海伦凯勒的故事
The Story of Helen Keller
Translated into English by Yueqing Huang
海伦·凯勒一岁半的时候被重病夺去了视力和听力。在莎莉文老师帮助下,又盲又聋的她竟然学会了读书和说话,并以优异的成绩毕业于美国哈佛大学,成为一名学识渊博,掌握英、法、德、拉丁、希腊五种文字的著名作家和教育家。著名作家马克.吐温曾说:19世纪出现了两个了不起的人物,一个是拿破仑,一个就是海伦·凯勒。“我的老师安妮·莎莉文来到我家的这一天,是我一生中最重要的一天。她使我的精神获得了解放。”海伦回忆道。
Helen Keller was deprived of vision and listening by a serious illness when she was one and a half years old. Yet with the assistance of Anne Sullivan the teacher, the blind and deaf girl actually learnt to read and speak, graduated from Harvard University with honors and became a famous writer and educationist of great scholarship proficient in English, French, German, Latin and Greek. The distinguished writer Mark Twain once said, “There are two remarkable persons in the 19th century, one is Napoleon, another is Helen Keller.” “It is the most important day in my life when teacher Anne Sullivan came to my house. She liberated my spirit.” Recalled Helen.
1880年6月27日,海伦 ·凯勒的出生让父母高兴万分。她是一个健康、聪明的小孩,6个月已经会说“茶”和“你好”,刚满周岁就会走路了。家里的庭院繁花盛开,鸟儿歌唱,充满好奇心的小海伦幸福地度过了她人生开端的19个月。但美好的时光总是短暂,一岁半的小海伦突发高烧,医生诊断为急性脑充血,宣布不治。过了几日海伦奇迹般退烧了,但当她睁开眼睛时,发现眼前一片黑暗,那种惊恐与悲伤的感觉她一生都没忘掉。从此,她开始生活在黑暗和无声的世界里。因为又聋又哑,海伦处在双重孤独中。随着年龄增长,她希望表达自己思想情感的愿望越来越强烈,几种单调的手势根本不够用。每次别人不了解她的意思,她都大发脾气,无法交流的绝望感让她疯狂地踢打哭闹,在地上翻滚、吼叫,直到精疲力竭。7岁之前的海伦是个被宠坏的脾气暴烈,任性妄为的小女孩。
Translated into English by Yueqing Huang
海伦·凯勒一岁半的时候被重病夺去了视力和听力。在莎莉文老师帮助下,又盲又聋的她竟然学会了读书和说话,并以优异的成绩毕业于美国哈佛大学,成为一名学识渊博,掌握英、法、德、拉丁、希腊五种文字的著名作家和教育家。著名作家马克.吐温曾说:19世纪出现了两个了不起的人物,一个是拿破仑,一个就是海伦·凯勒。“我的老师安妮·莎莉文来到我家的这一天,是我一生中最重要的一天。她使我的精神获得了解放。”海伦回忆道。
Helen Keller was deprived of vision and listening by a serious illness when she was one and a half years old. Yet with the assistance of Anne Sullivan the teacher, the blind and deaf girl actually learnt to read and speak, graduated from Harvard University with honors and became a famous writer and educationist of great scholarship proficient in English, French, German, Latin and Greek. The distinguished writer Mark Twain once said, “There are two remarkable persons in the 19th century, one is Napoleon, another is Helen Keller.” “It is the most important day in my life when teacher Anne Sullivan came to my house. She liberated my spirit.” Recalled Helen.
1880年6月27日,海伦 ·凯勒的出生让父母高兴万分。她是一个健康、聪明的小孩,6个月已经会说“茶”和“你好”,刚满周岁就会走路了。家里的庭院繁花盛开,鸟儿歌唱,充满好奇心的小海伦幸福地度过了她人生开端的19个月。但美好的时光总是短暂,一岁半的小海伦突发高烧,医生诊断为急性脑充血,宣布不治。过了几日海伦奇迹般退烧了,但当她睁开眼睛时,发现眼前一片黑暗,那种惊恐与悲伤的感觉她一生都没忘掉。从此,她开始生活在黑暗和无声的世界里。因为又聋又哑,海伦处在双重孤独中。随着年龄增长,她希望表达自己思想情感的愿望越来越强烈,几种单调的手势根本不够用。每次别人不了解她的意思,她都大发脾气,无法交流的绝望感让她疯狂地踢打哭闹,在地上翻滚、吼叫,直到精疲力竭。7岁之前的海伦是个被宠坏的脾气暴烈,任性妄为的小女孩。