背诵为王 第 二 册 第 54 课

Lesson54 Helen Keller
Helen Keller was born in Alabama in 1880． When she was twenty months old，

she got an illness． After her illness Helen became deaf and blind. Her

parents did not know what to do．
When Helen was seven years old， her parents got her a special teacher． Her

name was Miss Anne Sullivan． Miss Sullivan worked with Helen all day． She

took Helen's hand and spelled a word in her hand． Helen soon learned¹ to say

what she wanted in this way．
In 1900 Helen entered Radcliffe College． Miss Sullivan sat next to Helen in

class． She spelled all the words into Helen's hand． Miss Sullivan also

read to Helen all the time． At that time there were only a few books for

the blind． These were Braille books． They had a special alphabet² made with

dots that blind people could read with their fingers． Helen graduated from

Radcliffe with honours．
Helen wrote several books． The most famous ones are The Story of My Life

and Midstream： My Later Life． She also wrote magazine articles and spoke³

all over the country． It was not easy to understand her． Miss Sullivan

repeated what Helen said． Helen spoke about the deaf and blind． People

everywhere became interested． Helen became a symbol of new hope for the

deaf and blind．

deaf 聋哑的
alphabet 字母表
dot 点
Braille盲文
symbol 象征

海伦凯勒
海伦凯勒于1880年出生在阿拉巴马。当她20个月时她生了一场病，病后她变得

又聋又瞎，她的父母束手无策。
当海伦7岁时，她的父母给她请来了一个特殊的老师，名叫安妮沙利文小姐。沙

利文小姐整天和海伦一起学习。她拉着海伦的手，在她手上拼写单词。海伦很快学会以

这种方式表达她想表达的意思。
1900年海伦进入了拉德克里夫学院。课堂上沙利文小姐坐在海伦旁边。她把所有单词拼

写在海伦手上。沙利文小姐还一直给海伦朗读。那时，专门给盲人阅读的书籍非常少，

盲文书籍是以点构成的特殊的字母，盲人可以通过用手指触摸这些点来阅读。海伦以优

异的成绩从拉德克里夫学院毕业。
海伦写了几本书，其中最著名的是《我的一生》和《我的后半生》。她还写了许多杂志

文章，在世界各地演讲。听懂她说话不是件容易的事，沙利文小姐重复海伦的话。海伦

谈论聋哑人和盲人。各地的人都很感兴趣。海伦成为了聋哑人和盲人新的希望的象征。

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 alphabet   

n.字母表，符号系统

参考例句：

• There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.英语字母表中有26个字母。
• The last letter of the alphabet is Z.字母表的最后一个字母是Z。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。