来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第6集 第6集》

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  you would say, "Bill hit John."
  你就要说"比尔打了约翰"
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  But not all languages work that way.
  但并不是所有的语言都这样表达
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  In fact, the majority of languages, more languages,
  事实上 大多数语言 更多的语言
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  are actually subject-object-verb languages.
  都是主宾谓结构的语言
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  So, you would say, if you wanted to convey
  因此 如果你想表达
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  that bill was the hitter and John was hit,
  比尔打了人 而约翰被打了
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  "Bill John hit."
  就要说"比尔约翰打了"
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  All of this has to be learned.
  所有这些都必须通过学习而获得
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  And all of this has to be learned
  而且所有这些都必须通过
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  through exposure to language users.
  暴露于拥有语言使用者的环境才能习得
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  On the other hand, there is considerable evidence
  另一方面 有大量证据表明
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  that the development of these language skills, in some way,
  这些语言技能的发展 在某些方面