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1、HelenKellerandHerTeacherHelenKellerisoneofthemostremarkablepersonsborninthenineteenthcentury.Shemanagedtoovercomethedoublehandicapsofblindnessanddeafness,andtotakeanactivepartinthelifeoftheworld.Ofcourse,shecouldneverhaveaccomplishedthisalone.JustasremarkableasMissKellerwasherte
2、acher,AnneSullivan,theyoungwomanwhoundertooktoleadheroutofthedarknessandenablehertohaveanormallife.HelenKellerwasbornin1880intoamiddle–classSouthernfamily.Herfatherwasanewspapereditor.TheylivedinacomfortablehouseonafarminAlabama.Fromthetimeshelosthereyesightandhearing,atabout19m
3、onths,untilshewasnearlyseven,shewascaredforbyherlovingfamily,whoallowedheruncontrolledfreedomaroundthehomeplace.Shehadtheservant’childrenforplaymate,andsheruledthemlikealittlequeen.Shewasnotmadetositatthetableatmeal-times,butwanderedaroundhelpingherselftofoodfromotherpeople’spla
4、tes.Withoutanydiscipline,shegrewuptobealittlewildanimal,pretty,healthy,energeticandspoiled.Shebehavedverybadlyifanyonepreventedherfromdoingorhavingexactlywhatshewanted,andshedestroyeddolls,toys,clothes,andotherthingsinfitsoftemper.Sheknewaboutfiftysignswithwhichshecouldcommunica
5、te,andhermothercouldmakeherunderstandanumberofthings,butasshegrewoldershebecamemoreandmoredifficulttomanage.Herinabilitytoshareideaswithothersdroveherintoterriblefitsofanger.Thedarkandsilentworldinwhichherbrilliantmindwasimprisonedbecameincreasinglyunbearable.Itisnowonderthatshe
6、latercalledthedayMissSullivancametobeherteacher“themostimportantdayinmylife.”MissSullivanwasonlyagirlofeighteenwhensheundertookthejobofbreakingopenthischild’sprison.Asachild,AnneSullivanhadknownofthecomfortstheKellershad.Shehadspentherchildhoodinapoorhouse,whereshewasverybadlytr
7、eated,andhadalmostdiedofsicknessandneglect.Shehadnearlylostherowneyesight,buthadlaterrecoveredenoughtobeabletoread.Becauseofherhalf-blindness,ShehadbeensentatfourteentothePerkinsInstitutionfortheBlind,inBoston.Thereshelearnedtousethemanualalphabet,andtoreadBraille.Butasidefromth
8、isexperience,shehadnospecialpreparationforteach
