海伦凯勒的故事(6)

Reading is the greatest pleasure to Helen, she was eager to learn, to experience the world, and read every book in Braille at hand over and over again. Sullivan translated for Helen a good deal of books in non-Braille into sign language, when teacher’s hands were too tired to continue, Helen, in anxiety, went so far as to touch the print on the book…
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Figure 3: Helen was using her smell to understand a flower 身体上的缺陷挡不住一颗不屈不挠的心。小海伦宣布自己将来要考入哈佛大学，跟正常的女孩子一较高下。
Physical defects can’t stop a relentless mind. Little Helen announced that she was planning to enter Harvard University in years to come, and compete with normal girls.
为了这这个目标，她离开读了两年的聋人学校，进入剑桥女子中学学习。莎莉文每天和她一起上课，以无限的耐心把老师讲的都写到她的手心上，课后帮她查生字，反复阅读课本和笔记。
To make it true, she left the school for the deaf where she studied for 2 years, and entered Cambridge Middle School for Girls. Sullivan, who attended classes with Helen everyday, wrote every word teacher said onto Helen’s palm with infinite patience, help her learn new words and read textbooks and notes for her over and over again after class.
19岁，海伦考入哈佛大学拉德克利夫学院。在大学学习时，许多教材都没有盲文本，要靠别人把书的内容拼写在她手上，因此她预习功课的时间要比别的同学多得多。当别的同学在外面嬉戏、唱歌的时候，她正在努力备课。长期的刻苦学习，让她掌握了大量知识，并具有了超群的记忆力，她拥有了改变命运的力量。