好久不见啦铁铁们！这次是真的快要复试了！不要慌不要怂！在翻译练起来的时候也不要忘记口语吖！
以下源自可可英语，翻译详见原网页https://www.kekenet.com/Article/201912/602421.shtml
International Day for Disabled Persons
国际残疾人日
Hello. I'm Marina Santee.
And I'm Rachel Hobson. Welcome toSpotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It iseasier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
"Happy are the people whounderstand my strange step, when walking, and my heavy hands.
Happy are the people who know that my earsneed strengthening to understand what is said.
Happy are the people who understand thatthough my eyes shine, my mind is slow.
Happy are the people who listen to me,because I have something to say.
Happy are the people who know what is in myheart, though I could not express it."
These are words from a poem called"Bienaventurados". The word is Spanish for, "happy" or"blessed." The poem's writer sent this poem to a group in Argentina -the National Association of the Promotion of Disabled Persons. The writer ofthe poem is very skilled. The writer is also disabled.
December the third is theInternational Day of Disabled Persons. There are many kinds of disabilities.Some people have physical disabilities — they may be blind, deaf, or not ableto walk. Other people have mental disabilities — their brains act differentlyin some way.
Some people do not like the word"disabled" because it is negative. It is talking about what a personcannot do. They use the words "differently abled". So how differentcan a person be — before other people feel uncomfortable — not at ease? Why dodifferences create barriers? And how do people deal with them? In some parts ofthe world, this is a very serious issue. In fact, in the worst cases,differences lead to death.
Theodory Mwalongo works for ADD —Action on Disability and Development. ADD is an international developmentgroup. Theoodory is ADD's representative in Tanzania. He told a shocking story.It is about the power of attitudes towards disability.
The story is sad. It is happening in thetwenty first century. It is happening in our communities to people withdisabilities. It is not only in many places of Tanzania. It is also in otherparts of the world.
Sunday the second of September,2007. A six year old child is murdered. Police report that the murderer is herfather. The little girl was born disabled. Reports say that the father blamed themother for giving birth to her. The father said it was an evil curse on thefamily. He said that he would kill the child one day.
Reports say that the little girl wasoutside playing on the day of her murder. She was playing hide and seek withother children. Her father hit her with a heavy object. He hit her head untilthe life left her. The other children cried for help. People in nearby houses came.The father was taken to the police station. Reports say that he had beendrinking alcohol. And he admitted to killing his daughter. He said he did it toclean his family of the evil curse from her birth.
ADD Tanzania is working with the TanzaniaFederation of Disabled People. They issued a joint Press Statement. Itcondemned the killing of the innocent child.
Reports like these are rare. Butthere are many other similar cases in countryside areas. There is a long way togo in changing attitudes towards disabled people. Where did the father'sopinion come from? Well, some old traditions tell people that disabled childrenare a curse from God. Yet across the world the mothers of many disabledchildren disagree. They say their children are a blessing. They say that lifeis a blessing — a blessing from God.
For International Day of DisabledPersons, we give some time to listen to the words of the experts in thissubject — those with disabilities. First, a poem translated from Maritza MelaraCastillo in El Salvador.
"I cannot run.
Yet each road has its goal.
I cannot dance to rock and roll, or jazzand pop.
And yet I enjoy the music so much.
I cannot walk alone to the edges of the sea
Yet the deep movement of the wavesencourages me.
The sunset amazes me.
The hugeness of the sky and water shake me.
To sit on the sand, to see the birds, togreet the sun.
To listen to the silence...to laugh — andto cry.
To smile at someone passing by. To speakyour name.
To feel you melt me with your look.Discover me behind the image, bend my defences.
I hear your voice.
How small and huge I am.
I make the moon mine when I dream.
Behind my defences.
Still, I know that I have loved. I havefelt. I have loved. I have lived it all.
And even more. Lover, I think there isstill more."
Carolyn Vash is a doctor ofpsychology — a study of the mind. She became a doctor after being disabled bypolio. People know her for her expertise and knowledge, not her disability. Shetalks about the power of attitudes towards disability. She said:
"Attitudes drive ourbehaviour. What we believe and how we feel largely controls what we do. Ourbehaviour then reinforces our beliefs and feelings."
Knowing someone is one of the bestways to break down barriers of fear and difference. It is one of the best waysto change people's attitudes. Together, knowledge and understanding can removethe fear of differences. They can make individuals and communities change andgrow. They can help people to see the humanity that connects all beings —whatever their differences. We finish with some more words from our openingpoem — Bienaventurados.
"Happy are the people who seeme and love me as I am, as I alone am. And not as some would want me to be.
Happy are the people who help me in mylife's trip towards the home of my heavenly father."
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