Ex. 22.08: Organizations for the Blind – Listening

NORGES BLINDEFORBUND. The organization Norges Blindeforbund (The Norwegian Association for the Blind and Partially Sighted) has created a series of popular commercials to help raise public awareness about the lives of people who are blind or visually impaired. The commercials below focus on the work that guide dogs do and the contributions of the blind to work life.

Video #1: “Ikke forstyrr” – Watch the first commercial about the use of guide dogs and answer the questions.

1. What occupations do you see represented in this commercial?

2. At the end of the commercial, you see the sentence “Ikke forstyrr den som jobber.”  Based on what you saw in the commercial, how would you translate this phrase?

3. The last frame of the video shows the text “sele på = på jobb.”  What does this phrase mean?

Video #2: “Klesskifte” – Watch the second commercial about blind and visually impaired people in the workforce  and answer the questions.

1. You will not likely understand the entire dialog in this commercial, but watch it and pay specific attention to the text at the end which states:“Bli mer effektiv på arbeidsplassen. Ansett en av oss.” You should be able to figure out the first sentence. Based on what you saw in the video, what do you think the the second sentence means?