<FONT size=3>No one knows exactly how many disabled (残废的) people there are in the world, but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada. (没有人真正知道世界上有多少残疾人(指能力不足的人),但据估计超过四十五亿人,印度的残疾人数是加拿大总人口数的两倍,)</FONT>
<FONT size=3>In the United Kingdom, about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people. As we get older, many of us will become less mobile ( 可动的) , hard of hearing or have failing eyesight. (在英国,十人当中就有一个有些残疾</FONT><FONT size=3>的,残疾不只是在其它人身上发生的.到我们老的时候,大部分人会变得活动少,听力和视力都差多了.)</FONT>
<FONT size=3>Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities. Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases. The longer time goes on, the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have a period of disability in the form of a mental illness. All are affected by people ’ s attitude towards them. (残疾在人生的任何时候都可能发生或形成,有些人是先天性的,也有很多人在他们年迈的时候形成的,造成能力不足的原因逐渐攀升,不久之后将会变得更加严峻.一些人是在事故中受残,也有许多人在精神上有些创伤或智障,这些都受到人们的情绪的影响.)</FONT>
<FONT size=3>Disabled people face many physical barriers. Next time you go shopping or to work or visit </FONT><FONT size=3>friends, imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps, or on to buses and trains. How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic? But there are other barriers: prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability, not their disability, which counts. (残疾人要面对许多肢体上的碍障,下次你去购物或上班或看望朋友时,想像一下如果你不能上楼梯或不能挤上公汽或火车时你会怎么办?如果你不能看见你想要去的地方或不能听到交通警报你会怎样?但是仍有些其他的障碍:</FONT>
[此贴子已经被作者于2006-4-24 13:40:59编辑过]
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