高中英语人教版高三下讲解05

[00:-1.00]She was a US author and public speaker who became blind

[00:-2.00]and deaf at the age of 19 months.

[00:-3.00]Anne Sullivan became her teacher in 1887 and taught her to read,

[00:-4.00]write,use sign language and speak.

[00:-5.00]Keller received a degree from Radcliffe College in 1904

[00:-6.00]and spent the rest of her life encouraging

[00:-7.00]others with difficulties 1 like hers to overcome them.

[00:-8.00]Her books include The Story of My Life and Out of the Dark.

[00:-9.00]1.What was the writer's problem?

[00:10.00]* She was deaf and blind and couldn't speak.

[00:11.00]2.What did the writer learn during this period of her life?

[00:12.00]* She learnt the meaning of words,she learnt to play and to laugh.

[00:13.00]A.Annie taught Helen how to play.(5)

[00:14.00]B.Annie helped Helen to understand the meaning of the word"water".(3)

[00:15.00]C.Before Annie Sullivan came,Helen was thought to be simple-minded.(1)

[00:16.00]D.Helen started to know the world with the help of her teacher.(6)

[00:17.00]E.Annie was a lively young woman with patience and imagination.(2)

[00:18.00]F.Her understanding of"water"was the first job Helen had known 2 for years.(4)

[00:19.00]1.I was simple-minded.

[00:20.00]* Not clever,not intelligent,not bright.

[00:21.00]2.Struggling in world of silence and darkness.

[00:22.00]* The writer could not hear or see anything,so lived in a silent,dark world.

[00:23.00]This felt very hard for her,and was a struggle.

[00:24.00]3.A born teacher

[00:25.00]She had a natural ability as a teacher.

[00:26.00]4.She reached my understanding.

[00:27.00]The writer understood what the teacher was doing.

[00:28.00]5.I am struck by Annie's wisdom 3.

[00:29.00]I notice how extremely 4 wise Annie was.

[00:30.00]6.the words flew from her hand to mine

[00:31.00]quickly she used her finger to spell out many new words in the writer's hand.

[00:32.00]7.made me burst 5 into laughter 6

[00:33.00]She made the writer laugh suddenly.

[00:34.00]8.as I look back upon those years

[00:35.00]When the writer remembers and thinks about that period of several years.

[00:36.00]Language points

[00:37.00]1.Helen Keller and Annic Sullivan

[00:38.00]2.A born teacher,

[00:39.00]she thought she could turn a deaf-blind person into a useful human being.

[00:40.00]George was a born leader.

[00:41.00]He was a born scientist.

[00:42.00]George was born a leader.

[00:43.00]He was born a seientist.

[00:44.00]3.I remember the many times she tried to spell words into my small hand.

[00:45.00]* This is the first time Mary has ever been in China.

[00:46.00]* The last time I travelled there was in the spring of 1996.

[00:47.00]4.Next Annie took me by the hand and taught me how to jump.

[00:48.00]* He took the blind man by the right arm and crossed the street.

[00:49.00]* Suddenly somebody took her by the hair from behind.

[00:50.00]* She held him by the hand,not knowing what to say.

[00:51.00]* He held the sheep by the horns 7 and pulled it hard.

[00:52.00]5.She also brought me into touch with everything that could be felt

[00:53.00]-soil,wood,silk.

[00:54.00]bring...into touch with

[00:55.00]* This brought me in touch with many workers in the factory.

[00:56.00]* Her love of music brought her into touch with the pop star.

[00:57.00]* They wanted to learn everything that interested them.

[00:58.00]* Everything(that)he said has been proved untrue 8.

[00:59.00]6.As I look back upon those years,I am struch by Annie's wisdom.

[-1:00.00]* It is pleasant to look back on our childhood.

[-1:-1.00]* Look forward.Don't look back.

[-1:-2.00]* We were struck by the professor's speech.

[-1:-3.00]* The audience were struck by the performance of the singers.

[-1:-4.00]1.Where did the writer's teacher Annie grow up?

[-1:-5.00]* In a children's home and an institution for the blind.

[-1:-6.00]2.What did Annie help the writer to do?

[-1:-7.00]* Annie helped the writer to understand words,

[-1:-8.00]to get information from books that were not printed in Braille,and to speak.

[-1:-9.00]What did Annie learn to do?

[-1:10.00]* To read Braille,teach deaf-blind children and spell out words by hand.

[-1:11.00]What did Annie teach the writer?

[-1:12.00]* Skills:understand words,read Braille,speak.

[-1:13.00]* Ideas:blind people should be treated like normal human beings;

[-1:14.00]keep on trying until you succeed.

[-1:15.00]Language points:

[-1:16.00]1.This is a kind of printing that blind people can read

[-1:17.00]by touching 9 groups of raised points that are printed on paper.

[-1:18.00]Braille:* The writing system of Braille was invented

[-1:19.00]by the Frenchman 10 Louis Braille(1890-1850).

[-1:20.00]He was blinded in accident at the age of three.

[-1:21.00]He studied and later taught at an institution in Paris.

[-1:22.00]He developed a writing system which consists of 6 raised points on paper,

[-1:23.00]used in 63 possible combinations 11.

[-1:24.00]A modified 12 system is also used for music.

[-1:25.00]2.Later,an operation helped her to get back part of her sight,

[-1:26.00]but she remained at the instiution for six years more.

[-1:27.00]get back

[-1:28.00]* She has got her strength back after her illness.

[-1:29.00]* I woke early,but couldn't get back to sleep.

[-1:30.00]* When will you get back?

[-1:31.00]* He decided 13 to get back the watch(to get the watch back.)

[-1:32.00]3.Annie considered this was just the kind of demanding job she wanted.

[-1:33.00]* This was demanding work,but she didn't refuse it.

[-1:34.00]* She had to look after the demanding child.

[-1:35.00]4.Annie was among the first to realize

[-1:36.00]until that blind people never know their hidden strenght

[-1:37.00]they are treated like normal human beings.

[-1:38.00]never...until

[-1:39.00]* Don't get off the bus until it stops.

[-1:40.00]* Never get off the bus until it stops.

[-1:41.00]* He never left the office until 6 p.m.

[-1:42.00]* One can never go abroad until he/she gets the visa 14.

[-1:43.00]5.She never praised me

[-1:44.00]unless what I did was as good as that of the best of a normal person.

[-1:45.00]6.My speech was ill-formed and not pleasant to hear.

[-1:46.00]ill-formed:not correctly pronounced.

[-1:47.00]7.To Annie I owe 15 thanks for this prieeless gift of speech.

[-1:48.00]owe sth to sb

[-1:49.00]* I owed 16 50 yuan to him.(or I owed him 50 yuan.)

[-1:50.00]* I owe my knowledge of music to my mother.

[-1:51.00]8.My teacher's gifted instruction lived on after her death.

[-1:52.00]live on:continue

[-1:53.00]She is dead but her memory lives on.

[-1:54.00]9."No matter what happens,"she often said,"keep on beginning..."

[-1:55.00]* No matter what he says,I won't believe him.

[-1:56.00]* I won't let you in,no matter who you are.

[-1:57.00]* You'll always be welcome,no matter when you come.

[-1:58.00]* No matter where we went,we found people friendly.

[-1:59.00]* You must keep on even if you fail.

[-2:00.00]* Don't give up,keep on trying.

[-2:-1.00]* The teacher kept on asking the students questions until the bell rang.

[-2:-2.00]* He caught such a bad cold that he kept coughing all morning.

[-2:-3.00]* He kept on phoning me,but I really didn't want to talk to him