【雙語】天才少年自學(xué)成才 17歲精通多國語言

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 　　A 17-year-old American boy has attracted worldwide attention by mastering 23 languages in just a few weeks。
    Timothy Doner from New York gained fame after he posted videos showing off his skills on Youtube, including one in which he was seen speaking 20 consecutive languages。
    Experts have classified him as a "hyperpolyglot", making him part of a small, exclusive group of individuals who can master a language in very short period of time。
    Doner came into limelight
    after he started posting his videos, gathering several thousand hits from people who also encouraged him to further showcase his unique talent。
    Languages caught his interest for the first time when he started learning Hebrew, gaining proficiency in it within a week, the Huffington Post reported。
    
 
    Doner practices his language skills in the real-world by speaking with New York City cab drivers, interacting with others at restaurants and connecting with people around the world via e-mail and Skype, it said。
    對于大部分人來說，能掌握三五種語言就已經(jīng)很了不起了。但美國紐約少年蒂莫西·多納年僅17歲，就已經(jīng)會(huì)說23種語言。不僅如此，只需幾周時(shí)間，他便能學(xué)會(huì)一種新語言。
    據(jù)報(bào)道，多納會(huì)說的語言除了“大眾”的法語、西班牙語、意大利語、德語，還包括許多聽起來很“冷門”的語言，如南非官方語言之一的科薩語、岡比亞常用語言沃洛夫語、斯瓦西里語及美國歐吉布威原住民語。除了這些，多納還會(huì)說數(shù)種非洲方言。
    多納在視頻網(wǎng)站YouTube上上傳自己說不同語言的影片后，吸引了全球語言愛好者關(guān)注。受到這些人的鼓勵(lì)，多納通過閱讀教學(xué)書籍和使用手機(jī)應(yīng)用程序繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)，在數(shù)周或數(shù)月內(nèi)就能學(xué)會(huì)一種新語言。
    多納2012年曾登上《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》，專家將當(dāng)時(shí)16歲的他列為一小群精通多國語言的“語言狂人”之一，這群人學(xué)語言的速度之快相當(dāng)驚人。