美文分享《TheFirmHelenKeller》《坚强的海伦·凯勒》

原标题：美文共享《The Firm Helen Keller》《刚强的海伦·凯勒》

The Firm Helen Keller

When she was born on June 27,1880,Helen Keller could see and hear.When she was 19 months old,she became ill and had a very high fever.She survived her illness,but the fever left her blind and deaf.

At the time when Helen was a small girl,people didn’t know much about disabilities.Not many teachers had tried to educate people who were both deaf and blind.only a few children like Helen around the world had learned to communicate.

Little Helen did not have rules to follow.At times she seemed out of control.Her parents had little hope that Helen would lead the kind of life they had imagined she would.When Helen was about 7 years old,a friend of Helen’s parents suggested they hire a young woman to teach Helen.The young woman’s name was Anne Sullivan.From that day on,Helen’s life changed.

At first,Helen did not like Anne.Anne made Helen do things she didn’t want to do.Helen fought her,but Anne kept trying.She knew that Helen could touch,smell,and taste.Anne began to teach Helen to use these senses to communicate and to learn about the world around her.Anne knew that Helen was very smart.She thought it would only take some time before Helen learned how to communicate.

Anne began teaching Helen to spell words with her fingers.For a long time,Helen didn’t understand the finger game Anne played with her.But Anne did not give up.One day at the water pump,Anne pumped water over one of Helen’s hands.She used her fingers to spell w-a-t-e-r on Helen’s other hand.Suddenly Helen became very still.Helen got it!She finally realized what Anne was doing.She realized that Anne was communicating with her.Helen then used her fingers to spell w-a-t-e-r into the palm of Anne’s hand.

Then Anne taught Helen to use her sense of touch to read.She taught Helen to read books printed the Braille.Helen learned to feel words.Helen also learned to understand what people were saying by placing her fingers on her lips.

once Helen learned to communicate,a new word opened up to her.She went to college,and Anne went with her.Helen graduated with Anne’s help.

Helen Keller spent most of her life traveling with Anne Sullivan.She gave many speeches and wrote books about her life.She proved to the world that blind and deaf people deserved respect.Helen overcame her disabilities and became an inspiration to people everywhere.

译文：

刚强的海伦·凯勒

1880年6月27日海伦·凯勒出世时，她是个既能看也能听的健康孩子。19个月大的时分，海伦生了一场病，高烧不退。尽管她挺过了这场大病，高烧却使她失去了视力和听力。

当海伦仍是个小女子的时分，人们关于残疾知之甚少。没有多少教师尽力去教育那些又聋又盲的人。只要为数不多的孩子像海伦相同学会了与人沟通。

小海伦彻底不了解规则，有时分，她反常浮躁，好像无法控制。她的爸爸妈妈觉得想要海伦过上他们想象的那种日子真是期望迷茫。大约7岁的时分，海伦爸爸妈妈的一位朋友主张他们延聘一位年青的女士来教育海伦。这位年青的女士便是安妮·沙利文。从那一天开端，海伦的日子彻底改变了。

起先，海伦并不喜爱安妮。安妮总是逼迫她做一些她不想做的工作。海伦乃至会打安妮，但安妮却没有畏缩。她知道海伦还有触觉、嗅觉和味觉。所以她开端教海伦运用这些感觉去与人沟通，去了解她身边的国际。安妮了解海伦是个聪明的孩子，她认为过不了多久海伦就可以学会与人沟通。

安妮开端教海伦用手指来拼单词。在很长一段时刻里，海伦不了解安妮和她的这种“手指游戏”。可是安妮并不泄气。一天，在抽水泵周围，安妮抽出水放在海伦的一只手里。接着，她又在海伦的另一只手的手心写下“water”这个字。海伦忽然愣住了，一动不动。海伦了解了！她总算知道了安妮在做什么。她认识到了安妮是在和她沟通。所以，海伦用自己的手指在安妮的掌心中也拼出了“water”这个词。

之后安妮开端教海伦用自己的触觉来读书。她教给海伦读布拉耶盲文书。海伦学会了接触文字，也学会了用手指感觉他人的唇形改变来了解他们在说什么。

一旦海伦学会了与人沟通，一个全新的国际便在她面前展开来。后来她上了大学，安妮也陪伴着她。在安妮的协助下，海伦顺畅结业。

海伦·凯勒终身的大部分时刻都用于与安妮·沙利文一同环游国际各地。她做过许多关于自己的人生的讲演，还写过不少相关的书本。她向全国际证明了聋人和瞎子相同值得尊重。海伦克服了残疾带给她的不幸，她的阅历鼓励着国际各地的人们。

——摘自：《高考英语晨读美文100篇》（亓军主编）（我国宇航出版社）

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