新思路大学英语读写译教程 第三册

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《新思路大学英语读写译教程(第3册)》是由中国人民大学出版社出版的。

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插图：In 1 882 a baby girl caught a fever that was SO fierce she nearly died.She survived but thefever left its mark——she could no longer see or hear.Because she could not hear she also found itvery difficult to speak. So how did this child，blinded and deafened at 1 9 months old，grow up to become a world-famous author and public speaker？ The fever cut her off from the outside world，depriving her of sight and sound.It was as ifshe had been thrown into a dark prison cell from which there could be no release. Luckily Helen was not someone who gave up easily.Soon she began to explore the worldby using her other senses.She followed her mother wherever she went，hanging onto her skirts.She touched and smelled everything she came across.She copied their actions and was soon ableto do certain jobs herself,like milking the COWS or kneading dough.She even learnt to recognizepeople by feeling their faces or their clothes.She could also tell where she was in the garden bythe smell of the different plants and the feel of the ground under her feet. By the age of seven she had invented over 60 different signs by which she could talk to herfamily.If she wanted bread，for example，she would pretend to cut a loaf and butter the slices.If she wanted ice cream she would wrap her arnqs around herself and pretend to shiver.