We had a group of children who were monolinguals.

一组是单语。

Also, bilingual people tend to trip over tongue-twisters more than monolingual people.

此外，双语者比单语者更容易被绕口令绊倒。

Number four is to use a monolingual dictionary more than a bilingual dictionary.

第四，多使用单语词典而是双语词典。

In my opinion, it doesn't really matter whether you use a monolingual or bilingual dictionary.

在我看来，你用英英字典或是英汉字典都太有关系。

How are the strategies that bilingual children use to learn language different from monolingual children?

双语学习语言的策略和单语有何同？

But bilinguals, there's evidence showing that they're not relying on mutual exclusivity as much as monolinguals.

然而，有据显示双语像单语一样依赖互斥性原则。

A study of monolingual and bilingual speakers suggests speaking two languages can help slow down the brain's decline with age.

一份针对单语言和双语言者的研究表明，说两种语言可以延缓大脑随着年龄的衰退。

The answer is " an American." Well, the actual answer would be someone who is " monolingual" (monolingual).

答案是“一个美国人” 。好吧，实际的答案应该是一个“只讲一种语言” （monolingual）的人。

If you speak only one language, you're called " monolingual, " since " mono-" means one.

如果你只说一种语言，你就被称为“单一语言”，因为“单一”意味着一种。

Can language diversity be preserved, or are we on a path to becoming a monolingual species?

语言多样性能否得以保留， 或者我们是否正走上成为单一语言物种的道路？

He's going to compare their brains to the brains of monolingual or those that only speak one language.

他将把他们的大脑与单语者或只说一种语言的人的大脑进行比较。

If they speak one language, they're called either monolingual or American – from the United States, that is.

如果他们说一种语言，他们要么被称为单语者， 要么被称为美国人——来自美国， 也就是说。

Dr. Gold found that those who are bilingual have certain cognitive or intellectual advantages over those who are monolingual.

戈尔德博士发现，双语者比单语者具有一定的认知或智力优势。

Gold wants to answer the question about the functional basis of the advantage that bilingual seniors have over monolingual seniors.

Gold 想要回答有关双语老年人相对于单语老年人优势的功能基础的问题。

In fact, those who have grown up in bilingual households are consistently more sensitive to subtle language differences compared to their monolingual counterparts.

事实上，那些在双语家庭长大的人对微妙的语言差异总是比那些只会一种语言的人更敏感。

I'm guessing it has something to do with the scores on the tests that bilinguals and monolinguals took.

我猜这与双语者和单语者参加的测试分数有关。

I'd also like to say that unlike a lot of teachers, I'm not going to tell you to only use an English monolingual dictionary.

我也想要说，我跟多数老师都一样，我会叫你只用英英字典。

They don't have to expend as much effort in using their brain as monolingual seniors do.

他们必像只会说一种语言的老年人那样费力地使用他们的大脑。

We have this really strong idea that in order to be a good bilingual, we have to be two monolinguals in one body.

我们有一个非常强烈的想法， 即为了成为一个好的双语者，我们必须成为一个身体中的两个单语者。

And what I mean by learning them is I will basically go into a monolingual dictionary first to see the definitions of those words and phrases.

我说学习它们的意思是，我会先查一本单语词典，看看这些单词和短语的定义。