A tall story

6 Minute English

语言学习

2018-08-09

6 分钟
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  • 6 Minute English From BBCLearningEnglish.com Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Catherine.

  • Catherine, are you tall enough?

  • Tall enough for what?

  • Tall enough to be happy with your height.

  • Oh, well, yes, I'm alright with my height.

  • I can't do a thing about it anyway, so how about you?

  • Well, the same, really.

  • I wouldn't mind being a slightly taller, I suppose.

  • Which is appropriate, as today's topic is about heightism.

  • Heightism.

  • Now, you may not have heard of heightism before,

  • but it's like other isms, like racism, sexism, ageism,

  • and other isms that highlight a particular kind of discrimination or unequal treatment that people experience.

  • But before we find out more about this topic,

  • our quiz question for today.

  • The tallest person ever proven to live was Robert Wardlow from the USA.

  • But how tall was he?