1、Unit 2 Onwards and upwardsDeveloping ideas新标准新标准英语英语高中选择性必修第一册高中选择性必修第一册Share the information of the life and achievement of Helen Keller. Activity 1 Activity 1 海伦凯勒（Helen Keller，1880年6月27日1968年6月1日），著名的美国女作家、教育家、慈善家、社会活动家。在出生后第十九个月时因患急性胃充血、脑充血而失去视力和听力。Helen Keller (June 27, 1880 - June 1, 1968) was
2、 an American writer, educator, philanthropist, and social activist who is loss of vision and hearing at 19 months after birth due to acute congestion of the stomach and brain. 1899年6月考入哈佛大学拉德克利夫女子学院。1968年6月1日逝世，享年88岁，却有87年生活在无光、无声的世界里。在此时间里，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，建立慈善机构，1964年荣
3、获“总统自由勋章”，次年入选美国时代周刊评选“二十世纪美国十大英雄偶像”之一。In June 1899, she entered Radcliffe College for women at Harvard University.She died on June 1, 1968 at the age of 88, but spent 87 years in a lightless, silent world.During that time, she wrote 14 books.Among the most famous are Three Days to See and The Story
4、 of My Life.In 1964, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The next year, time magazine selected her as one of the Top ten American Heroes and ICONS of the 20th Century. 假如给我三天光明是海伦凯勒的代表作。她以一个身残志坚的女子为视角，告诫身体健全的人们应珍惜生命，珍惜造物主赐予的一切。“Give me Three Days To See” is the representative work of
5、Helen Keller.From the perspective of a disabled woman, she warned able-bodied people to cherish life and everything given by the creator.Activity 2 Activity 2 Find out what the author would do if she could see., she would want to see the kind people who have helped her and accompanied her through li
6、fe. Then she would like to see the books which have opened her mind. In the afternoon, she would take a long walk in the woods and appreciate the beauty of nature. , she would like to see a display of the progress of civilisation. She would go to the museums and spend the evening at a theatre or at
7、the movies. , she would again greet the dawn, anxious to discover new delights, new revelations of beauty. She will spend the third day observing people in their day-to-day life.Read the passage and judge whether the following statements are true(T) or false(F). 1.Helen Keller thought that darkness
8、would make a person more appreciative of sight. 2.Helen Keller wasnt eager to see the beauties of the world. 3.Helen Keller wished that she would go to the museums on her second day. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. 1.We can infer from the third paragraph that_.A.Keller would l
9、ike to walk through the woodsB. Keller was shocked at her friends wordsC.Keller liked touching some beautiful thingsD. Keller also thought that nothing was worthy of note 2. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A.Keller thought that silence would teach a person the
10、joys of sound.B. Keller wished that she could see the kind people with her eyes.C.Keller wished that she could spend the evening at a theatre.D. Keller wasnt eager to discover the new delights. 3.Whats the main idea of the last paragraphA. Keller liked listening to the song of a bird.B. Keller liked
11、 touching each object in the morning.C.Keller thought sight must be the most delightful of all the senses.D. Keller liked smelling the perfume of flowers.1 I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult
12、life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.我常常想，如果每个人在青年时期都有一段时间失明和失聪，那会是一件幸事，因为黑暗会使人更加珍惜视力，静默能教人享受声音的美妙。 2 Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently, I asked a friend who had just returned from a long wa
13、lk in the woods what she had observed.“Nothing in particular, she replied.我时常测试我那些看得见的朋友，想了解他们看到了什么。最近，我问一个在林子里散步了许久的朋友看到了什么，她答道:“ 没什么特别的。” 3 How was it possible, I asked myself, to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interes
14、t me through mere touch. If I can get so much pleasure from touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight? And I have imagined what I should most like to see if I were given the use of my eyes, say for justthree days.我自问，在林子里散步一小时之久，怎么可能没看到任何值得注意的东西呢?我一个看不见的人，仅仅通过触觉，都会发现许许多多令我感兴趣的东西。如果说仅凭触觉就
15、能得到这么多的快乐，那么视觉能展现多少美好的东西啊。我想象过，如果我能被恩赐恢复视觉，哪怕只有三天，我最希望看到什么。4 On the first day, I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living. I do not know what it is to see into the heart of a friend through that“window of the soul, the eye. Ican onl
16、y“se through my fingertips the outline of a face. I should like to see the books which have been read to me, and which have revealed to me the deepest channels of human life and the human spirit. In the aftemoon I should take a long walk in the woods and intoxicate my eyes on the beauties of the wor
17、ld of nature. That night, I should not be able to seep. 第一天，我想见见身边的人，他们用善良、温柔和陪伴使我的生命变得有价值。我无法理解通过“心灵的窗户”一-眼睛，看透一个朋友的内心是怎样的感觉。因为我只能通过我的指尖“看”到一张面孔的轮廓。我还要看书，那些别人读给我的书，那些为我揭示了人生和人类精神的深刻奥秘的书。到了下午，我要在树林中散步，让我的眼睛陶醉在大自然的美景中。这个夜晚，我将无法入睡。 5 On my second day, I should like to see the pageant of mans progress,
18、 and I should go to the museums. I should try to probe into the soul of man through his art. The things I knew through touch I should now see. The evening of my second day I should spend at a theater or at the movies. 第二天，我要了解人类发展的缤纷场景，我要去博物馆。我要通过艺术探究人类的灵魂。那些我之前通过触摸了解过的事物，我现在要亲眼看一看。而这一天的傍晚,我要在剧院或者电影
19、院度过。 6 The follow ing morning, I should again greet the dawn, anxious to discover new delights, new revelations of beauty. Today I shall spend in the workaday world, amid the haunts of men going about the business of life. 第三天清晨，我要再次迎接黎明，迫切地去探索更多愉悦，发现更多美好。这天我要过平凡的生活，到那些为生活忙碌的人常去的地方。 7 At midnight pe
20、rmanent night would close in on me again. Only when darkness had again descended upon me should I realize how much I had left unseen. 到了午夜，永夜将再次把我笼罩。只有当黑暗再次降临时，我才意识到，我还有那么多没有看到。 8 I who am blind can give one hint to those who see: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the sam
21、e method can be applied to the other senses. Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish
22、each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. But of all the senses, I am sure that sight must be the most delightful. (Excerpts from Tbree Days to See”by Heler Keller)我，一个盲人，可以给看得见的人一个忠告:要像明天即将失明一样去使用你的眼睛。而这种方法也可以用在其他感官上:要像明天即将失聪一样，去仔细聆听音乐的旋律、鸟儿的歌唱、交响乐的震撼音符;要像明天即将失去触觉一样 ,去触摸你想感受的每一件物品;要像明天即将失去嗅觉和味觉一样，去细嗅花香、细品美食。但是，我敢肯定，在所有的感官中，视觉的享受一定是最令人愉悦的。(节选自海伦. 凯勒的假如给我三天光明)
