高跟鞋能否带来健康

Just like snails¹ and porridge, fashion advisor² at the TUC conference makes an uncomfortable combination（排列，组合）. But nestled somewhere between redundancy pay and spending cuts came stilettos, and the damage high heels cause to women's health.
The blisters³, the hard skin, the bunions, the knee problems, the hip⁴ problems and, of course, the lower back pain that is really very debilitating（虚弱的）. Union leaders claimed some women including shop assistants and air stewardesses⁵ are required to wear high heels while men have no such dress code. There were calls for women to be allowed to wear sensible（明智的合理的） shoes in the workplace.
It's fine here, they say, or here, perhaps you need to be a bit more careful here. But women love their heels. They add glamour⁶, height and style. Even super models doing community service at a sanitation⁷ department insist on them. And at conference today, few heeded⁸ the warnings.
I think it’s up to women's choice but I am totally against dress code and so on.
It can be quite pretty on some people, and quite ugly on others, you know, it's just a matter of choice really.
I think you can't force women to wear things that's gonna harm their health.
Whatever people say, it's a health and safety issue, you get blisters and get all sorts of feet conditions from that. We can’t pretend, because it sounds like a funny issue, that it's not a health and safety issue.
They are extremely painful, I can vouch⁹ for that.
They are called killer¹⁰ heels. What could sound more dangerous, perhaps coming between a woman and her shoes? S. R., ITV News.

Glossary:

redundancy pay: money you get from your employer when you are made redundant

sanitation department: the department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of garbage （本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 snails   

n.蜗牛；迟钝的人；蜗牛( snail的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I think I'll try the snails for lunch—I'm feeling adventurous today. 我想我午餐要尝一下蜗牛——我今天很想冒险。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Most snails have shells on their backs. 大多数蜗牛背上有壳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

3 blisters   

n.水疱( blister的名词复数 )；水肿；气泡

参考例句：

• My new shoes have made blisters on my heels. 我的新鞋把我的脚跟磨起泡了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• His new shoes raised blisters on his feet. 他的新鞋把他的脚磨起了水疱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

5 stewardesses   

（飞机上的）女服务员，空中小姐( stewardess的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• If you need help, stewardesses will be pleased to help you. 如果你需要帮忙的话，空中小姐会很高兴为你效劳。
• Stewardesses on planes should be employed for their ability, not for their looks. 应该根据能力而不是容貌来录用飞机上的女服务员。

6 glamour   

n.魔力，魅力；vt.迷住

参考例句：

• Foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.到国外旅行对她已失去吸引力了。
• The moonlight cast a glamour over the scene.月光给景色增添了魅力。

7 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

8 heeded   

v.听某人的劝告，听从( heed的过去式和过去分词 )；变平，使（某物）变平( flatten的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She countered that her advice had not been heeded. 她反驳说她的建议未被重视。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I heeded my doctor's advice and stopped smoking. 我听从医生的劝告，把烟戒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 vouch   

v.担保；断定；n.被担保者

参考例句：

• They asked whether I was prepared to vouch for him.他们问我是否愿意为他作担保。
• I can vouch for the fact that he is a good worker.我保证他是好员工。

10 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。