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Does being taller mean you earn more at work? Tanya S Osensky is an attorney who has made it her personal crusade to highlight the discrimination faced by short people in our society. Neil and Catherine discuss height and teach you six items of vocabulary.
This week's question:
The tallest person ever proven to live was Robert Wadlow from the USA. How tall was he? Was he:
a) 2.71m
b) 2.72m
c) 2.73m
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary
to relish (something)
to really enjoy something
discrimination
unfair or unequal treatment of people because of, for example, their race, religion, colour, age or indeed height
embellish
exaggerate
premium
extra benefit, extra advantage
disparity
difference
Transcript
Note: This is not a word for word transcript
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