【词汇大师】奋斗(1/2)

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奋斗吧！让我们的青春绽放光彩！
TIPS
本篇只听写嘉宾的话，主持人的话不需要听写。
主持人的话①"What about the word 'disabled'? Is that a word that doesn't work?"
主持人的话②"Right, why don't you tell us about that."
HINTS
polio
California"So what's happened is that words that fifty years ago were perfectly acceptable words have become unacceptable words, like 'crippled.' We had 'hospitals for crippled children.' And that was perfectly normal discourse. You could say 'so-and-so was crippled by polio.'"
"I don't know. And what struck me, I guess, was I had that little anecdote in the story about 'accessible' "
"It happened to be in California but it could be anywhere else. I'm approaching a men's room and there's a sign next to it that says 'nearest accessible restrooms on the third floor.' And as I'm walking in, I said to myself, well, accessible to whom? I mean, this is restroom is accessible. And then I realized that what they meant was disabled-accessible. But they didn't want to even use the word."