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1、http://www.voanews.cn/SpecialEnglish/2009/November/spec2345a1108.htmVOA慢速英語(yǔ)聽力原文海倫凱勒PEOPLEINAMERICA-HelenKeller,1880-1968:OutofaWorldofDarknessandSilence,SheBroughtHopetoMillionsofPeopleAroundtheWorldShewasblindanddeafbutlearnedhowtoread,writeandspeak.Transcriptofradiobroadcast:07November2009VOICEONE
2、:I'mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndI'mRayFreeman.EveryweekwetellaboutapersonwhowasimportantinthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.ThisweekwetellaboutHelenKeller.Shewasblindanddeafbutshebecameafamouswriterandteacher.(MUSIC)VOICEONE: HelenKellerThenameHelenKellerhashadspecialmeaningformillionsofpeopleinallpartsof
3、theworld.Shecouldnotseeorhear.YetHelenKellerwasabletodosomuchwithherdaysandyears.Hersuccessgaveothershope.HelenKellerwasbornJunetwenty-seventh,eighteeneightyinasmalltowninnorthernAlabama.Herfather,ArthurKeller,wasacaptaininthearmyoftheSouthduringtheAmericanCivilWar.Hermotherwashissecondwife.Shewasmu
4、chyoungerthanherhusband.Helenwastheirfirstchild.Untilshewasayear-and-one-halfold,HelenKellerwasjustlikeanyotherchild.Shewasveryactive.Shebeganwalkingandtalkingearly.Then,nineteenmonthsaftershewasborn,Helenbecameverysick.Itwasastrangesicknessthatmadehercompletelyblindanddeaf.Thedoctorcouldnotdoanythi
5、ngforher.Herbright,happyworldnowwasfilledwithsilenceanddarkness.5VOICETWO:Fromthattimeuntilshewasalmostsevenyearsold,Helencouldcommunicateonlybymakingsignswithherhands.Butshelearnedhowtobeactiveinhersilent,darkenvironment.Theyoungchildhadstrongdesires.Sheknewwhatshewantedtodo.Noonecouldstopherfromdo
6、ingit.Moreandmore,shewantedtocommunicatewithothers.Makingsimplesignswithherhandswasnotenough.Somethingwasreadytoexplodeinsideofherbecauseshecouldnotmakepeopleunderstandher.Shescreamedandstruggledwhenhermothertriedtocontrolher.VOICEONE:WhenHelenwassix,herfatherlearnedaboutadoctorinBaltimore,Maryland.
7、Thedoctorhadsuccessfullytreatedpeoplewhowereblind.Helen'sparentstookheronthetraintoBaltimore.ButthedoctorsaidhecoulddonothingtohelpHelen.HesuggestedtheKellersgetateacherfortheblindwhocouldteachHelento