VOA慢速英語:Food Market Becomes Hub for Deaf Community

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report.
這里是美國之音慢速英語健康報道。

Almost 8 million Americans are deaf, or have 'difficulty hearing'. A food market in Washington makes a special effort to serve the needs of deaf people in the local community.
美國有近800萬聾人。華盛頓一家食品超市做出了一些特別努力來滿足當?shù)厣鐓^(qū)聾人的需求。

Thadeus Suggs is a cook at Union Market. He has no trouble taking an order from deaf customers. Communication is easy, because the 23-year-old is himself deaf and knows American Sign Language.
薩德歐·薩格斯是聯(lián)合超市的一名廚師。他在幫聾人客戶下單時毫無問題。溝通非常容易，因為23歲的他本身就是聾人，又懂美國手語。

He began working at Union Market soon after it opened last year. He took a break from studying at Gallaudet University, just across the street from the market. Gallaudet is a university for deaf and hard of hearing students. It's programs are known around the world.
他在聯(lián)合超市去年開業(yè)后不久就開始在這里工作。他從該超市街對面的加勞德特大學(xué)暫時休學(xué)。加勞德特是一所為聾人和重聽者服務(wù)的大學(xué)。該校的課程在全球都很知名。

Mr Suggs explains, with the help of Gallaudet interpreter Carolyn Ressler, what he likes about his job at Union Market.
薩格斯在加勞德特大學(xué)手語翻譯卡羅琳·雷斯勒（Carolyn Ressler）的幫助下，解釋了他喜歡聯(lián)合超市工作的哪點。

"One nice thing is it is so close to Gallaudet, which by the way is the 'Deaf Mecca'. And with that, we are providing services to the Gallaudet community as well as the community at large."
他說，“它離加勞德特大學(xué)如此近，這是很爽的一點。順便說該學(xué)校可是聾人的圣地。這樣，我們就能為加勞德特社區(qū)以及廣大市民提供服務(wù)。”

Thadeus Suggs can read lips and speak with people as well. His boss, Ross Mayhood, says that makes Mr Suggs a valuable communicator.
薩格斯能夠閱讀唇語，并和人們對話。他的老板羅斯（Ross Mayhood）表示，這使得薩格斯成為最有價值的溝通者。

"He is probably the most valuable member of our staff. And he has been a big part of how popular we are with the Gallaudet crew."
羅斯說，“他可能是我最有價值的員工。他是我們在加勞德特社區(qū)如此受歡迎的重要原因。”

Mr Suggs is not alone, about 10 percent of the employees at the market are deaf.
薩格斯并不孤單，該超市10%左右的員工是聾人。

Another deaf employee, Alena Francis, says dealing with some hearing customers can be difficult.
另一位聾人員工阿蓮娜·弗朗西斯（Alena Francis）表示，和一些聽力無礙的客戶打交道可能會很困難。

"When they find out that I am deaf, it kind of throws them off a little bit. And sometimes they will ignore me and just walk away."
她說，“當他們發(fā)現(xiàn)我是聾人時，會讓他們有點不適應(yīng)。有時候他們會一走了之當我是空氣。”

Cary Barbin is a deaf customer at Union Market. He explains through a interpreter what he likes about it.
卡里·巴賓（Cary Barbin）是聯(lián)合超市的一位聾人顧客。他通過手語翻譯解釋了他喜歡這家超市什么。

"I love the fact that this is a sign language environment. Many of the employees sign, so I can order my food in American Sign Language."
他說，“我喜歡這里的手語環(huán)境。許多員工打手語，這樣我就能用美國手語購買食物。”

The market's user-friendly design also appeals to the deaf community.
該超市的人性化設(shè)計也吸引著聾人社區(qū)。

Gallaudet planning director Hansel Bauman urged the developer to build a 'deaf space', a space design to meet the needs of Deaf people.
加勞德特大學(xué)策劃總監(jiān)漢塞爾·鮑曼（Hansel Bauman）呼吁開發(fā)者建造一個聾人空間，即一種滿足聾人需求的空間設(shè)計。

"In terms of visual language, [they want] to be able to see one another and communicate clearly while they are walking. What that means is, you're not looking at the path forward. So you need a little bit more room."
他說，“在視覺語言方面，他們希望在行走時能夠看到彼此并清晰溝通。這意味著不用考慮前面的路，所以需要更多一點空間。”

Union Market has lots of light, all the food sellers are in one big space, and the walkways between them are wider than you would find in many other stores.
聯(lián)合超市裝有很多的燈，所有的食品銷售人員都在一個大的空間，他們之間的過道比你在其它許多商店看到的都要寬。

Developer Steve Boyle says those features also have a wider objective.
開發(fā)者史蒂夫·博伊爾（Steve Boyle）表示，這些特征還有一個更大的目標。

"The market itself really was meant to be an anchor for the community."
他說，“這家超市本身就想成為聾人社區(qū)的一個依靠。”