很多时候如果你有哥哥，尽管偶尔会吵架，但通常他都会保护你。
然而，最近一项研究发现一个有趣的弊端：有哥哥的孩子学语言更慢。
这个结果可能和你想象的不一样。
我们可能以为有哥哥会加速孩子的语言能力发展，但事实上是相反的。
从词汇量、语法、语言推理等多方面测试，有哥哥的孩子语言发展比有姐姐的孩子平均晚两个月左右。
到目前为止，研究人员还无法确定这现象背后的原因。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 哥哥 | gē ge | older brother |
| 尽管 | jǐn guǎn | despite / although / even though / in spite of |
| 偶尔 | ǒu ěr | occasionally / once in a while / sometimes |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 吵架 | chǎo jià | to quarrel / to have a row |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 通常 | tōng cháng | usually; normally |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 保护 | bǎo hù | to protect / to defend / to safeguard |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; but; yet |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 项 | xiàng | classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 有趣 | yǒu qù | interesting; fascinating; amusing |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 弊端 | bì duān | systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 语言 | yǔ yán | language |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 慢 | màn | slow |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 结果 | jié guǒ | outcome; result; consequence |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 想象 | xiǎng xiàng | to imagine; to envision |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 以为 | yǐ wéi | to think; to believe |
| 加速 | jiā sù | to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability / ability |
| 发展 | fā zhǎn | development / growth |
| 事实 | shì shí | fact |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 相反 | xiāng fǎn | opposite / contrary |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 词汇 | cí huì | vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word |
| 量 | liàng | capacity / quantity / amount |
| 语法 | yǔ fǎ | grammar |
| 推理 | tuī lǐ | reasoning / inference |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect / aspect / field / side |
| 测试 | cè shì | a test / (computing) beta (version of software) |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 姐姐 | jiě jie | older sister |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average |
| 晚 | wǎn | late |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 左右 | zuǒ yòu | approximately |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 目前为止 | mù qián wéi zhǐ | up to this point; so far |
| 人员 | rén yuán | staff / crew / personnel |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 无法 | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 确定 | què dìng | to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm |
| 现象 | xiàn xiàng | phenomenon / appearance |
| 背后 | bèi hòu | behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back |
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause / origin / root cause / reason |