I'm Neil. And I'm Rob. Bonjour Rob. Connichiwa. Excuse me. Hola. ¿Cómo estás? Oh, okay. I think Neil's saying "hello" in different languages. French was it and then Japanese. And Spanish, is that right? Sí, muy bien. The English are famously slow to learn other languages, but it seems that Rob and I, and of course you, our global全球的 audience here at 6 Minute English, are good examples of polyglots. People who speak more than one language, sometimes known as superlinguists.
People who speak multiple多重的 languages benefit有益于 from many advantages, as we'll be hearing in this programme. That word 'polyglot' sounds familiar, Neil. Doesn't the prefix 'poly' mean 'many'? That's right, like 'polygon', a shape with many sides. Or 'polymath', someone who knows many things. And speaking of knowing things, it's time for my quiz question. The word 'polyglot' comes from Greek and is made up of two parts, 'poly', which as Rob says means 'many', and 'glot'.
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