1 | Barriers | Key to the Written Exercises

  
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | ---------> The student's own answers.

  
  | 4 | Definitions  
 

1. A wheelchair is a chair with wheels on the bottom that is used by people who cannot walk properly, so that they can move about.

2. A pedestrian crossing is a place where pedestrians can cross a street and where motorists must stop to let them cross.

3. A crutch is a support like a stick, which someone leans on with their arms in order to help them to walk, usually when they have injured their foot or leg.

4. A car park is an open area of ground or a building with several storeys where people can leave their cars, usually if they pay a small amount of money.

5. High is the opposite of low.

6. Ill is the same as sick or unwell.

7. Blind is the opposite of sighted.

8. Main is the same as principal.
 
 

| 5 | ---------> The student's own answers.

  
  | 6 | Possible answers  
 
outdoors

indoors

high step
high kerb
slippery floor
steep ramp
acoustic street-lights
uneven floor
smooth gradient

high step
narrow lift
slippery floor
steep ramp
high counter
uneven floor
revolving doors
high fire extinguisher
 
     
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English
Catalan

Spanish
high step
high kerb
slippery floor
steep ramp
acoustic street-lights
uneven floor
smooth gradient
high counter
revolving doors
high fire extinguisher
esglaó elevat
bordó elevat
terra lliscant
rampa amb molt pendent
semàfor acústic
terra desnivellat
pendent suau
taulell elevat
portes giratòries
extintor elevat
escalón alto
bordillo alto
suelo resbaladizo
rampa empinada
semáforo acústico
suelo desnivelado
pendiente suave
mostrador alto
puertas giratorias
extintor alto
 
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Adjectives come before the noun in English, while in Catalan adjectives usually come after the noun.
 
  | 9 |  
 
Synonym for environment: surroundings | habitat | neighbourhood
Antonym for accessible: inaccessible | unavailable
 
  | 11 |  
 
sensory
manipulatory

locomotor

the deaf

the deaf-mute

the blind
people with an amputated hand

people in wheelchairs

people using crutches
 
  | 12 |  
 
C:: A disability is a permanent physical or mental injury or illness that restricts the way that someone can live their life.

T:: Una discapacitat és una lesió o enfermetat física o mental permanent que limita la manera en què algú pot viure la seva pròpia vida.
 
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Synonyms: handicap | incapacity | unfitness
Antonyms: aptitude | fitness
 
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C:: Blindness is a disability because the person cannot see.

T:: La ceguesa és una discapacitat perquè la persona no pot veure.

C:: Deafness is a disability because the person cannot hear.

T:: La sordesa és una discapacitat perquè la persona no pot sentir-hi.