2005年Interview(5/5)-英语听力

[00:00.18]However, although the old group took longer to learn, eventually, they performed as well as the young group. [00:07.75]And when we tested the two groups several weeks later, there was again no difference between the two groups. [00:14.33]That's very interesting indeed. What else did your experiments show? [00:18.64]Well, one group of old people agreed to attend evening classes for a year to study English and mathematics. [00:25.58]In fact, most of this group became so interesting in their studies that they continued them for another year. [00:32.76]Anyway, we discovered that they did best in the English classes [00:37.08]and that most of them steadily improved their ability to communicate in both the written and the spoken language. [00:43.75]What about the group who studied mathematics? [00:46.57]Well, that's a different story. [00:48.85]There seems to be no doubt that people find maths more difficult as they grow older. [00:53.88]Through why this is so, I cannot say. [00:56.72]Perhaps pocket calculators will solve this problem. [00:59.86]I think you're right. [01:00.97]In fact, I'm sure that you are. [01:03.01]Okay. Time for a commercial. Stay tuned; we'll be right back.