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1、Unit8TextATheMostImportantDayinMyLifeDetailedstudyofthetext:1.AbouttheauthorHelenKellerwasbornin1880anddiedin1968.Shewasoneofthemostfamouspersonintheworld.Whileshewasstillatcollegeshewrote‘TheStoryofMyLife’.Thiswasverysuccessful.In1932shebecameavice-presidentoftheRoyalNationalIn
2、stitutefortheBlindintheUnitedKingdom.HelenKellerwaslessthantwoyearsoldwhenshecamedownwithafever.Itstruckdramaticallyandleftherunconscious.Thefeverwentjustassuddenly.Butshewasblindedand,verysoonafter,deaf.Asshegrewup,shemanagedtolearntodotinyerrands,butshealsorealizedthatshewasmi
3、ssingsomething.“Sometimes,”shelaterwrote,“Istoodbetweentwopersonswhowereconversingandtouchedtheirlips.Icouldnotunderstand,andwasvexed.Imovedmylipsandgesticulatedfranticallywithoutresult.ThismademesoangryattimesthatIkickedandscreameduntilIwasexhausted.”Shewasawildchild.That‘sHele
4、nKeller,agreatestwriterintheworld.2.AboutthetextThisarticlecomesfromtheautobiographyof“ThreeDaystoSee”byHelenKeller.ThreeDaystoSeeisHelenKeller’smasterpiece,shewithawaisteffeminatewomanperspective,warnedtheable-bodiedpeopleshouldcherishlife,cherishthegodforall.Inaddition,thebook
5、includes“TheStoryofMyLife”isHelen’sautobiographicalworks,knownas“thehistoryofworldliteratureandincomparablemasterpiece”.3.Ontheafternoonoftheeventfulday,Istoodontheporch,dumb,expectant.Here,eventfulmeansfullofeventsorincidentsForexample:Thecomingautumnshouldbeeventful.Dumpmeanss
6、lowtolearnorunderstand;lackingintellectualacuity;temporarilysilent.Forexample:Heisdumbonthesubject,4.Myfingerslingeredalmostunconsciouslyonthefamiliarleavesandblossomswhichhadjustcomeforthtogreetthesweetsouthernspring.Here,unconsciouslymeanswithoutawarenessForexample:Nopersonofi
7、ndependentmindwillcopyconsciously,butmanycopyunconsciously.5.Angerandbitternesshadpreyeduponcontinuallyforweeksandadeeplanguorhassucceededthispassionatestruggle.Here,languormeanslackoflifeormovement;arelaxedcomfortablefeelingForexample:She,inherlanguor,hadnottroubledtoeatmuchKey
8、toExercisesWorkonthetextQuestionsforcomprehensi