Who Was Anne Frank 安妮·弗兰克 Chapter 9 One Dream Comes True

Of the eight people in the Annex¹, only Otto Frank² survived the war. He returned to Amsterdam hoping for a family reunion. Instead he learned³ that his wife and daughters were gone. All that was left was the diary and photographs that Miep had saved.
Otto knew that Anne had kept a diary, but he had no idea how much she had written. Or how beautiful her words were.
Otto typed up many pages for his mother and friends to read. Everyone urged⁴ him to show Anne’s diary to publishers. The world needed to hear from this remarkable⁵ young girl.
In the summer of 1947, Anne’s dream came true. Her diary became a book. She was a published author. First it was called The Secret Annex. Then later the title changed to Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl.
Hitler had murdered six million Jews⁶. That is a fact—a horrible⁷ fact—and yet it is almost impossible to understand. Reading about the life of one young girl who died because of Hitler is easier to understand. Anne’s diary made a huge, terrible event personal. Here was a girl with hopes and dreams. All she wanted was a chance to live her life.
In the years that followed, Anne’s diary became world famous. It has been translated into more than sixty-five languages. Otto Frank was ninety-one when he died in 1980. He spent those long years keeping alive the memory of Anne and his family.
He did a very good job. In 1960, the Secret Annex was opened to the public. Every year nearly one million visitors come. The furniture is gone, but Anne’s photos of movie stars are still on the wall. And visitors see where eight people fought to hold onto their lives in the only way they could. By hiding.
The last words in this book about Anne belong to Anne herself. In her diary she wrote, “In spite⁸ of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

1 annex   

vt.兼并，吞并；n.附属建筑物

参考例句：

• It plans to annex an England company in order to enlarge the market.它计划兼并一家英国公司以扩大市场。
• The annex has been built on to the main building.主楼配建有附属的建筑物。

2 frank   

adj.坦白的，直率的，真诚的

参考例句：

• A frank discussion can help to clear the air.坦率的谈论有助于消除隔阂。
• She is frank and outgoing.她很爽朗。

3 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。

4 urged   

v.力劝( urge的过去式和过去分词 )；强烈要求；推进；驱策

参考例句：

• She urged him to stay. 她力劝他留下。
• Urged on by the PM the police tried to end the strike. 在首相的敦促下，警方力图终止罢工。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

6 Jews   

n.犹太教徒( Jew的名词复数 )；犹太人

参考例句：

• Hitler's original plan was to kill off all the German Jews. 希特勒的最初打算是杀光德国所有的犹太人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews. 两千年来，异族通婚一直是犹太人的一大禁忌。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 horrible   

adj.可怕的，极可憎的，极可厌的

参考例句：

• This is a horrible monster.这是一个可怕的怪物。
• That is a horrible accident.那是一次可怕的事故。

8 spite   

n.（用于短语）虽然，不顾，尽管

参考例句：

• He has modern ideas in spite of his great age.尽管他年事很高，但思想观念却很入时。
• In spite of his anger,his remarks were restrained.他尽管生气，说的话还是有节制的。