065 沙利文与海伦凯勒

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Do you know anyone who is physically handicapped?

你认识身体残疾的人吗？

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It is not easy to overcome a handicap, but many handicapped people do lead successful lives

克服残疾并不容易，但很多残疾人士确实都过上了成功的生活。

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Helen Keller was one of them, thanks to the amazing lessons of Anne Sullivan, a partially blind teacher

海伦·凯勒就是其中之一，这要感谢一位部分失明的老师——安妮·沙利文，她那非凡的教导。

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Helen Keller was born in America in 1880

海伦·凯勒于1880年出生在美国。

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When she was almost two years old, she got sick with an unusually high fever

当她快两岁的时候，她生病了，发了一场异常的高烧。

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Because of the high fever, Helen lost both her sight and her hearing

因为这场高烧，海伦失去了视力和听力。

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Helen's parents were very upset." What's wrong with her?

海伦的父母非常难过。"她这是怎么了？

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Why can't she see or hear?" Mrs. Keller asked the doctor

为什么她看不见也听不见了？"凯勒太太问医生。

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The doctor explained that nothing could be done

医生解释说已经无能为力了。

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Soon after, Helen also forgot how to talk

不久之后，海伦也忘记了如何说话。

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Before she became sick, Helen was a happy, playful child, but now she acted like a wild animal

生病前，海伦曾是个快乐爱玩的孩子，但现在她表现得像头野性难驯的小兽。

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No one could teach her or tell her anything

没人能教会她任何事，也无法让她听懂任何话。

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When Helen was seven years old, her parents contacted a school for the blind

海伦七岁那年，她的父母联系了一所盲人学校。

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The school sent a teacher named Anne Sullivan to visit them

学校派来一位名叫安妮·沙利文的老师上门探访。

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" Helen has been blind, deaf, and mute for five years," Helen's father told Anne

“海伦失明、失聪、失语已有五年了，”海伦的父亲告诉安妮。

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" She has had many teachers, but no one has succeeded in helping her."

“我们给她请过许多老师，但没有一个能成功帮到她。”

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" I will teach her in a special way," explained Anne

“我会用一种特别的方式来教她，”安妮解释道。

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She knew that Helen was very badly behaved and that teaching her would be difficult

她知道海伦的行为问题很严重，教她会很困难。

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" Can you promise me that you won't disrupt my teaching?" she asked Helen's parents. They agreed

“你们能保证不干扰我的教学吗？”她问海伦的父母。他们同意了。

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The next day Anne gave Helen a pretty china doll

第二天，安妮送给海伦一个漂亮的瓷娃娃。

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Anne took one of Helen's hands and put it on the doll so that Helen could feel it

安妮拿起海伦的一只手，放在娃娃上，让她能感觉到它。

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Then Anne used the sign language alphabet to spell the word " doll " on the palm of Helen's hand

然后，安妮在海伦的手掌上用手语字母拼出“娃娃”这个词。

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But Helen did not understand. She thought it was a game

但海伦并不明白。她以为这是个游戏。

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Helen also acted rudely during meals

海伦在吃饭时也表现得很粗鲁。

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" Helen is throwing things again!" Mrs. Keller cried when Helen smashed her plate

“海伦又在扔东西了！”海伦摔碎盘子时，凯勒夫人喊道。

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Anne watched the scene, surprised but not shocked by Helen's behavior

安妮看着这一幕，对海伦的行为感到意外，但并不震惊。

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" Helen must learn how to sit at the table," she told Mrs. Keller

“海伦必须学会怎样在餐桌前坐好，”她对凯勒夫人说。

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" Where can I teach her in private?"

“哪里可以单独教她？”

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" We have a cabin nearby. Helen has never been there," said Helen's mother

“我们附近有间小屋。海伦从没去过那里，”海伦的母亲说。

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Anne took Helen to the nearby cabin

安妮把海伦带到了附近的小屋。

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On the way they walked around the woods for a long time

在路上，她们绕着树林走了很长时间。

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Anne wanted Helen to think that the cabin was far, far away from home

安妮想让海伦以为小屋离家非常非常远。

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At the cabin Anne worked very hard trying to teach manners to Helen

在小屋里，安妮非常努力地试图教海伦礼仪。

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When Helen ate wildly one day, Anne took away her food

一天海伦又胡乱吃饭时，安妮拿走了她的食物。

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Anne finally returned Helen's plate of food, but she did not let Helen eat until she sat still and used a spoon

安妮最终把盘子还给了海伦，但直到她安静坐好并使用勺子，才让她吃。

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Anne taught Helen table manners every day at every meal

安妮每天每餐都教海伦餐桌礼仪。

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Several weeks went by

几周过去了。

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Finally Helen and Anne were ready to return home for dinner

终于，海伦和安妮准备好了回家吃晚饭。

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When Helen sat still at the table, her mother was amazed

当海伦在餐桌旁安静坐下时，母亲惊讶不已。

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" Oh! This is a miracle!

“哦！这真是个奇迹！

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I never thought Helen would learn anything again," said Mrs. Keller

“我从未想过海伦还能再学会任何东西。”凯勒太太说。

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She was even more surprised when Helen also ate her food properly

当看到海伦也能规矩地吃饭时，她更是惊讶不已。

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Anne kept on trying to teach Helen letters and words

安妮坚持尝试教海伦字母和单词。

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She picked up the china doll again, spelling " doll " with sign language onto Helen's hand

她又拿起那个瓷娃娃，在海伦的手上用手语拼写“娃娃”。

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Helen was still confused

海伦仍感到困惑不解。

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She finally got so frustrated and angry, she threw the doll on the floor

她终于变得如此沮丧和愤怒，把娃娃扔到了地上。

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" Oh no!" said Anne when the doll smashed, but she did not give up trying to teach words to her young student

娃娃摔碎时，安妮喊道：“噢，不！”但她并没有放弃教她的小学生学习词汇。

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At last something remarkable happened

最终，一件了不起的事情发生了。

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Anne used the water pump to show Helen how to spell " water."

安妮用抽水机向海伦展示如何拼写“水”。

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Anne put one of Helen's hands under the water and used the sign language alphabet to spell the word into Helen's other hand

安妮把海伦的一只手放在水流下，然后用另一只手的手指字母在她另一只手上拼写这个单词。

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" W-A-T-E-R," Anne spelled out the word again and again

“水，”安妮一遍遍地拼写着这个词。

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Suddenly Helen understood what Anne was doing

海伦突然明白了安妮在做什么。

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She learned that what came out of the pump was called water

她知道从水泵里流出来的叫水。

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Right away Helen began touching other things around her

海伦立刻开始触摸身边其他的东西。

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She wanted to learn the words for everything

她想学习每一样东西的叫法。

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When Helen touched the broken doll, she cried because she understood now what Anne had been trying to teach her

海伦摸到那个坏掉的娃娃时，她哭了，因为她现在明白了安妮一直想教她什么。

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Anne was so happy, she hugged Helen

安妮高兴极了，紧紧拥抱了海伦。

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Her student was finally learning about words!

她的学生终于开始理解词语了！

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Anne began to teach Helen how to read and write, and she learned in only three years

安妮开始教海伦阅读和书写，她只用了三年就学会了。

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She even began to learn to speak

她甚至开始学习说话。

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Anne and Helen spent many years together, teaching and learning and becoming close friends

安妮和海伦在一起度过了许多年，相互教与学，成了亲密的朋友。

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Helen eventually went to several schools and even enrolled in college

海伦后来上了好几所学校，甚至进入了大学。

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At the age of 24, she became the first deaf and blind person to graduate from college

24岁时，她成为第一位大学毕业的聋盲人。

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Helen spent the rest of her life encouraging and helping people

海伦的余生都在鼓励和帮助他人。

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Her mission was to help people who, like herself, had lost one or more of their senses

她的使命是帮助那些像她一样失去一种或多种感官的人。

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She also gave hope to soldiers who were handicapped during wartime

她还为战争期间致残的士兵带去了希望。

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Helen Keller traveled all over the world speaking

海伦·凯勒走遍世界各地进行演讲。

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She wrote twelve books, met many famous people, and received important awards

她写了十二本书，见过许多名人，还获得了重要的奖项。

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Because Anne Sullivan had taught and cared for her, Helen grew up to be an amazing woman, even though she couldn't see or hear

正因为安妮·沙利文教导和关爱她，海伦虽然看不见也听不见，却成长为一位了不起的女性。

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Think of the teachers who have cared for you and taught you

想一想那些关心过你、教导过你的老师。

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Why don't you write one of them a thank-you note today?

今天，为什么不给其中一位写封感谢信呢？