时间:2019-03-04 作者:英语课 分类:2019年NPR美国国家公共电台1月


英语课

 


LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:


In the town of Portishead, England, a small bridal shop made a big statement with their window display.


SARAH PARKER: We didn't feel we were doing anything that was really outside of the norm. But obviously, it is.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: Sarah Parker is the co-owner of a boutique called The White Collection. Earlier this month, Sarah and her sister Laura Allen rearranged the mannequins.


PARKER: One side, a model stood in quite a big, traditional wedding dress. And the other window, we have a mannequin sat down in a wheel chair.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: They didn't think it was that big a deal. That's until artist Beth Wilson, who uses a wheelchair, tweeted a photo of the display she wrote. It shouldn't be exciting, but it's the first time I've ever seen disability portrayed 1 in a shop window. Her post got a lot of attention.


PARKER: That's created this absolute frenzy 2 and this outpouring of messages on this debate that this shouldn't be an unusual thing to see in a shop window.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: Maria Coehlo called the store to tell them how much it meant to her.


MARIA COEHLO: I thought, good grief. Someone has just normalized that wheelchair, and that normalizes my daughter.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: Coehlo's daughter has juvenile 3 arthritis 4 and at 17 began using a wheelchair.


COEHLO: People's perception of her has changed because the mobility 5 aid is what they perceive. They don't see the vibrant 6, beautiful, intelligent, incredible human being that uses the tool as a way of getting around.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: Coehlo hopes that stores everywhere follow suit. In the meantime, shop owner Sarah Parker says a stream of visitors have taken pictures with the display, including at least one little girl who also uses a wheelchair.



v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 );描述;描绘;描画
  • Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中,他始终把自己说成是受害者。
  • The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动
  • He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
  • They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。
n.青少年,少年读物;adj.青少年的,幼稚的
  • For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人,他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
  • Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。
n.关节炎
  • Rheumatoid arthritis has also been linked with the virus.风湿性关节炎也与这种病毒有关。
  • He spent three months in the hospital with acute rheumatic arthritis.他患急性风湿性关节炎,在医院住了三个月。
n.可动性,变动性,情感不定
  • The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
  • Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。
adj.震颤的,响亮的,充满活力的,精力充沛的,(色彩)鲜明的
  • He always uses vibrant colours in his paintings. 他在画中总是使用鲜明的色彩。
  • She gave a vibrant performance in the leading role in the school play.她在学校表演中生气盎然地扮演了主角。
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1-methyl-3-pyrrolidinol
Adorp
aletrin
Alobras
atabrium
atomic amplifier
awadagin
beispiel
biovetin
boiling bulb
brailles
capsochrome
come through the gate of horn
comostola ocellulata
complete street
cost recovery method
Denison Plains
electrodeless discharge tube
encephalopathy
ethylene di-iodide
fabric carcass
fenestratedl compress
finite plate
floating-point shift
foodborne-illness
forecast by emergence interval
fully factored load
galaxy-wide
gotchies
grain drying unit
grandular
Grenacher's stain
GTN
gydas
hendecanol
hepatic surgery
hernreich
hypomelancholia
imperative
interactive layout system
inverted block
judeas
Kamuesha
laffans
lead-lead age
liparis nervosa lindl.
Little Cumbrae I.
lumberjack shirt
menologies
mixed cryoglobulin disease
n-tier architecture
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non-accumulative sinking fund
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paid in investment
paper tape coder
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pathspec
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Surtur
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Thunda
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transverse force axis
Vendarcin
Vieussens's isthmus
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write sth down
zero emissions vehicle