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61 [sixty-one]

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61[六十一]

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The first month is January. 第一- 月- 是 一月 第一个 月份 是 一月 0
dì y--- y----- s-- y- y-è dì yīgè yuèfèn shì yī yuè 		+
The second month is February. 第二- 月- 是 二月 第二个 月份 是 二月 0
dì è- g- y----- s-- è- y-è dì èr gè yuèfèn shì èr yuè 		+
The third month is March. 第三- 月- 是 三月 第三个 月份 是 三月 0
dì s-- g- y----- s-- s-- y-è dì sān gè yuèfèn shì sān yuè 		+
     
The fourth month is April. 第四- 月- 是 四月 第四个 月份 是 四月 0
dì s- g- y----- s-- s- y-è dì sì gè yuèfèn shì sì yuè 		+
The fifth month is May. 第五- 月- 是 五月 第五个 月份 是 五月 0
dì w- g- y----- s-- w- y-è dì wǔ gè yuèfèn shì wǔ yuè 		+
The sixth month is June. 第六- 月- 是 六月 第六个 月份 是 六月 0
dì l-- g- y----- s-- l-- y-è dì liù gè yuèfèn shì liù yuè 		+
     
Six months make half a year. 六个- 是 半- 。 六个月 是 半年 。 0
li- g- y-- s-- b------. liù gè yuè shì bànnián. 		+
January, February, March, 一月- 二-- 三月 一月， 二月， 三月 0
Yī y--- è- y--- s-- y-è Yī yuè, èr yuè, sān yuè 		+
April, May and June. 四月- 五- 和 六月 四月， 五月 和 六月 0
sì y--- w- y-- h- l-- y-è sì yuè, wǔ yuè hé liù yuè 		+
     
The seventh month is July. 第七- 月- 是 七月 第七个 月份 是 七月 0
dì q- g- y----- s-- q- y-è dì qī gè yuèfèn shì qī yuè 		+
The eighth month is August. 第八- 月- 是 八月 第八个 月份 是 八月 0
dì b- g- y----- s-- b- y-è dì bā gè yuèfèn shì bā yuè 		+
The ninth month is September. 第九- 月- 是 九月 第九个 月份 是 九月 0
dì j-- g- y----- s-- j-- y-è dì jiǔ gè yuèfèn shì jiǔ yuè 		+
     
The tenth month is October. 第十- 月- 是 十月 第十个 月份 是 十月 0
dì s-- g- y----- s-- s-- y-è dì shí gè yuèfèn shì shí yuè 		+
The eleventh month is November. 第十-- 月- 是 十-月 第十一个 月份 是 十一月 0
dì s------ y----- s-- s---- y-è dì shíyīgè yuèfèn shì shíyī yuè 		+
The twelfth month is December. 第十-- 月- 是 十-月 第十二个 月份 是 十二月 0
dì s----- g- y----- s-- s----- y-è dì shí'èr gè yuèfèn shì shí'èr yuè 		+
     
Twelve months make a year. 十二- 月- 是 一年 十二个 月份 是 一年 0
sh---- g- y----- s-- y- n--n shí'èr gè yuèfèn shì yī nián 		+
July, August, September, 七月- 八-- 九月 七月， 八月， 九月 0
qī y--- b- y--- j-- y-è qī yuè, bā yuè, jiǔ yuè 		+
October, November and December. 十月- 十-- 和 十-月 十月， 十一月 和 十二月 0
sh- y--- s---- y-- h- s----- y-è shí yuè, shíyī yuè hé shí'èr yuè 		+
     

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The native language is always the most important language

Our native language is the first language we learn. This happens automatically, so we don't notice it. Most people only have one native language. All other languages are studied as foreign languages. Of course there are also people who grow up with multiple languages. However, they typically speak these languages with differing levels of fluency. Often, the languages are also used differently. One language is used at work, for example. The other is used at home. How well we speak a language is dependent on multiple factors. When we learn it as small children, we typically learn it very well. Our speech center works most effectively in these years of life. How often we speak a language is also important. The more often we use it, the better we speak it. But researchers believe a person can never speak two languages equally well. One language is always the more important language. Experiments seem to confirm this hypothesis. Various people were tested in one study. Half of the test subjects spoke two languages fluently. Chinese was the native language and English the second. The other half of the subjects only spoke English as their native language. The test subjects had to solve simple tasks in English. While doing so, the activity of their brains was measured. And differences appeared in the brains of the test subjects! In the multilingual individuals, one region of the brain was especially active. The monolingual individuals, on the other hand, showed no activity in this region. Both groups solved the tasks equally fast and well. Despite this, the Chinese still translated everything into their native language…