A 17-year-old American boy has attracted worldwide attention by mastering 23 languages in just a few weeks.
17岁的美国男孩在数周内掌握了23种语言，吸引到全球关注。

Timothy Doner from New York gained fame after he posted videos showing off his skills on Youtube, including one in which he was seen speaking 20 consecutive languages.
来自纽约的蒂莫西·多纳在Youtube网站上上传视频展示语言才能，然后他就出名了。在一个视频中他连续说了20种语言。

Experts have classified him as a "hyperpolyglot", making him part of a small, exclusive group of individuals who can master a language in very short period of time.
专家将他列为精通多国语言的“语言狂人”之一，这一独特而又稀少的群体成员能在非常短的时间内掌握一门语言。

Doner came into limelight after he started posting his videos, gathering several thousand hits from people who also encouraged him to further showcase his unique talent.
视频开始贴出后多纳成为了关注焦点，视频得到了数千位网友的点击，人们还鼓励多纳更多地展示这一独特才能。

Languages caught his interest for the first time when he started learning Hebrew, gaining proficiency in it within a week, the Huffington Post reported.
《赫芬顿邮报》报道称，多纳最初在学习希伯来语时开始对语言产生兴趣，他在一周内就熟练掌握了这门语言。

Doner practices his language skills in the real-world by speaking with New York City cab drivers, interacting with others at restaurants and connecting with people around the world via e-mail and Skype, it said.
报道还说，多纳是在真实的语言环境中练习的，他与纽约市出租车司机交谈，和餐馆里的人对话，还通过邮件及Skype与世界各地的人们交流。

补充信息：

多纳会说的语言除了“大众”的法语、西班牙语、意大利语、德语，还包括许多听起来很“冷门”的语言，如南非官方语言之一的科萨语、冈比亚常用语言沃洛夫语、斯瓦西里语及美国欧吉布威原住民语。除了这些，多纳还会说数种非洲方言。

多纳2012年曾登上《纽约时报》，专家将当时16岁的他列为一小群精通多国语言的“语言狂人”之一，这群人学语言的速度之快相当惊人。

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