Three_days_to_see英文简介

1、Three Days to SeeLskypool1Introduction of Helen KellerHelen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 June 1, 1968)Deafblind American author, activist and lecturer She was the first deaf and blind person to get a degree from college. Other books: The Story of My Life, My religion, Midstream.2Introduction of the b

2、ookThe autobiography of Helen KellerA book showing the most mysterious miracle and strong power of mankindTeaching people use their eyes to see the world seriously and make full use of it.3Deafblind is painfulI especially remember the tenderness with which my mother tried to soothe me in my waking h

3、ours of fret and pain, and the agony and bewilderment with which I awoke after a tossing half sleep, and turned my eyes, so dry and hot, to the wall, away from the once-loved light, which came to me dim and yet more dim each day.I strugglednot that struggling helped matters, but the spirit of resist

4、ance was strong with me; I generally broke down in tears and physical exhaustion.I felt absolutely alone, cut off from my friends and the firm earth. The immense, the unknown, enfolded me.4Three days to seeOn the first day, I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness and companions

5、hip have made my life worth living.I do not know what it is to see into the heart of a friend through that window of the soul, the eye. I can only see through my finger tips the outline of a face. I can detect laughter, sorrow, and many other obvious emotions.I should call to me all my dear friends

6、and look long into their faces, imprinting upon my mind the outward evidences of the beauty that is within them.The First Day5Three days to seeThe Second DayThe next day I should arise with the dawn and see the thrilling miracle by which night is transformed into day. I should behold with awe the ma

7、gnificent panorama of light with which the sun awakens the sleeping earth.My next stop would be the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for just as the Museum of Natural History reveals the material aspects of the world, so does the Metropolitan show the myriad facets of the human spirit.So on this, my seco

8、nd day of sight, I should try to probe into the soul of man through his art. 6Today I shall spend in the workaday world of the present, amid the haunts of men going about the business of life.First, I stand at a busy corner, merely looking at people, trying by sight of them to understand something o

9、f their lives.From Fifth Avenue I make a tour of the city - to Park Avenue, to the slums, to factories, to parks where children play. Three days to seeThe Third Day7The Admonition to Readers I who am blind can give one hint to those who see one admonition to those who would make full use of the gift

10、 of sight: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind . And the same method can be applied to the other senses .Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of a orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again.8What We Should Le