我的生活海伦凯勒摘抄 海伦·凯勒自传《我的生活》第38期

海伦·凯勒自传《我的生活》第38期  

Chapter XVI
Before October
1893
I had studied various subjects by myself in a more or less desultory manner. I read the histories of Greece
Rome and the United States. I had a French grammar in raised print
and as I already knew some French
I often amused myself by posing in my head short exercises
using the new words as I came across them
and ignoring rules and other technicalities as much as possible. I even tried
without aid
to master the French pronunciation
as I found all the letters and sounds described in the book. Of course this was tasking slender powers for great ends; but it gave me something to do on a rainy day
and I acquired a sufficient knowledge of French to read with pleasure La Fontaine's "Fables
" "Le Medecin Malgr?Lui" and passages from "Athalie."
I also gave considerable time to the improvement of my speech. I read aloud to Miss Sullivan and recited passages from my favourite poets
which I had mitted to memory; she corrected my pronunciation and helped me to phrase and inflect. It was not
however
until October
1893
after I had recovered from the fatigue and excitement of my visit to the World's Fair
that I began to have lessons in special subjects at fixed hours.
我也用相当多的时间来提高我的说话能力。我大声地为苏立文小姐朗读课文，背诵我喜爱的诗歌章节；她则纠正我的发音并帮我断句和改变词形。总之，直到1893年10月，也就是在我从参观世界博览会的疲劳和兴奋状态中恢复平静之后，我才开始在固定时间内学习一些特殊的课程。