Ever wanted to know if Stevie Wonder goes to the movies? He does. “You catch nearly all of it if you pay close attention,” says Vonder, who has founded, along with SAP a German software company, the SAP/Stevie Wonder Vision Awards. The awards recognize products and research that assimilate blind people into the workplace, because while visualhy impaired people can follow a movie, a big percentage of them can't find a job. “l don't get too surprised by anything,” says Wonder of the inventions, “but we did see some good things”. One of the productions is a mouse pad that helps people feel what is going on on the screen. Wonder is amazed by how few manufacturers think of the visually impaired when making appliances. “It's weird. It's so simple to add voice capability,” he says. “And it means complete independence for a blind person.” In between his good works, Wonder is still song writing. He hopes to record an album next year.

By BELINDA LUSCOMBE

TIME, June, 29, 1998

to wonder = imaginar

to be up to = ser capaz de

ever = alguma vez

to catch = captar

nearty = quase

to pay close attention = prestar muita atenção

to found = fundar

along with = junto com

awards = prêmios

research = pesquisa

blind people = pessoas cegas

workplace = local de trabalho

while = enquanto

impaired people = pessoas deficientes

to follow = acompanhar

to find a job = encontrar um emprego

to help = ajudar

to feel = sentir

to go on the screen = passar na tela

amazed = surpreso

manufacturers = fabricantes

to think of = pensar em

appliances = instrumentos

weird = estranho

to add = acrescentar

voice = voz

10 say = dizer

to mean = significar

still = ainda

song = canção

to record = grava

Determine a função gramatical de “impaired” em “visually impaired people” (linha 8) e de “mouse” em “mouse pad” (linha 12).