對海倫凱勒的評價英文版
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篇一
In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce she nearly died. She survived but the fever left its mark - she could no longer see or hear. Because she could not hear she also found it very difficult to speak.
So how did this child, blinded and deafened at 19 months old, grow up to become a world-famous author and public speaker?
The fever cut her off from the outside world, depriving her of sight and sound. It was as if she had been thrown into a dark prison cell from which there could be no release.
Luckily Helen was not someone who gave up easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other senses. She followed her mother wherever she went, hanging onto her skirts; she touched and smelled everything she came across. She copied their actions and was soon able to do certain jobs herself, like milking the cows or kneading dough, she even learnt to recognize people by feeling their faces or their clothes. She could also tell where she was in the garden by the smell of the different plants and the feel of the ground under her feet.
By the age of seven she had invented over 60 different signs by which she could talk to her family, if she wanted bread forMotivational model yuedu.mipang example, she would pretend to cut a loaf and butter the slices. If she wanted ice cream she wrapped her arms around herself and pretended to shiver.
Helen was unusual in that she was extremely intelligent and also remarkably sensitive. By her own efforts she had managed to make some sense of an alien and confusing world. But even so she had limitations.
At the age of five Helen began to realize she was different from other people. She noticed that her family did not use signs like she did but talked with their mouths. Sometimes she stood between two people and touched their lips. She could not understand what they said and she could not make any meaningful sounds herself. She wanted to talk but no matter how she tried she could not make herself understood. This makes her so angry that she used to hurl herself around the room, kicking and screaming in frustration.
As she got older her frustration grew and her rages became worse and worse. She became wild and unruly. If she didn't get what she wanted she would throw tantrums until her family gave in. Her favorite tricks included grabbing other people's food from their plates and hurling fragile objects to the floor. Once she even managed to lock her mother into the pantry.
篇二
At the age of 19 months, Helen Keller was a happy, healthy girl. She could already say a few words. Unfortunately, she had a high fever which caused her to become deaf and blind. No longer could she see nor hear. The fever cut her off from the outside world, depriving her of sight and sound. It was as if she had been thrown into a dark prison cell from which there could be no release. She felt lost.
After that, she began to explore the world by using her other senses. She learned to do many things this way. For example, she could recognize people by feeling of their faces or their clothes.
She made up signs with her hands so she could "talk" to her family. She had 60 different signs. Helen was a very bright child. Soon she found herself was different from other children——she couldn't talk. This made her so angry that she used to hurl herself around the room, kicking and screaming in frustration.
The family knew they had to do something to help her. So, just before her seventh birthday, the family hired a private tutor — Anne Sullivan. Anne taught Helen the signs for the letters of the alphabet. Then she would "spell" the words in Helen's hand to communicate with her. One day Anne led Helen to the water pump and pumped water on her hand. She spelled the letters W-A-T-E-R as the water ran over Helen's hand. She did this over and over again. At last it dawned on Helen that the word "water" meant the water which she felt pouring over her hand. This opened up a whole new world for her. She ran everywhere asking Anne the name of different things and Anne would spell the words in her hand.
Helen had an amazing memory, and she also had skills very few people have ever been able to develop. She could put her fingers to a person's lips and understand the words which were being spoken.
While she was in college she wrote her book called "The Story of My Life". With the money she earned from the book she could afford a house.
She became famous and traveled around the world speaking to
groups of people. She met many important and well-known people as she traveled.
After her death in 1968 an organization was set up in her name to combat blindness in the developing world. Today that agency, Helen Keller International, is one of the biggest organizations working with blind people overseas.
I am touched by how firm Helen is. Compared to her, we are much healthier and live a happier life. After reading the story of her, I get to know how necessary we should enjoy our life. And I realize that if you keep working hard, you will succeed sooner or later. Helen will always be remembered as a heroine in my mind.
篇三
The proper use of metaphor
——book review of the Story of My Life Fascinating historians,filmmakers,social scientists and writers,the life of Helen Keller has inspired biographies,films,essays,articles and theatrical performances. It can not be praised too much. The Story of My Life is a story of courage and determination,of persistence in the face of great odds,of never giving in and remaining cheerfully optimistic no matter what the circumstances. Whatever,what I want to talk about is the use of metaphor which impresses me most and contributes a lot to this book as well.
In the book,Helen uses metaphor to indicate her determination which gives me a deep impression again and again.
I slipped back many times,I fall,I run against the edge of hidden obstacles,I lose my temper and find it again and keep it better,I trudge on,I gain a little,I feel encouraged,I get more eager and clime higher and I reach the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victor.One more effort and I reach the luminous cloud,the blue depths of the sky, the uplands of my desire.
This paragraph describes her real situation in Harvard University. It was her first year in Harvard. At that time,she could hardly found any special textbooks for the blind. It was extremely difficult for her to learn anything. She struggled with the help of others,sorrowfully. It’s obvious for us that she suffered a lot. However,she never gave up. She refused to surrendered to destiny. A persistent person who was putting her every effort into managing her idea comes up to my mind. All these phrases
such as “slip back,trudge on,blue depth and uplands” touch my heart. It was her willpower indicated by metaphor that moved me deeply. Helen proves us that where there is a will,there is a way by her deeds.
In the Story of My Life,she also expresses her love by using beautiful and positive words. It also is a kind of metaphor.
At first I did not realize what had happened; but when I put my hand in the cage and pretty wings did not meet my touch or his small pointed claws take hold of my finger, I know that I should never see my sweet little singer again.
As we all know,Helen is a deaf and blind woman. She can only fell the pretty bird given by her teacher as a Christmas gift. Her reorganization to the bird is so vague. However,I can really feel her happiness and her love to her sweet little bird even though there is no a word “love” being written. She expresses her love by using words“pretty,sweet” instead of using“love”directly.
Here is another example.
She realized that a child’s mind is like a shallow brook which ripples and dances merrily over the stony course of its education and reflects here a flower,there a bush, yonder a fleecy cloud;and she attempted guide my mind on its way,knowing like a brook it should be fed by mountain steams and hidden springs,until in broadened out into a deep river,capable of reflecting in its surface,billow hills the luminous shadows of trees and the blue heavens as well as the sweet face of a little flower.
Comparing a child’s mind to shallow brook which should be fed by small streams,Helen shows us the great influence education have on children. In other word,by doing so,the great influence from Anne
Sullivan stands out. Anne Sullivan taught Helen alphabet but instead of spelling single words. She spelled whole sentences into her hands. Sullivan is her stream and helps her grow into a brook even a considerable ocean.
Examples indicate that Helen writes with metaphor can be found throughout the book. I contend that if we pay our attention to such sentences,we can have a better understanding of metaphor and
make good use of it. All in all,the Story of My Life is definitely worth reading and appreciating.