VOA慢速英语:Early Musical Training Do Not Affect The Intelligence of Young People

1. Many people believe that teaching children music makes them smarter, better able to learn new things.

able to 能; 会
例句：He was even able to build his own home.
他现在甚至能建一所自己的房子。

2. He says the evidence comes from studies that measured the mental ability of two groups of 4-year-olds and their parents.

come from 来自某处; 出生于
例句：Because we come from judea.
因为我们来自朱迪亚。

3. Samuel Mehr says researchers have carried out many studies in an effort to learn whether musical training can make children smarter.

carry out 执行; 进行
例句：They should also carry out some fundamental reforms.
这些政府也应该执行一些基础性的改革。

4. He says researchers in his study compared how well children in the musical training group did on mental processing tasks or projects, then the results were compared to those of children who did not take lessons.

compare to 把…比作， 喻为; 与…相比
例句：They have nothing to compare to.
没有东西让他们来比较。