【导读】《我的人生故事》是海伦·凯勒的自传性作品,被世界称为文学史上无与伦比的杰作。阅读下面的节选,请仔细思考对我们的未来人生有什么样的启示。
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The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
Chapter 1
It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life.I have,as it were,a superstitious hesitation in lifting the veil that clings about my childhood like a golden mist.The task of writing an autobiography is a difficult one.When I try to classify my earliest impressions,I find that fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present.The woman paints the child's experiences in her own fantasy.A few impressions stand out vividly from the first years of my life; but “the shadows of the prison-house are on the rest”.Besides,many of the joys and sorrows of childhood have lost their poignancy; and many incidents of vital importance in my early education have been forgotten in the excitement of great discoveries.In order,therefore,not to be tedious I shall try to present in a series of sketches,only the episodes that seem to me to be the most interesting and important.
I was born on June 27,1880,in Tuscumbia,a little town of northern Alabama.
I lived,up to the time of the illness that deprived me of my sight and hearing,in a tiny house consisting of a large square room and a small one,in which the servants slept.It is a custom in the South to build a small house near the homestead as an annex to be used on occasion.Such a house my father built after the Civil War,and when he married my mother they went to live in it.It was completely covered with vines,climbing roses and honeysuckles.From the garden it looked like an arbour.The
little porch was hidden from view by a screen of yellow roses and Southern smilax.It was the favourite haunt of humming-birds and bees.
The Keller homestead,where the family lived,was a few steps from our little rose-bower.It was called “Ivy Green”because the house and the surrounding trees and fences were covered with beautiful English ivy.Its old-fashioned garden was the paradise of my childhood.
Even in the days before my teacher came,I used to feel along the square stiff boxwood hedges,and,guided by the sense of smell,would find the first violets and lilies.There,too,after a fit of temper,I went to find comfort and to hide my hot face in the cool leaves and grass.What joy it was to lose myself in that garden of flowers,to wander happily from spot to spot,until,coming suddenly upon a beautiful vine,I recognized it by its leaves and blossoms,and knew it was the vine which covered the tumble-down summer-house at the farther end of the garden! Here,also,were trailing clematis,drooping jessamine,and some rare sweet flowers called butterfly lilies,because their fragile petals resemble butterflies' wings.But the roses—they were loveliest of all.Never have I found in the greenhouses of the North such heart-satisfying roses as the climbing roses of my southern home.They used to hang in long festoons from our porch,filling the whole air with their fragrance,untainted by any earthy smell; and in the early morning,washed in the dew,they felt so soft,so pure,I could not help wondering if they did not resemble the asphodels of God's garden.
我的人生故事
海伦·凯勒
第1章
我是怀着惴惴不安的心情书写我生活的历史的。在我整个童年时代,生活犹如笼罩在我身边的一团金色雾霭。冥冥之中,我是懵懂而迟疑地揭开生活的迷帐的。写自传的任务很艰巨。每当我试图分辨孩童时期记忆的时候,我就会发现,往昔的时光美好而真实,它如同一条纽带,同此时此刻的我紧紧相连。女人们通常会以富于想象力的方式来描述自己的童年经历。虽然,那些鲜活而生动的记忆来自我生命的最初时光,但是,“牢房一般的阴暗将伴随着我的余生”。此外,
童年时代的欢乐和悲伤大都成为往事前尘,它们已然失去了当时的锋芒;在我接受早期教育过程中的那些重大事件,已经随着更加激动人心的伟大发现而被淡忘。因此,从这个意义上来说,将我生活中那些至关重要的章节做一个全盘性的勾勒,对于我来说倒并不是一件枯燥乏味的工作。
我于1880年6月27日出生在亚拉巴马州北部的一个叫作图斯康比亚的小镇。
我一直住在一个狭小的房子里面,直到疾病使我丧失了视觉和听觉。当时的家是由一个巨大的四方形房间和一个小房间构成的,仆人们都睡在那个小房间里。这是源自南方人的习俗,挨着宅第建一座附属的小房子,以备不时之需。宅第是我父亲在内战结束后建造的,在娶了我母亲后,他们就在此定居了。房子完全被葡萄藤、攀爬的蔷薇和金银花覆盖了,从花园望去,那里就像一个巨大的凉亭。而那个小门廊则被满眼的黄玫瑰和南方天冬草所遮蔽。因此这里就变成了蜂雀和蜜蜂最常出没的地方。
凯勒家的宅第距我们家的玫瑰小凉亭只有几步之遥。这里也被叫作“常春藤绿地”,因为房子和周围的树丛及篱笆被美丽的英格兰常春藤所缠绕覆盖。这个老式的花园正是我童年时代的天堂。
直到我的老师出现之前,我一直习惯于沿着正方形的黄杨木树篱摸索前行。嗅觉是我的向导,通过它,我发现了生命中的第一株紫罗兰花和百合花。正是在这个小花园里,在经历了暴躁情绪的发作之后,我继续寻找令我舒适的感觉,我把自己温热的脸埋进凉飕飕的树叶和草丛之中。将自己迷失在花丛中是如此地令人愉悦,从一个地方寻觅到另一个地方也带给我其乐无穷。就在探寻的过程中,我会突然碰到一枝美丽的藤蔓,我会通过它的叶子和花蕾来辨别其形状,而且我知道,这就是那株覆盖着摇摇欲坠的凉亭,远在花园尽头的葡萄藤!在我身边,还有触手可及的铁线莲,垂落于枝叶间的茉莉花,以及一些叫作蝴蝶百合的稀有花卉,这种花的花瓣因其形似蝴蝶那对脆弱易折的翅膀而得名。而玫瑰,则是花园中最傲人的花魁。我从来没有在北方的温室里见过长势如此繁茂的玫瑰,花朵沿着门廊形成了一道长长的花径,空气中弥漫着沁人的芳香,那种清醇的味道丝毫不沾染泥土的浊气。每天早晨,在露水的沐浴中,玫瑰娇柔淳美,这时我就会禁不住展开神思遐想,这些花儿是不是很像上帝花园中的常春花呢?
[知识积累]
1.superstitious adj.迷信的
2.fantasy n. 想象;幻想
3.deprive v. 剥夺;夺去;使丧失
4.paradise n. 天堂
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海伦·凯勒(1880-1968),美国著名的女作家、教育家、慈善家、社会活动家。在十九个月时因患急性胃充血、脑充血而被夺去视力和听力。1899年6月考入哈佛大学拉德克利夫女子学院。她先后完成了14本著作,其中最著名的有:《假如给我三天光明》《我的人生故事》。她致力于为残疾人造福,建立了许多慈善机构,1964年荣获“总统自由勋章”,次年入选美国《时代周刊》评选的“二十世纪美国十大偶像”之一。
广安友谊中学高2014级第二学期四月月考试题 英语 命题:吴文钊 本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。满分150分,考试用时120分钟。 第I卷(选择题,共100分) 第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分) 做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the man want to do? A. Eat dinner. B. Watch a movie. C. Get some ice cream. 2. What does the man suggest they do together? A. Learn to draw animals. B. Raise a pet. C. Go to the zoo. 3. What does the woman watch at night sometimes? A. The films. B. The news. C. The music programs. 4. What does the man think of math? A. It’s confusing. B. It’s interesting. C. It makes him smarter. 5. When is Peter’s birthday? A. Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday. 第二节(共15小题:每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
高中英语必修五练习题 Module 1 British English and American English 一、单项选择题(每小题1分,共20分) 1、They are father and son, but strangely they have nothing in______. A. common B. total C. general D. particular 2、______ with people in the West, people in the East pay much attention to their families. A. Comparing B. Compared C. Compare D. To compare 3、My foot is very big, so they often ______ it ______ a little boat. A. compares; to B. compares; with C. compare; to D. compare; with 4、Although some people raised objections at the meeting, most of them were _____ the reform. A. in favour of B. in honour of C. instead of D. by means of 5、Samantha is very familiar _____British English. A. to B. in C. with D. for 6、The two cars are very _______ size and design. A. similar to B. similar in C. different from D. familiar with 7、——Does Callum have a new camera? ——Yes. In fact, it is quite similar ______ yours. A. as B. like C. to D. with 8、_____ her help, we were able to finish the work yesterday. A. Results in B. Brought in C. Introduced to D. Thanks to 9、He used ____ on the right in China in the past, but now he gets used ___ on the left in England. A. to drive; to drive B. to drive; driving C. to driving; to drive D. to drive; to driving 10、With the little boy leading the way, we had no difficulty ____ finding the old man’s house. A. to B. in C. with D. for 11、People may have different opinions about Karen, but I admire her. ____, she is a great musician. A. After all B. As a result C. In other words D. As usual 12、You can ask him again if you like, but it won’t __ any difference ___you—he will still say no. A. take; to B. make; with C. make; to D. take; with 13、The play succeeded, ______ the fine cast. A. but for B. thanks to C. as a result D. now that 14、I like traveling, but it is hard to get ______ without a car. A. down B. out C. around D. along 15、The children have picked _______ the local accent. A. up B. out C. on D. off 16、——Sorry, I ______ to post the letter for you. ——Never mind. _______ it myself after school. A. forget; I’d rather post B. forget; I’m going to post C. forget; I’ll post D. forget; I’d better post 17、Which of the following is wrong? A. stand in line B. queue up C. stand in a queue D. stand in a line 18、The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without ______ his notes. A. bringing up B. referring to C. looking for D. trying on 19、The discovery of new evidence led to _______. A. the thief having caught B. catch the thief C. the thief being caught D. the thief to be caught 20、The good result _____ the correct methods, that is, correct methods ______ good result. A. is due to; lead with B. is due to; lead to C. is due for; lead to D. leads to; are due for
按住Ctrl键单击鼠标打开配套教学视频名师讲课播放 必修5 Unit 1 JOHH SHOW DEFEATS “KING CHOLERA” John Snow was a famous doctor in London - so expert, indeed, that he attend ed Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he tho ught about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera. This was the deadly dise ase of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. So many thousand s of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak. John Snow wanted t o face the challenge and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never b e controlled until its cause was found. He became interested in two theories that possibly explained how cholera ki lled people. The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air. A cloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its victims. The second suggested that people absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the affected person die d. John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct but he needed eviden ce. So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready to begin his enqu iry. As the disease spread quickly through poor neighbourhoods, he began to gat her information. In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten days. He was determined to find out why. First he marked on a map the exact places where all the dead people had liv ed. This gave him a valuable clue about the cause of the disease. Many of the d eaths were near the water pump in Broad Street (especially numbers 16, 37, 38 a nd 40). He also noticed that some houses (such as 20 and 21 Broad Street and 8 and 9 Cambridge Street) had had no deaths. He had not foreseen this, so he made further investigations. He discovered that these people worked in the pub at 7 Cambridge Street. They had been given free beer and so had not drunk the water from the pump. It seemed that the water was to blame. Next, John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets. He found that it came from the river polluted by the dirty water from London. H e immediately told the astonished people in Broad Street to remove the handle f rom the pump so that it could not be used. Soon afterwards the disease slowed d own. He had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas. In another part of London, he found supporting evidence from two other deat hs that were linked to the Broad Street outbreak. A woman, who had moved away f rom Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it deliver ed to her house every day. Both she and her daughter died of cholera after drin king the water. With this extra evidence John Snow was able to announce with ce rtainty that polluted water carried the virus.
人教版高一英语必修2模拟试卷(1) 第一卷选择题(共115分) 第一部分:听力(共两节,满分30分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第1段材料,回答1至4题。 1. Why did the man get a new TV? A. TV is on sale. B. He loves big TV. C. His old TV doesn't work. 2. How much does the man pay for the new TV? A. $1,200. B. $1,250. C. $2, 400. 3. What does the woman think of the new TV? A. It is a bargain. B. It is too expensive. C. It is well worth the money. 4. What will the man probably do after the conversation? A. He will be eager to watch TV. B. He will look for a cheaper television. C. He will return the television to the store. 听第2段材料,回答5至7题。 5. When will John leave the airport? A. 8:00. B. 18:00. C. 20:00. 6. How long will John stay in Japan? A. 7 days. 13. 8 days. C. 14 days. 7. Why does John go to Japan? A. Because he needs a good rest. B. Because he likes Japanese food. C. Because he prefers camping on the beach. 听第3段材料,回答8至10题。 8. How will Kate travel to the New York city? A. She will ride with Jack's brother. B. She will drive her own car. C. She will take a train. 9. Where did Kate and Laura meet? A. At a concert. B. On a train. C. At a camp.
Unit 1 book 5 Great scientists(一) Step 1 words and phrases 特征,特性_________________ 镭_________________ 照顾,护理________________ 科学的_________________ 结束,推断出_____________内科医生_________________ 分析_________________ 传染的_________________ 揭露,暴露_________________ 打败,战胜_________________ 熟练的,专家_________________挑战_________________ 受害者_________________ 吸收,使专心_________________ 怀疑_________________ 询问_________________ 严重的,剧烈的_________________ 线索_________________ 预见,预知________________ 调查n.________________责备,谴责________________ 连接,联系________________ 命令,教导________________建筑物________________ 得出结论____________________ 将……和……联系起来__________________________ 除……之外,此外______________________对……严格的__________________________ Step 2 lead in Step 3 fast reading : true or false questions. 1. As a doctor, being able to attend Queen Victoria was an honourable thing at that time. 2. Although cholera couldn’t be cured, its cause was known to people in the days of John Snow. 3.John Snow doubted the two theories explaining how cholera killed people, so
高中英语必修五课文及翻 译 Final approval draft on November 22, 2020
-必修 5 Unit 2 The United Kingdom Reading PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY People may wonder why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can clarify this question if you study British history. First there was England. Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to "Great Britain". Happily this was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government. So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack. To their credit the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the currency and international relations), but they still have very different institutions. For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup! England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones. The zone nearest France is called the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North. You find most of the population settled in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England. Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as those in China, they have world-famous football teams and some of them even have two! It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors. For historical architecture you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans. There you will find out more about British history and culture. The greatest historical treasure of all is London with its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and buildings. It is the centre of national
必修五 满分值:120分,考试时间:100分钟 宝鸡铁一中周静 第一部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分55分) 第一节:单项选择:(共25小题;每小题1分,满分25分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。 1 Little George Bush was elected President of the United States for the second time in year 2004. A. 不填; a B. a; the C. 不填; the D. the; the 2.---You must obey every word of mine ! ----__________I don’t ? A. What if B. How if C. Only if D. Even if 3.He has no other interests , _________his work. A. far away B. away from C. apart from D. except that 4.We should keep our strength _________to meet with even more difficulties . A. in shop B. in case C. in order D. in store 5.I didn’t expect that he would _______my failure to achieve his own goal . A. make use of B. make the most of C. make the best of D. take advantage of 6.He ______in touch with his teachers since he graduated from his school 20 years ago . A.has got B. has lost C. has stayed D. kept 7.Scientists say it may be five or six years _______they are ______to test this medicine on human patients . A. since; possible B.after ; impossible C. before ; likely D. when ; probable 8.______from his _____look , he enjoyed himself at the party . A. Judging ; excited B. Judging ; exciting C. Judged ; excited D. Judged ; exciting 9.After a heated discussion , his theory _______correct . A. turned up B. turned out C. turned off D. turned down 10._______is known to us is that the old scientist , for ______life was hard in the past , still works very hard in his eighties . A. As ; whom B. What ; whom C. It ; whose D. As ; whose 11.The little girl _______because of her excellent English and quick wit after several rounds of competition . A. ran out B . got out C. came out D. stood out 12.________the fact he made every effort to achieve his goal , he failed eventually . A. Though B. Although C. Despite D. Spite 13.He suggested the problem worth paying attention _______at the meeting . A. to be discussed B. to been discussed C. being discussed D. be discussed 14.It’s the protection for the trees ______really matters , ______how many trees are planted each year . A. what ; other than B. which ; or rather C. that ; rather than D. as ; more than 15.---Do you mind if I use your tape recorder ? ----___________.
高二英语必修五练习题 第一部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分55分) 第一节:单项选择:(共25小题;每小题1分,满分25分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。 1 Little George Bush was elected President of the United States for the second time in year 2004. A. 不填; a B. a; the C. 不填; the D. the; the 2.---You must obey every word of mine ! ----__________I don’t ? A. What if B. How if C. Only if D. Even if 3.He has no other interests , _________his work. A. far away B. away from C. apart from D. except that 4.We should keep our strength _________to meet with even more difficulties . A. in shop B. in case C. in order D. in store 5.I didn’t expect that he would _______my failure to achieve his own goal . A. make use of B. make the most of C. make the best of D. take advantage of 6.He ______in touch with his teachers since he graduated from his school 20 years ago . A.has got B. has lost C. has stayed D. kept 7.Scientists say it may be five or six years _______they are ______to test this medicine on human patients . A. since; possible B.after ; impossible C. before ; likely D. when ; probable 8.______from his _____look , he enjoyed himself at the party . A. Judging ; excited B. Judging ; exciting C. Judged ; excited D. Judged ; exciting 9.After a heated discussion , his theory _______correct . A. turned up B. turned out C. turned off D. turned down 10._______is known to us is that the old scientist , for ______life was hard in the past , still works very hard in his eighties . A. As ; whom B. What ; whom C. It ; whose D. As ; whose 11.The little girl _______because of her excellent English and quick wit after several rounds of competition . A. ran out B . got out C. came out D. stood out 12.________the fact he made every effort to achieve his goal , he failed eventually . A. Though B. Although C. Despite D. Spite 13.He suggested the problem worth paying attention _______at the meeting . A. to be discussed B. to been discussed C. being discussed D. be discussed 14.It’s the protection for the trees ______really matters , ______how many trees are planted each year . A. what ; other than B. which ; or rather C. that ; rather than D. as ; more than 15.---Do you mind if I use your tape recorder ? ----___________. A. No ; please don’t B. I’d rather you didn’t C. I am afraid not D. Sure , it’s my pleasure
---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ 人教版高中英语必修5课文原文 . 必修 5 Uni t 1 JOHH SHOW DEFEATS KING CHOLERA John Snow was a famous doctor in London - so expert, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera. This was the deadly disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never be controlled until its cause was found. He became interested in two theories that possibly explained how cholera killed people. The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air. A cloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its victims. The second suggested that people absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the affected person died. John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct but he needed evidence. So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready to begin his enquiry. As the disease spread quickly through poor neighbourhoods, he began to gather 1/ 2
按住Ctrl键单击鼠标打开配套教学视频名师讲课播放必修5 Unit 1 JOHH SHOW DEFEATS “KING CHOLERA” John Snow was a famous doctor in London - so expert, indeed, that he attend ed Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he tho ught about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera. This was the deadly diseas e of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never be contr olled until its cause was found. He became interested in two theories that possibly explained how cholera kille d people. The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air. A cloud of dangero us gas floated around until it found its victims. The second suggested that people absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the dis ease quickly attacked the body and soon the affected person died. John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct but he needed evide nce. So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready to begin his en quiry. As the disease spread quickly through poor neighbourhoods, he began to gat her information. In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten days. He was determined to find out why. First he marked on a map the exact places where all the dead people had liv ed. This gave him a valuable clue about the cause of the disease. Many of the de aths were near the water pump in Broad Street (especially numbers 16, 37, 38 an d 40). He also noticed that some houses (such as 20 and 21 Broad Street and 8 and 9 Cambridge Street) had had no deaths. He had not foreseen this, so he mad e further investigations. He discovered that these people worked in the pub at 7 C ambridge Street. They had been given free beer and so had not drunk the water f rom the pump. It seemed that the water was to blame. Next, John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets. He found that it came from the river polluted by the dirty water from London. He imm ediately told the astonished people in Broad Street to remove the handle from the pump so that it could not be used. Soon afterwards the disease slowed down. He had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas. In another part of London, he found supporting evidence from two other deaths that were linked to the Broad Street outbreak. A woman, who had moved away fr om Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it delivered to her house every day. Both she and her daughter died of cholera after drinking the water. With this extra evidence John Snow was able to announce with certaint y that polluted water carried the virus. To prevent this from happening again, John Snow suggested that the source o f all the water supplies be examined. The water companies were instructed not to expose people to polluted water any more. Finally "King Cholera" was defeated. COPERNICUS’ REVOLUTIONRRY THEORY