Helen--Keller英文版介绍.ppt

1、,Three Days to See,Three Days to See,It is an autobiography about Hellen Keller.,We must accept finite disappoint- ment, but we must never lose infinite hope.,- Martin Luther King,About the Author,Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 June 1, 1968) was an American author, activist and lecturer. She was

2、the first deaf blind person to graduate from college. Born intelligent, she became deaf and blind after a fever at two and a half years old ., Born in Alabama - June 27nd ,1880 Deaf and blind - January 1882 Meet Anne Sullivan - March 1887 Enter Harvard -June 1899 Write a book called My Life - 190219

3、03 Graduate from Harvard with intelligent grades -June 1904 Write books :The World I Live In etc. 1908 1913 Suffer marriage failure - 1916 Invited to Hollywood to act movies - 1919 Become the main leader of the American Foundation for the Blind - 1924 Write My Later Life - 1929 Travel in England - 1

4、930,Her Experiences, Get the honorary degree of Temple University and visit many countries - 1931-1933 Anne Sullivan pass away -October 20 , 1936 Visit 13 countries of Europe ,Asia ,Africa ,Austria - 19421952 Unconquerable Person on show - 1953 Her book My Teacher get honorary degree of Harvard 1955

5、 The campaign Helen Keller set up by the UN -1959 Promulgate Helen Keller Fund - 1960 Honored The Presidential Medal of Freedom - 1964 Pass away - June 1st ,1964,Her Experiences,When she was young,She learned to touch ,listen ,and feel the world,She struggled to help others and persuaded people to h

6、elp the disabled,When she was old,She struggled to help others and persuaded people to accept and help the disabled .,Studying,Being blind and deaf ,Helen had great curiosity for studying .She had extreme difficulty in pronunciation ， listening and speaking . So Anne taught her to touch the lips fee

7、ling the change ,and to feel the difference of breathing and exhale by nasal cavity .She got over the unbearable difficulty breaking down his physical disabilities. She studied well ,went to excellent university ,travel to other places, read books ,wrote her own books ,kept studying until her Death.

8、,Her books :, Three Days to See Midstream: My Later Life My Religion The Song of the Stone Wall Out of the Dark My Life My Teacher The World I Live In Double Blossoms etc., Get the honorary degree of Temple University and visit many countries - 1931-1933 Anne Sullivan pass away -October 20 , 1936 Vi

9、sit 13 countries of Europe ,Asia ,Africa ,Austria - 19421952 Unconquerable Person on show - 1953 Her book My Teacher get honorary degree of Harvard 1955 The campaign Helen Keller set up by the UN -1959 Promulgate Helen Keller Fund - 1960 Honored The Presidential Medal of Freedom - 1964 Pass away - J

10、une 1st ,1964,Achievements,Helen devoted herself to the disabled in her lifetime . She went everywhere to campaign for the disabled ,made speeches to them and encouraged them to believe themselves . Also ,she told them to find their personal values and determined to live a better life . Her kindness

11、 not only helped the disabled to pick up courage but also aroused people from other countries to face up to the handicapped . As a result , service agencies have been set up ,the welfare of the handicapped has been improved , which are auxiliary to their happy life .,Such stories set us thinking, wo

12、ndering what we should do under similar circumstances. What events, what experiences, what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings, what regrets? 这样的故事让我们思考，在类似的处境下，我们该做些什么？作为终有一死的人，在临终前的几个小时内我们应该做什么事，经历些什么或做哪些联想？回忆往昔，什么使我们开心快乐？什么又使我们悔恨不已？ Most of us, however, take life f

13、or granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude tow

14、ard life. 然而，我们中的大多数人都把生命看成是理所当然的。我们知道有一天我们必将面对死亡，但总认为那一天还在遥远的将来。当我们身强体健之时，死亡简直不可想象，我们很少考虑到它。日子多得好像没有尽头。因此我们一味忙于琐事，几乎意识不到我们对待生活的冷漠态度。 The same lethargy, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings

15、 that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, with

16、out concentration and with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, of not being conscious of health until we are ill. 我担心同样的冷漠也存在于我们对自己官能和意识的运用上。只有聋子才理解听力的重要，只有盲人才明白视觉的可贵，这尤其适用于那些成年后才失去视力或听力之苦的人很少充分利用这些宝贵的能力。他们的眼睛和耳朵模糊地感受着周围的景物与声音，心不在焉，也

17、无所感激。这正好我们只有在失去后才懂得珍惜一样，我们只有在生病后才意识到健康的可贵。,Such stories set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What events, what experiences, what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings, what regrets? 这样的故事让我们思考，在类似的处境下，我们该做些什么？作为终有一死的人，在临终前的几个小时内我们应该做

18、什么事，经历些什么或做哪些联想？回忆往昔，什么使我们开心快乐？什么又使我们悔恨不已？ Most of us, however, take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista

19、. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life. 然而，我们中的大多数人都把生命看成是理所当然的。我们知道有一天我们必将面对死亡，但总认为那一天还在遥远的将来。当我们身强体健之时，死亡简直不可想象，我们很少考虑到它。日子多得好像没有尽头。因此我们一味忙于琐事，几乎意识不到我们对待生活的冷漠态度。,Meaningful Sentences,The same lethargy, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our facul

20、ties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fulles

21、t use of these blessed faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration and with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, of not being conscious of health until we are ill. 我担心同样的冷漠也存在于我们对自己官能和意识的

22、运用上。只有聋子才理解听力的重要，只有盲人才明白视觉的可贵，这尤其适用于那些成年后才失去视力或听力之苦的人很少充分利用这些宝贵的能力。他们的眼睛和耳朵模糊地感受着周围的景物与声音，心不在焉，也无所感激。这正好我们只有在失去后才懂得珍惜一样，我们只有在生病后才意识到健康的可贵。,What we learn from her,We should learn to be patient and know how to sacrifice, to learn about their differentiation, to deal with the crisis, to think it clearly by our self-judgment .when encounter the cruel reality and the sudden damage , never retreat, and hold on to it , the sail forward will never flown., success will come .,Famous remarks, Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. Only through