海伦凯乐《海伦 凯勒》背景资料：一代伟人海伦凯勒的童年
海伦凯勒(Helen Keller)凭什么攀上光辉的顶点，成为二十世纪最伟大的人物之一呢？
凭着努力！
有一句英谚很值得大家牢记：God helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者）。
且听这个励志电视节目的主持人谈她的童年。
she followed her mother wherever she went, hanging onto her skirts. She touched and smelled everthing she came across.（她跟着母亲，拉着母亲的裙子，形影不离。她碰到的物品，她都摸一摸、嗅一嗅。）
此时画面割切，饰海伦凯勒的女童星做着旁白说的动作，娇小可爱，有一点大家可能想不到：海伦凯勒童年时也有可怕的一面。
As she got older she became wild and unruly. If she didn't get what she wanted she would throw tantrums until her family gave in.（随着年岁的增长，她变得狂野不驯。她得不到想要的东西就大发脾气，家人不顺从不休。）
注：句中的throw tantrums是惯用词，指“发脾气”。多聆听、多阅读，自然可以增强单字习语的词汇，进而提高理解力与表达力。
那么，是谁改变海伦凯勒的一生呢？
女教师改变她的一生
Once she even managed to lock her mother into the pantry.（一次她甚至把母亲锁在厨房里）。
Eventually it became clear that something had to be done. So, just before her seventh birthday, the family hired a private tutor-Anne Sullivan.（这样一来就得想个办法了。于是，她就快七岁生日时，家人雇用了一位家庭教师－－安妮苏莉文）。
电视节目播出这组旁白(voice-over narration)时，画面播出海伦凯勒(Helen Keller)初逢女教师的情形。
默到这里时我翻阅年前在纽约买的20th Century Personalities，发现这位影响海伦凯勒一生的女教师的全名是Anne Mansfield Sullivan。电视旁述力求简洁，所以把“中名”(middle name)省略了。
我们继续听电视资讯节目主持缕述女教师安妮苏莉文指导海伦凯勒学习的过程。
Anne was careful to teach Helen, especially those subjects in which she was interested.（安妮悉心教导海伦，尤其是她感兴趣的科目。）
As a result, Helen became gentler and she soon learnt to read and write in Braille.（结果海伦变得温驯多了。她很快就学会了用布莱叶点字法读写了。
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