小学英语英语故事（名人故事）坚强的海伦.docx

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1、坚强的海伦·凯勒TheFirmHelenKeller英汉对照In1882ababygirlcaughtafeverthatwassofierceshenearlydied.Shesurvivedbutthefeverleftitsmark-shecouldnolongerseeorhear.Becauseshecouldnothearshealsofounditverydifficulttospeak.Sohowdidthischild,blindedanddeafenedat19monthsold,growuptobecomeaworld-famousa

2、uthorandpublicspeaker?Thefevercutherofffromtheoutsideworld,deprivingherofsightandsound.Itwasasifshehadbeenthrownintoadarkprisoncellfromwhichtherecouldbenorelease.LuckilyHelenwasnotsomeonewhogaveupeasily.Soonshebegantoexploretheworldbyusingherothersenses.Shefollowedhermotherwhereve

3、rshewent,hangingontoherskirts;shetouchedandsmelledeverythingshecameacross.Shecopiedtheiractionsandwassoonabletodocertainjobsherself,likemilkingthecowsorkneadingdough,sheevenlearnttorecognizepeoplebyfeelingtheirfacesortheirclothes.Shecouldalsotellwhereshewasinthegardenbythesmelloft

4、hedifferentplantsandthefeelofthegroundunderherfeet.Bytheageofsevenshehadinventedover60differentsignsbywhichshecouldtalktoherfamily,ifshewantedbreadforexample,shewouldpretendtocutaloafandbuttertheslices.Ifshewantedicecreamshewrappedherarmsaroundherselfandpretendedtoshiver.Helenwasu

5、nusualinthatshewasextremelyintelligentandalsoremarkablysensitive.Byherowneffortsshehadmanagedtomakesomesenseofanalienandconfusingworld.Butevensoshehadlimitations.AttheageoffiveHelenbegantorealizeshewasdifferentfromotherpeople.Shenoticedthatherfamilydidnotusesignslikeshedidbuttalke

6、dwiththeirmouths.Sometimesshestoodbetweentwopeopleandtouchedtheirlips.Shecouldnotunderstandwhattheysaidandshecouldnotmakeanymeaningfulsoundsherself.Shewantedtotalkbutnomatterhowshetriedshecouldnotmakeherselfunderstood.Thismakeshersoangrythatsheusedtohurlherselfaroundtheroom,kickin

7、gandscreaminginfrustration.Asshegotolderherfrustrationgrewandherragesbecameworseandworse.Shebecamewildandunruly.Ifshedidn'tgetwhatshewantedshewouldthrowtantrumsuntilherfamilygavein.Herfavoritetricksincludedgrabbingotherpeople'sfoodfromtheirplatesandhurlingfragileobjectstothefloor.

8、Oncesheevenmanagedtolockhermother