英國(guó)盲道如何打開(kāi)盲人的心靈之窗

名師精講外刊英國(guó)盲道如何打開(kāi)盲人的心靈之窗？ThetricksbeingplayedonyoubyUKroads名師精講外刊2012年統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)顯示，我國(guó)約有1350萬(wàn)視力殘疾人，其中550多萬(wàn)為盲人。如此龐大的基數(shù)和飛速的增長(zhǎng)應(yīng)當(dāng)引起我們對(duì)盲人群體的高度關(guān)注。英國(guó)是很早就開(kāi)始盲道設(shè)施建設(shè)的國(guó)家之一，致力于在科學(xué)技術(shù)與人性需求之間尋找到平衡點(diǎn)，使用高新的技術(shù)，研發(fā)新型的導(dǎo)盲設(shè)備，將科技與盲道實(shí)現(xiàn)完美結(jié)合。今天讓我們跟著外刊來(lái)看看那些盲人腳下的路究竟傳達(dá)了哪些我們看不到的信息。課前問(wèn)題1.“竭盡全力，開(kāi)足馬力”怎么表達(dá)？2.“equestriancrossing”是什么意思？導(dǎo)讀名師精講外刊ThetricksbeingplayedonyoubyUKroads名師精講外刊AmongthemoststrikingexamplestoappearintownsandcitiesaroundBritainaretheladderandtramlinepatternsthatmarkthestartofsharedcyclewaysandfootpaths.Ahorizontalpatternofraisedlinesgoingacrossthepavementtellsblindpedestrianstheyareonthefootpathside;raisedlinesrunningalongthedirectionoftravelindicatethesidedesignatedforcycles.Awide,raisedlinedividesthetwo."ThesetellmestraightawaywhichsideofthepathIshouldbewalkingon,"saysHolmes.【基礎(chǔ)解析】strikingadj.1)引人注目的；異乎尋常的；顯著的【釋】interestingandunusualenoughtoattractattention【例】Instrikingcontrasttotheirbrothers,thegirlswerebothintelligentandcharming.姑娘們既聰明伶俐，又嫵媚動(dòng)人，跟她們的兄弟形成鮮明的對(duì)照。2)嫵媚動(dòng)人的；標(biāo)致的；俊秀的【釋】veryattractive,ofteninanunusualway【例】strikinggoodlooks姣好的面容【拓展延伸】近義詞：eye-catching,marked,visible,impressive,prominent,conspicuous精講試聽(tīng)結(jié)束ThereisabewilderingarrayoftexturedpavingontheroadsofBritishtownsandcitiestoconveysimilarmessages.Dimpledpavingsetoutinagrid-likepattern,forexample,indicatesapointwherethekerbdropsataroadcrossing.IfthedimpledpavingformsanL-shapeacrosstheentirewidthofthepavement,itmeansthatthisisapedestriancrossingwithlights.【基礎(chǔ)解析】anarrayof一堆，大群，大量【例】avastarrayofbottlesofdifferentshapesandsizes一大批形狀大小不一的瓶子【基礎(chǔ)解析】texturedadj.起紋理的；質(zhì)地不平的【釋】withasurfacethatisnotsmooth,buthasaparticulartexture【例】texturedwallpaper起紋理的壁紙精講試聽(tīng)結(jié)束ThereisabewilderingarrayoftexturedpavingontheroadsofBritishtownsandcitiestoconveysimilarmessages.Dimpledpavingsetoutinagrid-likepattern,forexample,indicatesapointwherethekerbdropsataroadcrossing.IfthedimpledpavingformsanL-shapeacrosstheentirewidthofthepavement,itmeansthatthisisapedestriancrossingwithlights.【基礎(chǔ)解析】dimpledadj.有淺窩的【釋】Somethingthatisdimpledhassmallhollowsinit.【例】amanwithadimpledchin一個(gè)下巴上有淺窩的男人。【基礎(chǔ)解析】anarrayof一堆，大群，大量【例】avastarrayofbottlesofdifferentshapesandsizes一大批形狀大小不一的瓶子精講試聽(tīng)結(jié)束ThereisabewilderingarrayoftexturedpavingontheroadsofBritishtownsandcitiestoconveysimilarmessages.Dimpledpavingsetoutinagrid-likepattern,forexample,indicatesapointwherethekerbdropsataroadcrossing.IfthedimpledpavingformsanL-shapeacrosstheentirewidthofthepavement,itmeansthatthisisapedestriancrossingwithlights.【基礎(chǔ)解析】bewilderingadj.令人困惑的；使人糊涂的【釋】makingyoufeelconfusedbecausetherearetoomanythingstochoosefromorbecausesthisdifficulttounderstand【例1】abewilderingarray/range令人眼花繚亂的擺設(shè)/種類【例2】Thereisabewilderingvarietyofsoftwareavailable.各種可供挑選的軟件使人目不暇接。Forthosewhoknowwheretolook,anothersecretmessagelieshiddenaroundpelicancrossings-thepedestriancrossingsinwhichsomeonepushesabutton,thenwaitsforthesignaltowalk.Tuckedontheundersideoftheboxwiththepush-buttonisasmall,innocuouscylinder.Whenthelightschangetoshowthegreenman,thiscylinderspinstoindicateitissafetocross.Wearingmyblindnesssimulationglasses,itfeelslikethetopofafelt-tippenspinninginmyhand.【基礎(chǔ)解析】pelicancrossings鵜鶘人行橫道【拓展延伸】1)zebracrossing人行斑馬線2)puffincrossing海雀人行橫道3)toucancrossing犀鳥(niǎo)人行橫道4)equestriancrossing(pegasuscrossing)騎馬者通行路5)zig-zaglines之字線條Forthosewhoknowwheretolook,anothersecretmessagelieshiddenaroundpelicancrossings-thepedestriancrossingsinwhichsomeonepushesabutton,thenwaitsforthesignaltowalk.Tuckedontheundersideoftheboxwiththepush-buttonisasmall,innocuouscylinder.Whenthelightschangetoshowthegreenman,thiscylinderspinstoindicateitissafetocross.Wearingmyblindnesssimulationglasses,itfeelslikethetopofafelt-tippenspinninginmyhand.【基礎(chǔ)解析】felt-tipn.氈頭筆【釋】Afelt-tiporafelt-tippenisapenwhichhasapieceoffibreattheendthattheinkcomesthrough.【基礎(chǔ)解析】pelicancrossings鵜鶘人行橫道Forthosewhoknowwheretolook,anothersecretmessagelieshiddenaroundpelicancrossings-thepedestriancrossingsinwhichsomeonepushesabutton,thenwaitsforthesignaltowalk.Tuckedontheundersideoftheboxwiththepush-buttonisasmall,innocuouscylinder.Whenthelightschangetoshowthegreenman,thiscylinderspinstoindicateitissafetocross.Wearingmyblindnesssimulationglasses,itfeelslikethetopofafelt-tippenspinninginmyhand.【基礎(chǔ)解析】tuckv.1)（把衣服、紙張等的邊緣）塞進(jìn)，折疊，卷起【例】Shetuckedupherskirtandwadedintotheriver.她撩起裙子蹚水走進(jìn)河里。2)把……塞進(jìn)狹窄的空間；把……藏入；收藏【例】Shetuckedherhair(up)underhercap.她把頭發(fā)攏起來(lái)塞進(jìn)帽子里。3)用……蓋?。挥谩瓏o；用……裹嚴(yán)【例】Shetuckedablanketaroundhislegs.她拿一條毯子把他的雙腿裹好。Forthosewhoknowwheretolook,anothersecretmessagelieshiddenaroundpelicancrossings-thepedestriancrossingsinwhichsomeonepushesabutton,thenwaitsforthesignaltowalk.Tuckedontheundersideoftheboxwiththepush-buttonisasmall,innocuouscylinder.Whenthelightschangetoshowthegreenman,thiscylinderspinstoindicateitissafetocross.Wearingmyblindnesssimulationglasses,itfeelslikethetopofafelt-tippenspinninginmyhand.【基礎(chǔ)解析】innocuousadj.1)無(wú)惡意的；無(wú)意冒犯的【釋】notintendedtooffendorupsetanyone【例】Itseemedaperfectlyinnocuousremark.那像是一句毫無(wú)惡意的話。2)無(wú)害的；無(wú)危險(xiǎn)的【釋】notharmfulordangerous【例】aninnocuoussubstance無(wú)害物質(zhì)Forthosewhoknowwheretolook,anothersecretmessagelieshiddenaroundpelicancrossings-thepedestriancrossingsinwhichsomeonepushesabutton,thenwaitsforthesignaltowalk.Tuckedontheundersideoftheboxwiththepush-buttonisasmall,innocuouscylinder.Whenthelightschangetoshowthegreenman,thiscylinderspinstoindicateitissafetocross.Wearingmyblindnesssimulationglasses,itfeelslikethetopofafelt-tippenspinninginmyhand.【基礎(chǔ)解析】cylindern.1)圓柱；圓柱體；圓筒【釋】asolidorhollowfigurewithroundendsandlongstraightsides2)（尤指用作容器的）圓筒狀物【釋】anobjectshapedlikeacylinder,especiallyoneusedasacontainer【例】agas/oxygencylinder氣罐；氧氣瓶3)（發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)的）氣缸【釋】thehollowtubeinanengine,shapedlikeacylinder,insidewhichthepistonmoves【例】asix-cylinderengine六缸發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)Elsewhere,itispossibletofindraised,roundedribsrunningacrosspavement,creatingacorduroypattern.Theylookliketheymightbetheretoprovideadditionalgrip;infact,theyaresendingawarningtoanyonewhostandsonthemaboutwhatisahead.Theseindicateyouarestandinginfrontofahazard,likeasetofstairsoralevelcrossing.【基礎(chǔ)解析】hazardn.危險(xiǎn)；危害【釋】athingthatcanbedangerousorcausedamage【例1】afire/safetyhazard火災(zāi)/安全隱患【例2】hazardlights（汽車(chē)上的）險(xiǎn)警示燈v.1)冒失地提出；冒險(xiǎn)猜測(cè)【例】Wouldyouliketohazardaguess?你想猜猜看嗎？2)冒……的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)；使處于危險(xiǎn)【例】Carelessdrivershazardotherpeople'slivesaswellastheirown.粗心大意的駕駛者拿他人和自己的生命冒險(xiǎn)。Elsewhere,itispossibletofindraised,roundedribsrunningacrosspavement,creatingacorduroypattern.Theylookliketheymightbetheretoprovideadditionalgrip;infact,theyaresendingawarningtoanyonewhostandsonthemaboutwhatisahead.Theseindicateyouarestandinginfrontofahazard,likeasetofstairsoralevelcrossing.【基礎(chǔ)解析】corduroyn.燈芯絨Trainpassengersalreadywillbefamiliarwiththecolouredslabsstuddedwithflat-toppeddomesthatindicatetheedgeofaplatform.Whilethesecantellsomeonewithsightproblemstheyareattheplatformedge,passengersalsowillinstinctivelywaitbehindthemastheyareuncomfortabletostandon.【基礎(chǔ)解析】studdedadj.1)用飾釘裝飾的【釋】decoratedwithsmallraisedpiecesofmetal【例】astuddedleatherbelt飾釘裝飾的皮帶2)布滿（或有很多）……的【釋】havingalotofsthonorinit【例】Theskywasclearandstuddedwithstars.天空晴朗，繁星點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。Inpedestrianisedareas,somelocalauthoritiesalsohaveinstalledtexturedpathwayswithflat-toppedbarsrunninginthedirectionoftravel.Theideaistoguidepeoplethroughbusyareasandaroundobjectsbydrawingthemalongtheseraisedlines.Forvisuallyimpairedpedestrians,theyareinvaluable.AtLondon'sOldStreettubestation,forexample,abrightgreenlinestretchesoutofthestationfromtheticketbarriers,upthestairs,alongthepavement-andrighttothedooroftheMoorfield'sEyeHospital.Ontheroads,however,hiddenmessagesarebeingusednotonlytoguidepeople-buttomanipulatethem.【基礎(chǔ)解析】pedestrianizev.使（街道）無(wú)車(chē)輛行駛而成為行人專用區(qū)【釋】toconvert(astreet)intoanareafortheuseofpedestriansonly,byexcludingallmotorvehiclesInpedestrianisedareas,somelocalauthoritiesalsohaveinstalledtexturedpathwayswithflat-toppedbarsrunninginthedirectionoftravel.Theideaistoguidepeoplethroughbusyareasandaroundobjectsbydrawingthemalongtheseraisedlines.Forvisuallyimpairedpedestrians,theyareinvaluable.AtLondon'sOldStreettubestation,forexample,abrightgreenlinestretchesoutofthestationfromtheticketbarriers,upthestairs,alongthepavement-andrighttothedooroftheMoorfield'sEyeHospital.Ontheroads,however,hiddenmessagesarebeingusednotonlytoguidepeople-buttomanipulatethem.【基礎(chǔ)解析】manipulatev.1)（暗中）控制，操縱，影響【釋】tocontrolorinfluencesb/sth,ofteninadishonestwaysothattheydonotrealizeit【例】Asapolitician,heknowshowtomanipulatepub