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What do you do for a living? Va- h-- n- f-- y---? Vad har ni för yrke? 0 +
My husband is a doctor. Mi- m-- ä- l----- t--- y----. Min man är läkare till yrket. 0 +
I work as a nurse part-time. Ja- a------ d----- s-- s------------. Jag arbetar deltid som sjuksköterska. 0 +
     
We will soon receive our pension. Sn--- f-- v- p------. Snart får vi pension. 0 +
But taxes are high. Me- s-------- ä- h---. Men skatterna är höga. 0 +
And health insurance is expensive. Oc- s--------------- ä- h--. Och sjukförsäkringen är hög. 0 +
     
What would you like to become some day? Va- v--- d- b--? Vad vill du bli? 0 +
I would like to become an engineer. Ja- v--- b-- i-------. Jag vill bli ingenjör. 0 +
I want to go to college. Ja- v--- s------ p- u----------. Jag vill studera på universitet. 0 +
     
I am an intern. Ja- ä- p---------. Jag är praktikant. 0 +
I do not earn much. Ja- t----- i--- m-----. Jag tjänar inte mycket. 0 +
I am doing an internship abroad. Ja- p---------- u--------. Jag praktiserar utomlands. 0 +
     
That is my boss. De- d-- ä- m-- c---. Det där är min chef. 0 +
I have nice colleagues. Ja- h-- t------- k-------. Jag har trevliga kollegor. 0 +
We always go to the cafeteria at noon. Vi- l------- g-- v- a----- t--- p-------------------. Vid lunchtid går vi alltid till personalrestaurangen. 0 +
     
I am looking for a job. Ja- s---- e- a----------. Jag söker en anställning. 0 +
I have already been unemployed for a year. Ja- h-- v---- a-------- i e-- å-. Jag har varit arbetslös i ett år. 0 +
There are too many unemployed people in this country. I d-- h-- l----- f---- d-- a--- f-- m---- a---------. I det här landet finns det allt för många arbetslösa. 0 +
     

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Memory needs speech

Most people remember their first day of school. However, they no longer recall that which came before. We have almost no memory of our first years of life. But why is that? Why can't we remember the experiences we had as a baby? The reason lies in our development. Speech and memory develop at about the same time. And in order to remember something, a person needs speech. That is, he must have words for that which he experiences. Scientists have conducted various tests with children. In doing so, they made an interesting discovery. As soon as children learn to speak, they forget everything that came before. The beginning of speech is therefore also the beginning of memory. Children learn a great deal in the first three years of their lives. They experience new things every day. They also have many important experiences at this age. Despite this, it all disappears. Psychologists refer to this phenomenon as infantile amnesia. Only the things that children can name remain. The autobiographical memory retains personal experiences. It functions like a journal. Everything that is important in our life is recorded in it. In this way, the autobiographical memory forms our identity. But its development is dependent upon the learning of the native language. And we can only activate our memory through our speech. The things that we learn as a baby are not really gone, of course. They are stored somewhere in our brain. We just can't access them anymore… – that's a shame, isn't it?