进行时 在你面前有很多不同的板

you find new pieces but you also find,

你会发现几块新板 同时还发现

"Ah I've got a little cluster of pieces here that now fit together

我发现这几块正好可以拼在一起

"into something very, very meaningful."

变成非常非常有意义的东西

It's very much work in progress

还有很多工作仍在进行中

but we are building the clearest picture ever

但我们正在构建的是

of the areas of the brain that are involved in talking.

迄今最为清晰的大脑语言功能区域图

But how does it all begin?

但这一切是如何开始的呢

Hi, baby!

你好 宝宝

When does a new brain switch on to language?

一个新生大脑何时开始处理语言呢

Hi, baby!

你好 宝宝

Part of our research has to do with helping to understand

我们的部分研究得有助于人们理解

the roots of, of language reception

语言接受的根源

and how it is that babies begin to understand speech sounds.

和婴儿开始认识说话声音的过程