"In the last 20 years or so, there's been a virtual explosion of research on bilingualism," says Judith Kroll, a professor at the University of California, Riverside.

加州大学河滨分校的教授朱迪思·克罗尔表示：“在过去20年左右的时间里，对双语的研究实际上出现了爆炸式增长。”

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I recently had the pleasure of conducting an interview with him on bilingualism, translation, and interpreting.

我最近有幸就双语教育，笔译和口译方面的有关问题对他进行了一次采访。

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Cognitive research on bilingualism has been a focus in the field of language cognition over the recent twenty years.

双语认知研究是近二十年来语言认知领域的一个热点。

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"In England,like in the United States, bilingualism is seen as something special and unique and something to be commented on and perhaps work towards, whereas in many other parts of the world being bilingual is just seen as a natural part of life."

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It was in this usage that 'multiculturalism' first gained currency after it was recommended in the 1965 Report of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism.

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