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Three Days to see

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   I have often thought it would be a blessing1 if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days during his early adultlife.Darkness would make hime more appreciative2 of sight,silence would teach him the joys of sound.

  Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see.Recently I was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods,and I asked Her what she had observed."Nothing ing particular,"she replied.I might have been incredulous had I not been accustomed to such responses,for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little.
  How was it possible,I asked myself,to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy3 of note?I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me throuth mere4 touch.In spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud the first sign of awakening5 Nature after her winter's sleep.Occasinally,if I am fortunate,Iplace my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happyquiver of a bird in full song.I am delighted to have the cool waters of a brook6 rush throuth my open fingers...
  At times my heart crises out with longing7 to see all these things.If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch,how much more beauty must be revealed by sight.Yet, Those who have eyes apparently8 see little.The color and action which fills the world is taken for granted. It is human,perhaps, to appreciate little that which we have and to long for that which we have not,but it is a great pity that in the world of light the gift of sight is used only as a mere convenience rather than as a means of adding gullness to life...
  I naturally,should want most to see the things which have become dear to me through my years of darkness...
  If, by some miracle, I were granted three seeing days, I should divide the period into three parts.
  The First Day
  On the first day, I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living.First I should like to gaze long upon the face of my dear teacher,Mrs Anne Sullivan Macy,who came to me when I was a child and opened the outer world to me. I should want not merely to see the outline of her face, so that I could cherish it in my memory,but to study that face and find in ti the living evidence of the sympathetic tenderness and patience with which she accomplished9 the difficult task of my education.I should like to see in her eyes that compassion10 for all humanity which she has revealed to me so often.
  I do not know what it si to see into the heart of a friend through that "window of the soul,"the eye. I can only "see" through my fingertips the outline of her face.I can detect laughter,sorrow,and many other emotions.
  I know my friedn from the feel of their faces. But I cannot really picture their personalities11 by touch.I know their , of course, through other means, through the the thoughts they express to me, through whatever of theri actions are revealed to me. But I am denied the deeper under standing12 of them, through watching their reactions to various expressed thoughts and circumstances.
  The first day would be a busy one. I should call to me all my dear friends and look long into their faces, imprinting13 upon my mind the outward evidences of the beauty that is within them. I should let my eyes rest,too,on the face of a baby, so that I could catch a vision of the eager, innocent beauty which precedes the individual's consciousness of the conflicts which life develops.
  In the afternoon of that first "seeing" day,I should take a long walk in the woods and intoxicate14 my eye on the beauties of the world of Nature.Om the way home from my woodland walk my path would lie near a farm so that I might see the patient horses ploughing in the field (perhaps I should see only a tractor!) and the content of men living close to the soil. And I should pray for the glory of a colorful sunset.
  When dusk had fallen, I should experience the double delight of being able to see by artificial light which man has created to extend the power his sight when Nature grants darkness.
  In the night of that first day of sight, I should not be able to sleep, so full would be my mind of the memories of the day.
  The Second Day
  The next day-the second day of sight-I should arise with the dawn and see the thrilling miracle by which night is transformed into day.I should behold15 the magnificent light wiht which the sun awakens16 the slooping earth.
  This day I should devote to a hasty glimpse of the world,past and present.I should want to see man's progress.How can so much be compressed into one day? Through the museums,of course.Often I have visited the New York Museum of Matural History to touch with my hands many of the objects there exhibited,but I have longed to see with my eyes the condensed history of the earth and its inhabitants displayed there.
  My next stop would be the Metropolitan17 Museum of Art, for just as the museum of Natural History reveals the material aspects of world,so does the Metropolitan show the diamend of the human spitit.Here is unfolded before me the spirit of Egypt,Greece and Rome,as expressed in their art.
  The Thrid day
  The following morning,Ishould again greet the dawn,anxious to discover new delights, for I am sure that,for those who have eyes which really see,the dawn of each day must be a perpetually new revelation of beauty.
  This, according to the terms of my imagined miracle, is to be my third and last day of sight.I shall have no tome to waste in regrets or longings;there is too much to see.
  The first day I devoted18 to my friend, animate19 and inanimate. The second revealed to me the history of man and Nature.Today I shall spend in the workaday world of the present.And where can one find so many activities and conditions of men as in New York ?so the city becomes my destination.
  Now I begin my rounds of the city.First,I stand as a busy corner,merely looking at people,trying by sight of them to understand something of their lives.I see smiles,and I am happy. I see serious detemination, and I am proud.I see suffering, and I am compassionate20 From Fifth Avenue I make a tour of the city. First ,I stand at a busy corner, merely looking at people,trying by sight of them to understand something of their lives.I see smiles, and I am happy. I see serious determination, and I am proud.I see suffering, and I am compassionate.
  From Fifth Avenue I make a tour of the city_to Park Avenue, to the slums, to factories, to parks where children play. I take a stay-at-home trip abroad by visiting the foreign quarters.Always my eyes are open wide to all the sights of both happiness and misery21 so that I may probe deep and add to my understanding of the imagines of people and things .Some sights are pleasant,filling the heart with happines;but some are miserable22.To these latter I do not shut my eyes, for they,too are part of life .To close the eye on them is to close the heart and mind.
  At midnight I would be blind again,forever, and permanent night would close three short day I should not have seen all I wanted to me. Only when darkness had again fallen upon me should I realize how much I had left unseen. But my mind would be so crowded with glorious memories that I should habe little time for regrets.Thereafter the touch of every object would bring a glowing memory of how that object looked...
  I who am belind can give one hint to those who see-one admonition to those who would make full use of the gift of sight: Use you eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind.Hear the music of voices, the song of bird ,as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow.Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow you tactile23 sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, as if tomorrow you could never smell again Make the most of every sense; glory in all the facts of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you through the several means os contact which Nature provides.

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1 blessing UxDztJ     
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿
参考例句:
  • The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
  • A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。
2 appreciative 9vDzr     
adj.有鉴赏力的,有眼力的;感激的
参考例句:
  • She was deeply appreciative of your help.她对你的帮助深表感激。
  • We are very appreciative of their support in this respect.我们十分感谢他们在这方面的支持。
3 worthy vftwB     
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
参考例句:
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
4 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
参考例句:
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
5 awakening 9ytzdV     
n.觉醒,醒悟 adj.觉醒中的;唤醒的
参考例句:
  • the awakening of interest in the environment 对环境产生的兴趣
  • People are gradually awakening to their rights. 人们正逐渐意识到自己的权利。
6 brook PSIyg     
n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让
参考例句:
  • In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
  • The brook trickled through the valley.小溪涓涓流过峡谷。
7 longing 98bzd     
n.(for)渴望
参考例句:
  • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
  • His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
8 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
9 accomplished UzwztZ     
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
参考例句:
  • Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
  • Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
10 compassion 3q2zZ     
n.同情,怜悯
参考例句:
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
11 personalities ylOzsg     
n. 诽谤,(对某人容貌、性格等所进行的)人身攻击; 人身攻击;人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
  • Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。
12 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
13 imprinting 398d1c0eba93cf6d0f998ba4bb5bfa88     
n.胚教,铭记(动物生命早期即起作用的一种学习机能);印记
参考例句:
  • He gathered her to himself, imprinting kisses upon her lips and cheeks. 他把她抱过来,吻着她的嘴唇和面颊。 来自辞典例句
  • It'seems likely that imprinting is an extreme case of conditioning. 看来似乎铭记是适应的一种极端的情况。 来自辞典例句
14 intoxicate oauzz     
vt.使喝醉,使陶醉,使欣喜若狂
参考例句:
  • Wine has the power to intoxicate.酒能醉人。
  • Cherishing a rose means to intoxicate yourself on her beauty more than pull her throns out.喜欢玫瑰意思是要我们陶醉它的美丽,而不是去除它的刺。
15 behold jQKy9     
v.看,注视,看到
参考例句:
  • The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
  • The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。
16 awakens 8f28b6f7db9761a7b3cb138b2d5a123c     
v.(使)醒( awaken的第三人称单数 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到
参考例句:
  • The scene awakens reminiscences of my youth. 这景象唤起我年轻时的往事。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The child awakens early in the morning. 这个小孩早晨醒得早。 来自辞典例句
17 metropolitan mCyxZ     
adj.大城市的,大都会的
参考例句:
  • Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
  • Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。
18 devoted xu9zka     
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
参考例句:
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
19 animate 3MDyv     
v.赋于生命,鼓励;adj.有生命的,有生气的
参考例句:
  • We are animate beings,living creatures.我们是有生命的存在,有生命的动物。
  • The girls watched,little teasing smiles animating their faces.女孩们注视着,脸上挂着调皮的微笑,显得愈加活泼。
20 compassionate PXPyc     
adj.有同情心的,表示同情的
参考例句:
  • She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
  • The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。
21 misery G10yi     
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
参考例句:
  • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
22 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
参考例句:
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
23 tactile bGkyv     
adj.触觉的,有触觉的,能触知的
参考例句:
  • Norris is an expert in the tactile and the tangible.诺里斯创作最精到之处便是,他描绘的人物使人看得见摸得着。
  • Tactile communication uses touch rather than sight or hearing.触觉交流,是用触摸感觉,而不是用看或听来感觉。
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