高三英語課文
Unit 17 My teacher
1 . Perhaps she understood me because she herself had always had very weak eyes.當我回顧那些歲月時，我深深地為安妮的智慧所打動。她理解我，也許是因為她本向來視力就很弱。
2 . One day a letter from my father arrived at the school, asking for a teacher for me.有一天，我父親的信寄到學校，請求為我聘用一名教師。
3 . This is a kind of printing that blind people can read by touching groups of raised points that are printed on paper.布萊葉盲文是一種印刷字體，盲人通過摸印在紙上起的點點來讀書。
4 . Struggling in a world of silence and darkness, I must have appeared to them to be simple.在寂靜無聲、漆黑一片世界裡掙扎，在他們看來，我一定是頭腦簡單了。
5 . There she studied the teaching of deafblind children.在那裡，她學習聾盲兒童的教學工作。
6 . No matter what happens, she often said, keep on beginning.無論發生什麼事，"她常說，不斷從頭開始。
7 . Putting my hand on her face, she spelled l-a-u-g-h.她將我的手在她的面部，就拼寫l-a-u-g-h。
8 . But this was before Annie Sullivan came to stay.但是，這都是安妮·莎利文來住下之前的事了。
9 . Annie and her brother were sent to a children's home. There the boy died.安妮和她的弟弟被送往一家孤兒院。弟弟在孤兒院死了。
10 . My speech was ill-form and not pleasant to hear.我的言語變調走樣，很不好聽。
11 . It took great imagination as well as patience for Annie to teach me to speak.教我說話需要極大的想像力和耐心。
12 . A born teacher, she thought she could turn a deaf-blind person into a useful human being.她是一個天的教師，認為自己可以把一個聾盲人變成一個有用的人。
13 . She herself read them to me by spelling into my hand what was written in the book.她親自通過在我手上拼寫書中的內容，把課本對我讀出來。
14 . She then immediately spelled the word j-u-m-p for me.緊接著，她又為我拼寫j-u-m-p這個單詞。
15 . One of the first things Annie did was to teach me how to play.安妮首先要做的事情之一，就是教我如何耍。
16 . Then she touched me lightly on my arm and made me burst into laughter.然後她輕輕地觸摸我的手臂，使我哈哈大笑。
17 . She spelled out for me the things that the teachers taught.教師所教的東西，她都為我拼寫出來。
18 . She understood I was begging for new words, for the names of the things I touched.她懂得我是在求她教新單詞--我所觸摸的東西的名稱。
19 . Annie was born in a poor family, on April 4th, 1866.1866年4月4日，安妮出生在一個貧苦家庭中。
20 . She never pitied me; she never praised me unless what I did was as good as that of the best of a normal person.她從不憐憫我，她也從不表揚我，除非我所做的事像正常人幹的那樣出色。
21 . Here was a seven-year-old girl who at the age of 19 months had become deaf and blind.一個7歲的女孩，出生19個月後就得了聾盲症。
22 . It has helped me to serve others.這份禮物幫助我為他人服務。
23 . Putting both my hands on her face when she spoke, she let me feel all the movements of her lips and throat.她說話時，把我的兩隻手放在她的臉上，讓我撫摸她嘴唇和喉頭的活動情況。
24 . It was the first joy I had known for years.我豁然開朗了。這是我多年來第一次感到高興的事了。
25 . And because I was deaf, I could not learn to speak.因為我耳聾，我不能學說話。
26 . Two years later, her father disappeared, never to be heard from again.兩年後，她父親失蹤了，從此再無音訊。
27 . You will grow stronger each time, until you can do and finish what you started out to do.每次你會變得更堅強，直至你完成你著手進行的事情。
28 . What a great teacher!多麼高尚的老師！
29 . But I was delighted to be able to say words that my family and a few friends could understand.是，我卻感到欣喜，能夠說出我家裡人和一些朋友可以理解的詞語。
30 . Together we repeated and repeated words and sentences.我們一道反反覆覆地說詞語和句子。
31 . I reached out to Annie's hand.我把手伸向安妮的手。
32 . Four years later, she left the children's home and entered an institution for the blind, where she learnt braille.4年之後，她離開孤兒院，進入一盲人學校，學習布萊葉盲文。
33 . She was a lively young woman with patience and imagination.她是一個活潑的女子，具有耐心和想像力。
34 . That is how Annie came to be with us.這就是安妮和我們在一起的緣由。
35 . Who could count the times Annie tried, failed, and then succeeded?誰能數得清安妮嘗試、失敗直至最後成功的次數？
36 . Each time you fail, start all over again.每次你失敗，再從頭開始。
37 . She also brought me into touch with everything that could be felt--- soil, wood, silk. As I look back upon those years, I am struck by Annie's wisdom.她還使我接觸到一切可以觸摸到的東西--土壤、木頭、絲綢等。
38 . What a great person!多麼了不起的人！
39 . Annie was among the first to realize that blind people never know their hidden strength until they are treated like normal human beings.盲人只有受到同正常人一樣的待遇時，才能知道自己蘊藏的力量，安妮就是其中一位最先有此種認識的人。
40 . During my years in school, Annie sat beside me in every class.在我求學期間，安妮每堂課都坐在我身旁。
41 . And, because most books were not printed in Braille.因為大多數的書本沒用布萊葉文印刷。
42 . Her mother died when she was eight years old.她8歲時母親就去世了。
43 . I must always keep on trying to do my best.我必須始終繼續作出最大的努力。
44 . I had not laughed since I became deaf.我耳聾後就從來沒有笑過。
45 . In a few days I was learning and enjoying it like any child.幾天之後，我像一個孩子那樣學習起來--而且學得很開心。
46 . Annie considered this was just the kind of demanding job she wanted.安妮認為，這正是她想要的難度很大的工作。
47 . To Annie I owe thanks for this priceless gift of speech.可安妮給我這份無價的說話禮物，我對她感激不盡。
48 . My teacher's gifted instruction lived on after her death.我的教師逝世後，她寶貴的教誨仍繼續長存。
49 . Next Annie took me by the hand and taught me how to jump.接著，她又拉著我的手，教我如何跳。
50 . Those first words were to change my world.我最先學會的這些單詞改變了我的生活天地。