20090906 -- The Summer Deaflympics (1)

The Summer Deaflympics

Taipei welcomes a sound-free competition

This month, Taipei welcomes athletes from around the world to the 21st Summer Deaflympics. The world's oldest competition for athletes with disabilities, these games showcase the incredibly talented competitors from the world's deaf community.

Sound and sports
Sound holds a very important place in most athletic competitions. Fans cheer, coaches shout directions and referees blow whistles to start, stop and control play. More importantly, major events like the Olympics provide participants with the chance to talk, laugh and cry with people from different cultures and countries. But unlike hearing people, deaf athletes can't rely on sounds to guide their actions and define their experiences. That's why the Deaflympics have taken on such an important role within the deaf community. The Deaflympics give deaf athletes a chance to participate in a top-notch international athletic competition that might otherwise be closed to them. In order to avoid reliance on sound, the Games have developed uniqure, visually oriented forms of play. Unlike other sporting events, officials at Deaflympics discard whistles and starter pistols. Instead, play controlled with flags, and races are started using flashes of light.


dis-離開/否定
disability n. 失能/殘疾
eg: Stanley has never let his disability keep him from living a normal life.
eg: Jason was diagnosed with having a learning disability.
eg: Even though Lily only has one arm, she refuses to let her physical disability limit her future.

referee n. 裁判
eg: The referee decided the goal did not count.

rely v. 依靠
reliance n. 依靠
eg: Our country's reliance on oil is bad for the enviroment.

orient v. 按照某個對象來調整
eg: Steve and Janet are very career-oriented. They work all the time.
eg: The manufactures need to orient their products toward the needs of customers.
eg: That new family-orient film has done well at the box office.

dis-否定
discard v. 丟棄/拋棄
=> get rid of
eg: Please ask Trisha not to discard her old clothes before I have a look at them.
eg: Greg decided to discard his busy city life to live in the quiet country.
eg: Discard any containers with liquid over 100CCs before entering the airport.

showcase v. 使展現/使亮相

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negative prefixes 帶有否定涵義的字首

in 來自拉丁文的單字會用in字首
inaccurate
intolerant
inhuman adj. 無情的/冷酷的

un 幾乎所有的否定形容詞都是用
undiluted adj
unhappy
unkind

undo v.
unhuman adj. 非人類的/超人的
unscientific adj. 沒有科學根據的

non
nonscientific adj. 非科學的

anti 反對
=> against
anti-war 反戰