【双语】天才少年自学成才 17岁精通多国语言

　　A 17-year-old American boy has attracted worldwide attention by mastering 23 languages in just a few weeks。　　Timothy Doner from New York gained fame after he posted videos showing off his skills on Youtube,including one in which he was seen speaking 20 consecutive languages。　　Experts have classified him as a "hyperpolyglot",making him part of a small,exclusive group of individuals who can master a language in very short period of time。　　Doner came into limelight　　after he started posting his videos,gathering several thousand hits from people who also encouraged him to further showcase his unique talent。　　Languages caught his interest for the first time when he started learning Hebrew,gaining proficiency in it within a week,the Huffington Post reported。　　Doner practices his language skills in the real-world by speaking with New York City cab drivers,interacting with others at restaurants and connecting with people around the world via e-mail and Skype,it said。对大多数人来说，掌握三五种语言是很棒的。但纽约青少年蒂莫西·多纳年仅17岁就能说23种语言。不仅如此，他只需要一个星期就能学到几种新语言。如果你能说，你可以说，多纳“大众”法语、西班牙语、意大利语和德语也包括许多听起来很多“冷门”的语言，如南非官方语言之一的科萨语、冈比亚常用语言沃洛夫语、斯瓦西里语及美国欧吉布威原住民语。除了这些，多纳还会说数种非洲方言。　　多纳在视频网站YouTube在上传了他所说的不同语言的电影后，它吸引了全球语言爱好者的注意。在这些人的鼓励下，多纳继续通过阅读教学书籍和使用移动应用程序来学习，并可以在几周或几个月内学习相同的新语言。2012年，专家们将16岁的他列为一小群精通多种语言的人“语言狂人”一是这群人学语言的速度惊人。