The 2010 Winter Paralympics (2010年冬季殘障奧運)
Athletes show remarkable skill during the 10th Winter Paralympics
Today several hundred athletes from 40 countries gather in Vancouver, BC. Like the Olympic athletes that came in February, these athletes have trained intensely for this competition. In contrast to the Olympic athletes, these athletes are blind, can't walk, or have some other disability.
The preparations
Vancouver was announced the host city of the Olympics and Paralympics in July 2003. Canada has done many things to prepare for the Games since then.
Educational programs in Canadian schools were held in November 2009 during Paralympic School Week. Students fell in love with Sumi, the Paralympic mascot, on his school visits.
The Canadian Paralympic Committee Website
It's the Real Deal features stories of athletes with disabilities. The Paralympic Torch Relay began on March 3 in Ottawa, Canada. Six hundred people carried the specially designed torch on its 10-day journey. Today that torch will light up the BC Place in Vancouver during the Opening Ceremony.
intensive adj. 加強的/密集的
intensively adv. 強烈地/集中地
eg: Our team worked intensively for the past week to meet the deadline.
eg: The city was bombed intensively and many were wounded.
contrast n. 相反/差別懸殊
dg: There's a distinct contrast between the styles of the two directors.
in contrast to something or someone 和某事或某人相反
eg: In contrast to her sister Laura, Vanessa is quite introverted(內向的).
dis- 沒有
disability n. 殘障/殘疾
eg: The boy suffers from a learning disability.
=> 這個男孩有著學習上的障礙。
eg: The girl with multiple disabilities writes with a sound-activated computer.
=> 這個犯有多重障礙的女生用聲控電腦來書寫。
announce v. 宣佈/發佈
mascot n. 吉祥物
torch n. 火炬
torch relay 火炬中轉
journey n. 旅程/行程
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politically correct 政治正確
=> 每過這幾年流行politically correct的辭彙，
=> 字義上這些詞彙和政治沒有關係
=> 而是指對社會中的不同族群或是團體必須加以尊重
the handicapped n. 殘障者(帶有殘廢的涵義)
the disabled n. 殘疾/殘障
=> 現在最被接受的用法為the disabled
the physically challenged 肢體受挑戰的
=> 較有禮貌的方式稱呼殘障者
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