If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are _____ Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter _____ you started to learn another language?

According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead _____ an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning _____ languages could help your brain process information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles (肌肉). The study also found the influence is greater _____ the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr. Andrea Michelle, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of _____ learners who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.

“Our findings suggest that the structure (结构) of the brain is _____ by the experience of learning a second language.” said the scientists. It means that the change itself increases the _____ to learn.

Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales said, ‘‘Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain _____ active,” he also said, “At the same time you are having a better understanding of ______ ideas.”