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96 Unit 07 | The story of my life Word order Look at the sentence below and circle the different parts of the sentence (subject, verb, etc.). I often scan the newspaper headlines quickly at the breakfast table in the mornings. How many rules for building sentences in English can you remember? Talk in pairs. Use the rules to put the sentence parts below in the correct order. If more than one order is possible, write all possible sentences. 1 very few blind people / have been elected / in the US / as judges / . 2 many spectators / the Paralympics / in Tokyo / attracted / last year / . 3 Mum / for Mother’s Day / got / a great present / I / . 4 is / late / Tim / always / when / we / for project work / meet / in the afternoon / . 5 understand / he / never / can / why / annoyed / get / about this / I / . 6 because / doesn’t like / she / her brother / , / as much as possible / avoids / him / she / . 7 when / meet / my friends / in the evening / I / , / often / go to / a pub / in town / we / . Translate sentences 5 and 6 into German. How does the word order change?  See Grammar revisited, Word order , p. 173. Before reading the article below, take notes on the following questions: 1 What mental disabilities do you know of? 2 What do you think are right or wrong ways to respond to people with a disability? Read how Robyn Lambird describes what it feels like to live with a disability and complete the sentences (1–6) using a maximum of four words. Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. LANGUAGE 20 a M p. 39 b c d READING 21 a b  2  muscle tone: Muskelspannung What you should know about living with a disability Disabled people make up the world’s biggest mi- nority – that includes sensory, physical, mental or intellectual disabilities. As a young woman living with cerebral palsy, a neurological condi- tion affecting movement and muscle tone 2 , I often notice that disabled people could benefit from more meaningful representation. Because there’s such an unacceptable lack of visibility in main- stream media, disabled people are still very much misunderstood. I recently shared my feelings about the disabled identity on the wonderful Body Pos Project , an online platform for sharing stories about overcoming issues regarding body positivity. People responded with so much love. Still, there are some things I wish they knew. First of all, we can’t be summed up with a wheel- chair symbol. Although a wheelchair is the univer- sal symbol for accessible facilities, this is not suit- able as the actual community is so much broader than that! Some disabilities are visible, some aren’t. A disability might be the result of an accident or illness, or people may have just been born this way. Having the wheelchair symbol represent the entire disabled community is unhelpful as it often means that individuals who have ‘invisible disabilities’ face discrimination. Many of my disabled friends, when not using mobility aids, have received negative comments and stares when taking a priority seat on public transport. This is because we appear to be young able-bodied individuals, and our mobility and balance problems aren’t obvious, so please be careful what you say. As long as you are polite and respectful, I’m more than happy to answer your questions about my situation. I understand the natural curiosity, and the more you understand about my disabil- ity, the more I actually benefit. If people are will- ing to sit and listen to our stories and challenges, that goes a long way in making us feel valuable and empowered. We want to be seen. It’s vali- dating to see someone who looks like you on screen, on a billboard or in a magazine. Unfor- tunately, this rarely happens for disabled people. But if we have representation, disability will be normalized, and negative attitudes (like fear and bias) can be changed. Some brands are including disabled models in advertising, but there is more work to be done. Still, I’m hopeful. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv