雅思口语素材：White Cane Safety Day(国际盲人节)
<p> <span word="WHITE">WHITE</span> <span word="CANE">CANE</span> <span word="SAFETY">SAFETY</span> <span word="DAY">DAY</span></p><p> <span word="October">October</span> 15<span word="th">th</span></p><p> <span word="October">October</span> 15, 1970 <span word="was">was</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="Cane">Cane</span> <span word="Safety">Safety</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Federation">Federation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Blind">Blind</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="date">date</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="adopted">adopted</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="quinquennial">quinquennial</span> <span word="convention">convention</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="IFB">IFB</span>, <span word="held">held</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Colombo">Colombo</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="October">October</span> 4, 1969. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="object">object</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="exercise">exercise</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stimulate">stimulate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="general">general</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="understanding">understanding</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="blindness">blindness</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="visual">visual</span> <span word="handicap">handicap</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="aware">aware</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="cane">cane</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mobility">mobility</span> <span word="aid">aid</span>.</p><p> <span word="Peguilly">Peguilly</span> <span word="dHerbemont">dHerbemont</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="on">on</span> 25<span word="th">th</span> <span word="June">June</span> 1888 <span word="into">into</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="noble">noble</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="name">name</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="youth">youth</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conventional">conventional</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="protected">protected</span> <span word="existence">existence</span>, <span word="devoid">devoid</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="activity">activity</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="family">family</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="existence">existence</span> <span word="reminiscent">reminiscent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="aristocracy">aristocracy</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="Revolution">Revolution</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="visited">visited</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="school">school</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="educated">educated</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="German">German</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="governesses">governesses</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="convent">convent</span> <span word="sisters">sisters</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="movements">movements</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="restricted">restricted</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="mainly">mainly</span> <span word="confined">confined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="positions">positions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Paris">Paris</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Belgium">Belgium</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="castle">castle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Charmois">Charmois</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Verdun">Verdun</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="process">process</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="helping">helping</span> <span word="individual">individual</span> <span word="blind">blind</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="road">road</span>, <span word="Mademoiselle">Mademoiselle</span> <span word="dHerbemont">dHerbemont</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="aware">aware</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="narrow">narrow</span> <span word="scrapes">scrapes</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="accidents">accidents</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="precarious">precarious</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="visually">visually</span> <span word="impaired">impaired</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="steadily">steadily</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="roads">roads</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="spoke">spoke</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="blind">blind</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="street">street</span> <span word="hazards">hazards</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1930, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opinion">opinion</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="unfit">unfit</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lady">lady</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="outcry">outcry</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="advised">advised</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stick">stick</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="transcription">transcription</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="books">books</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="pastime">pastime</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ladies">ladies</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rank">rank</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p>
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