The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically, setting us apart from the rest of life.

语言天赋是唯一一个从基因上标记我们所有人的特征，使我们与其他生命形式区分开来。

The more you know, the more you can know.

你知道的越多，你能知道的就越多。

Language is not a cultural artifact that we learn the way we learn to tell time or how the federal government works. Instead, it is a distinct piece of the biological makeup of our brains.

语言不是一种文化产物，不像我们学习报时或了解联邦政府运作那样。相反，它是我们大脑生物构成的一个独特部分。