英語(yǔ)流行話題聽(tīng)力:Unit 4 手語(yǔ)她

[00:00.01] Unit 04 There is one language that is in use in every country in the world. [00:10.02] The people who use it are young and old, thin and fat, short and tall. [00:15.29] It is everybody's second language. [00:17.27] It is easy to understand, although you can not hear it. [00:21.14] It is sign language. [00:23.14] When you wave to a friend who is across the street, you are using sign language. [00:29.23] When you smile at someone, you are saying," I want to be friendly." but you are not using speech. [00:35.33] You are using sign language. [00:37.30] When you raise your hand in class, you are saying," Please ask me. I think I know the correct answer. [00:44.12]" Babies who can not talk can point at things. [00:49.21] They are using sign language. [00:51.40] A policeman who wants to stop traffic holds up his hand. [00:55.05] He is using sign language. [00:58.02] Winston Churchill's famous" V for-Victory" was sign language, too. [01:04.05] Many years ago, a French priest, Charles Michel de l'Epee, became interested in education for deaf people. [01:11.49] He invented a finger alphabet. [01:14.15] It is still in use. [01:16.55] People can make signs for letters and spell words with their hands, and deaf people can read and understand them. [01:25.12] The priest who made up the finger alphabet also founded the first school for the deaf in Paris in 1760. [01:33.22] Teachers and doctors who wanted to help deaf people went to Paris and learnt Abbe de l'Epee's system. [01:40.41] Then they taught it to their students and patients. [01:44.32] Soon there were schools for the deaf in many countries. [01:48.37] Today in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. [01:54.59] The newsreader tells the new in sign language. [01:58.33] At the same time, the words appear on the TV screen. [02:03.55] There is also a National Theater of the Deaf. [02:07.25] Most of the actors in this group are deaf. [02:10.31] They travel from city to city and do plays, readings, poems and dances in sign language and pantomime. [02:19.05] Two members tell the story or speak the lines during the performance. [02:25.18] The actors in the Theater of the Deaf do not finger spell every word. [02:30.55] Sometimes they use hand signs. [02:33.28] When they put two hands together, it means" sandwich". [02:38.47] They can make a roof with their hands over their heads when they want to show" house". [02:44.07] One finger in front of an actor's mouth means" quiet". [02:49.38] With sign language, you can talk to people who are behind windows that are closed. [02:55.09] And when you go swimming with your friends, you can have a conversation under water!

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