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sign language

手语

(shǒuyǔ) 

A: Yesterday I saw a sign language dance performance on a video site. It was shockingly good.

我昨天在视频网站看到了一个手语舞的表演,感觉很震撼。

(wǒ zuótiān zài shìpín wǎnɡzhàn kàndào le yīɡè shǒuyǔwǔ de biǎoyǎn, ɡǎnjué hěn zhènhàn.) 

B: I've always felt that learning sign language is very difficult.  

我一直觉得手语学起来很困难。

(wǒ yīzhí juédé shǒuyǔ xué qǐlái hěn kùnnán.)

A: Actually, for people with hearing impairment, learning sign language is like us learning a foreign language.

其实对于听力受损的人来说,学手语就像是我们学习外语一样吧。

(qíshí duìyú tīnɡlì shòusǔn de rén láishuō, xué shǒuyǔ jiùxiànɡshì wǒmén xuéxí wàiyǔ yīyànɡba.)

B: No matter what language, we all want to express the same feelings. It's just that our ways of expressing ourselves are different. From this angle, I think any type of prejudice is wrong.   

不论何种语言,文字,我们想表达的情感都是相通的。只是传达的方法不同而已。就这一角度来说,我认为任何偏见都是不对的。

(bùlùn hézhǒnɡ yǔyán, wénzì, wǒmén xiǎnɡ biǎodá de qínɡɡǎn dōushì xiānɡtōnɡ de. zhīshì chuándá de fānɡfǎ bùtón ɡéryǐ. jiù zhèyījiǎodù láishuō, wǒ rènwéi rènhé piānjiàn dōushì bùduì de.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT