高中英语《stories》学案3 北师大版选修6

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1、Lesson3LifeStories学案Ⅰ.Backgroundinformation----IntroductiontoHelenKellerIfHelenKellerweretoshakehandswithyoutodayandthenmeetyouandshakehandsagainfiveyearslater,shewouldrememberyou.MarkTwainoncesaid,“Thetwomostinterestingcharactersofthenineteenthcent

2、uryareNapoleonandHelenKeller.”WhenMarkTwainsaidthat,HelenKellerwasonlyfifteenyearsold.Todayshestillremainsoneofthemostinterestingcharactersofthetwentiethcentury.In1882ababygirlcaughtafeverthatwassofierceshenearlydied.Shesurvivedbutthefeverleftitsmark—

3、shecouldnolongerseeorhear.Becauseshecouldnothearshealsofounditverydifficulttospeak.Sohowdidthischild,blindedanddeafenedat19monthsold,growuptobecomeaworld-famousauthorandpublicspeaker?Thefevercutherofffromtheoutsideworld,deprivingherofsightandsound.Itw

4、asasifshehadbeenthrownintoadarkprisoncellfromwhichtherecouldbenorelease.LuckilyHelenwasnotsomeonewhogaveupeasily.Soonshebegantoexploretheworldbyusingherothersenses.Shefollowedhermotherwherevershewent,hangingontoherskirts;shetouchedandsmelledeverything

5、shecameacross.Shecopiedtheiractionsandwassoonabletodocertainjobsherself,likemilkingthecowsorkneadingdough,sheevenlearnttorecognizepeoplebyfeelingtheirfacesortheirclothes.Shecouldalsotellwhereshewasinthegardenbythesmellofthedifferentplantsandthefeeloft

6、hegroundunderherfeet.Bytheageofsevenshehadinventedover60differentsignsbywhichshecouldtalktoherfamily,Ifshewantedbreadforexample,shewouldpretendtocutaloafandbuttertheslices.Ifshewantedicecreamshewrappedherarmsaroundherselfandpretendedtoshiver.Helenwasu

7、nusualinthatshewasextremelyintelligentandalsoremarkablysensitive.Byherowneffortsshehadmanagedtomakesomesenseofanalienandconfusingworld.Butevensoshehadlimitations.AttheageoffiveHelenbegantorealizeshewasdifferentfromotherpeople.Shenoticedthatherfamilydi

8、dnotusesignslikeshedidbuttalkedwiththeirmouths.Sometimesshestoodbetweentwopeopleandtouchedtheirlips.Shecouldnotunderstandwhattheysaidandshecouldnotmakeanymeaningfulsoundsherself.Shewantedtotalkbutnomatterhowshetriedshecouldnotmakeherselfunders