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Many people who are deaf or hard of hearing love attending concerts. But because they may have total or partial hearing loss, they need help getting the full experience. This is where sign language concert interpreters come in.Sign language concert interpreters sign along with a song to illustrate the lyrics (歌词). But interpreters say they do more than that.
Jody Daulton is the director of Artistic Sign Language Services. She has a team of interpreters who work at events like concerts and plays. “Not only are we interpreting the lyrics of the song,” she told TIME for Kids, “but we are also describing the sound of the music. The highs and the lows, the softness or the hardness, the musicality of the whole thing.”
Sign language concert interpretation isn’t easy. Matthew Maxey does it for a living. He created Deafinitely Dope, a hip-hop interpretation service. He is also deaf. Maxey told TFK that one of the hardest parts of interpreting concerts is learning the songs in a short period of time.
“Interpreting requires a lot of time and practice,” Maxey says. Interpreters have to know which songs an artist is going to perform, in what order, and how those songs might be shortened or changed. “You never realize how hard it is to memorize lyrics until you learn a set list in two weeks,” he says.
Sign language interpretation is about giving deaf people the same experience as those who can hear. “Everybody should have equal access (机会),” Daulton says.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen. Some concert venues (会场) place interpreters in an inconvenient location. To be close to the interpreter, deaf audience members might have to pay for costly seats. Sometimes, venues can’t afford to provide interpretation at all. But when it works, it’s worth it, Daulton says.
The best part of being a sign language interpreter, says Maxey, is “providing communication and access. The joy on people’s faces shows that!”
32. Which word can replace the underlined word “illustrate” in Paragraph 2?
A. Read.
B. Record.
C. Translate.
D. Understand.
33. What does Jody Daulton mainly explain in Paragraph 3?
A. What a sign language concert interpreter does.
B. How to become a sign language concert interpreter.
C. Why sign language concert interpreters are popular.
D. Whom a sign language concert interpreter works for.
34. What’s a requirement for a sign language concert interpreter?
A. Normal hearing.
B. A good memory.
C. A lovely singing voice.
D. Creative imagination.
35. What can we learn about sign language concert interpretation?
A. It’s hard for the deaf to understand.
B. It’s a waste of time and money.
C. It’s now widely accepted.
D. It’s a worthwhile job.
D篇
本文是说明文。音乐会手语翻译员让有听力障碍的人也能欣赏音乐会。
32. C。词义猜测题。由第三段中的interpreting the lyrics of the song和describing the sound of the music可知，音乐会手语翻译员是通过手势把歌词向有听力障碍的听众翻译出来。
33. A。推理判断题。第三段中Jody Daulton的话承接上文的interpreters say they do more than that，她解释了音乐会手语翻译员的职责不仅是翻译歌词，还要描述乐曲中的高低音、轻重音以及整个音乐的乐感。
34. B。推理判断题。由第四段中的one of the hardest parts ... is learning the songs in a short period of time和第五段中的how hard it is to memorize lyrics until you learn a set list in two weeks可知，音乐会手语翻译员在有限的时间要学会歌并做出翻译，得要有非常好的记忆力。
35. D。推理判断题。由倒数第二段中的when it works, it’s worth it以及最后一段中的The joy on people’s faces shows that可知，有听力障碍的人通过音乐会手语翻译可以欣赏到音乐的美、感受到快乐，因此音乐会手语翻译是一件值得去做的事。
