142 Unit 10 | 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 quickly scan the newspaper headlines at the breakfast table in the morning. 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. See Grammar revisited, Word order, p. 179. 1 very few blind people / have been elected / in the US / as judges / . 2 many spectators / the Paralympics / in Paris / attracted / in summer / . 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? Pick a sentence to translate into another language you speak (other than German). This could be a language you study at school or a language you speak at home. How is the sentence structure different in this language? Explain the differences you notice to your partner. You’re the teacher now. Find a student in class who does not speak the language you picked for your translation in 16b. Teach them to say the sentence in that language. Before reading the article below, take notes on the following questions: 1 What do you think an ‘invisible disability’ might be? Examples: chronic pain, anxiety disorders, … 2 What do you think are ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ ways to respond to people with a disability? Read how Robyn Lambird, an Australian wheelchair racer and Paralympian, describes what it feels like to live with a disability. 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 15 a b c 16 a b c READING 17 a b 1 muscle tone: Muskelspannung What you should know about living with a disability Disabled people make up the world’s biggest minority – that includes sensory, physical, mental or intellectual disabilities. As a young woman living with cerebral palsy, a neurological condition affecting movement and muscle tone1, I often notice that disabled people could benefit from more meaningful representation. Because there’s such an unacceptable lack of visibility in mainstream media, disabled people are still very much misunderstood. Disability shouldn’t make you uncomfortable, but inequality should. When you see a person with a disability, instead of imagining how terrible their life must be, start imagining how you could play a part in making the world more accessible, more inclusive and more representative of bodies like ours. We can’t be summed up with a wheelchair symbol. Although a wheelchair is the universal symbol for accessible facilities, this is not suitable 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 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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