24-year-old girl suddenly suffered a brain hemorrhage in class, and her symptom was that she couldn't speak English, but she could still speak Mandarin and Cantonese

When I came across this news, I almost couldn't hold my phone steady—losing the ability to speak English just like that, but being able to speak Mandarin and Cantonese as usual? This is even more magical than the 'transformative martial arts' in wuxia novels! But neurologists told me this is actually a 'language survival game' playing out in the brain at the brink of life and death.

Our brains hide a 'Language United Nations': for most people, their mother tongue resides in the left brain 'embassy area', while their second language might be pitched in a 'temporary tent' in the right brain. When the 'mudslide' of a brain hemorrhage destroys the 'temporary tent' for English, the mother tongue area withstands the impact with its reinforced concrete-like neural circuits. Just like older buildings are more earthquake-resistant than new constructions, the mother tongue, having been honed for twenty years, has already established an 'underground bunker' in the brain.

What's even more remarkable is a study from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, which found that people who speak multiple dialects have brains that are like 'language stabilization gimbals.' Cantonese and Mandarin share intricate neural circuits, while English may reside separately in a 'foreign language special zone.' When a blood clot precisely strikes the English area, it’s like a hacker taking over a partitioned hard drive, while other partitions remain operational.

However, don't panic; this 'foreign language blackout' is likely a temporary condition. Just like a router struck by lightning, 80% of patients can reconnect through 'neural fiber optics' within six months. Doctors are now using 'brain mapping navigation' to help patients rebuild language pathways, and I've heard of cases where individuals suddenly blurted out French words during rehabilitation—seems like the brain is engaging in its own 'disaster recovery'!

The brain is not a USB drive, but a living archive. Every time you learn a new language, it's like buying 'accident insurance' for the brain's neural networks.