A LETTER TO AN ARCHITECT①

　　Ms L Sanders　　　　　　　　　　Alice Major

　　Chief architect 64 Cambridge Street

　　Cinema Designs Bankstown

　　44 Hill Street

　　Bankstown

　　24 September, 200 __

　　Dear Ms Sanders，

　　I read in the newspaper today that you are to be② the architect for the new Bankstown cinema. I hope you will not mind me writing③ to ask if you have thought about④ the needs of disabled customers. In particular⑤ I wonder if you have considered the following things：

　　1 Adequate⑥ access⑦ for wheelchairs⑧. ⑨It would be handy⑩ to have lifts to all parts of the cinema. The buttons in the lifts should be easy for a person in a wheelchair to reach, and the doors be wide enough to enter. In some cinemas, the lifts are at the back of the cinema in cold, unattractive⑪ places. As disabled people have to use the lifts, this makes them feel they are not as important as other customers⑫.

　　2 Earphones⑬ for people who have trouble hearing⑭ . ⑮It would help to fit⑯ sets of earphones to all seats, not just to some of them. This would allow hearing­impaired⑰ customers to enjoy the company⑱ of their hearing friends rather than⑲ having to sit in a special area. ①architect /'ɑːkItekt/ n．建筑师

②be＋不定式，此处表示将来。还可表示"计划/安排/打算做某事；按义务/要求应做某事"。

③mind sb. doing sth.介意某人做某事，此处mind后接动名词复合结构。

④think about考虑

⑤in particular尤其；特别是(＝particularly)

⑥adequate /'ædIkwət/ adj.足够的；充分的

⑦access /'ækses/ n．(接近的)方法；通路；可接近性

accessible /ək'sesəbl/ adj.可接近的；可使用的

⑧wheelchair /'wiːltʃeə/ n．轮椅

⑨It would be handy to have ...中，it为形式主语，动词不定式短语to have ...作真正主语。

⑩handy /'hændI/ adj.方便的；有用的

⑪unattractive adj.不漂亮的；无趣的

⑫As ..., this makes them feel they are ...为主从复合句。as引导原因状语从句，主句中包含"make＋宾语＋宾语补足语"结构，feel后为省略that的宾语从句。

⑬earphone /'Iəfəʊn/n.耳机

⑭have trouble (in) doing sth.做某事有困难

⑮It would help to fit ...中，it为形式主语，动词不定式短语to fit ...为真正的主语。

⑯fit此处为"安装"的意思。

⑰hearing­impaired adj.听力有缺陷的

impair /Im'peə/ vt.削弱；损伤

⑱company n. [U]陪伴

⑲rather than而不是

　　致建筑师的一封信

　　桑德斯女士艾丽斯·梅杰

　　总建筑师剑桥街64号

　　影院设计公司班克斯敦

　　希尔街44号

　　班克斯敦

　　200__年9月24日

　　亲爱的桑德斯女士：

　　今天我从报纸上了解到，您将成为班克斯敦新电影院的建筑设计师。我希望您不介意我写信询问您是否已考虑到残疾顾客的需要。尤其是以下几点不知您是否考虑到了：

1为乘坐轮椅的人进入(电影院)提供充分的便利。影院内的各个部分都安装电梯就会很方便。电梯的按钮应当让乘坐轮椅的人容易够到，电梯门应足够宽以方便进入。在有些电影院里，(残疾人专用)电梯设在影院背后阴冷而不显眼的地方。由于残疾人必须要使用这些电梯，这就使残疾人感到比别的观众低一等。