Who is the woman that hundreds of millions of people admire and love?

This is an extraordinary story of an ordinary person. She was deaf, dumb and blind since childhood, but she miraculously learned English, French, Latin and Greek. Her works have been translated into more than 50 languages and are popular in every corner of five continents. She has never done anything great, but she is admired and loved by hundreds of millions of people all over the world. She not only inspires the deaf, but also gives strength to normal people. She is Helen Keller, a world-famous American writer for the blind.

Helen Keller was born in mbia, Alabama, USA on 1880. 19 months later, Helen suddenly had a high fever. When the high fever subsided, her mother was surprised to find that her little eyes didn't blink. The ophthalmologist's examination showed that little Helen was blind. Then mother found that Helen had lost her hearing. At the age of 3, Helen couldn't even speak.

Helen grows fast and strong. But because I don't know anything about the outside world, I have a strange temper and often break into a furious rage. She often throws herself on the ground and screams; Refuse to wash your face after getting up; Be naughty when eating. About this experience, Helen later wrote: "At that time, I felt as if I was gripped by an invisible hand. Therefore, I desperately want to get rid of this bondage. " But Helen is not as lonely as most deaf children. She seems to have great power. This is probably the reason for her success in the future.

In 1887, Anne Sullivan, an educated Irish girl, was introduced as Helen's mentor. Anne has been Helen's mentor and friend for half a century since then.

Anne is a descendant of Irish immigrants, and her father is an alcoholic. Whenever she is drunk, she often hits her. 1880 Annie was sent to Perkins School for the Blind because of trachoma and blindness. After two operations, both eyes recovered their sight. However, she suffered from eye diseases all her life and became blind again in her later years.

As soon as Anne arrived in Alabama, she was attracted by Helen. As soon as she got off the bus, Helen jumped on her and touched her clothes and face with her hands. Anne took out the doll that the children from Perkins School for the Blind gave her. Helen soon fell in love with playing ball. Taking this opportunity, Anne wrote the letter "D-O-L-L" (D-O-L-L) on her hand. Helen's attention was immediately attracted by this strange move and she imitated it. This is the first time Helen has learned to write.

In order to facilitate education, Anne took Helen from Shuang Ren to a nearby farm. She found that Helen could express her intention in many ways. If she wants to eat popsicles, she shakes the handle of the imaginary refrigerator; If she wants bread with cream, she cuts the bread and spreads it with cream. She also pretended to wear glasses to imitate her father. Anne taught her some new words in sign language: needle, hat, cup and verbs, such as sitting, standing and walking.

Two weeks later, Anne took Helen to the water room to fetch water. When cold water flowed through Helen's hand, she spelled the word "W-A-T-E-R" on Helen's hand. Helen later recalled: "Somehow, the mystery of language was suddenly uncovered, and I finally knew that water was a substance that flowed through my palm." This living word awakened my soul and gave me light, hope and happiness. "

A week later, Helen had learned more than 400 words and many phrases. Next to the flowers and under the trees became their classrooms; Bees, butterflies, birds and flowers became their teaching aids. Anne made a map for Helen with clay, and the equator, meridian and north and south poles with ropes and branches. She also taught Helen to count with beads and teach addition and subtraction with sticks made by kindergarten children. After a month's hard work, Helen has made rapid progress and can write letters word for word. Helen's handwriting is square and artistic, and every stroke is clear.

When Helen was 8 years old, Anne Sullivan took her to Perkins School for the Blind. A new world opened up before her. She can read many books in Braille and talk with other children in sign language. Her courses are arithmetic, geography, animals, plants and Chinese. Learning at school is completely different from informal learning at home, but Helen is very serious about every subject and will never give up until she finishes her homework. This tireless and hard-working style persisted until his later years.

1890 In the spring, Helen was filled with hope when she heard that a deaf-mute girl in Norway had learned to speak. She wrote on Anne's hand, "I want to talk to you."

Anne took her to see Miss Sarah Fuller, the principal of Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Boston. Miss fuller immediately began to teach Helen to speak. She put Helen's finger in her mouth to make Helen feel the position of her tongue and teeth and the movement of her chin.

Then Miss Fuller put her tongue on the gum, ready to pronounce "I". Then put Helen's index finger next to her teeth and the other finger on her throat, and then pronounce "I" repeatedly. As soon as Fuller stopped, Helen straightened her teeth and tongue with her hands and made almost the same sound as Fuller.

Then they began to practice vowels "A" and "O". Helen pronounced these two sounds clearly. After learning "A" and "O", he began to learn "Papa" and "Mama". While reading, Fuller drew the relative length between two syllables on Helen's hand. After several imitations, Helen can pronounce these two words correctly.

Helen and Miss Fuller attended the 1 1 class together, but this was only the beginning of a long struggle. In order to improve her pronunciation, she practiced hard day after day, month after month and year after year. When Anne spoke, she felt the vibration of Anne's throat and the movement of her tongue and lips with her fingers.

Her voice sounds a little strange, and her tone is flat and indifferent. Whenever you need to strengthen your tone, hit the palm of your left hand with your clenched right hand. However, her voice represents an important aspect of the life she is fighting for. Her mastery of language is called "the greatest achievement in the history of education".

Soon after, Helen solved the problem of "listening" by touching others' lips with her hands. When she puts her index finger on the speaker's lips, her middle finger on her nose and her thumb on her throat, she can clearly "hear" the other person's voice.

In this way, she heard Mark Twain's humorous jokes and the voices of famous singers Enrique and caruso. What's more interesting is that she can put her hand gently on the violin and "listen" to it!

A few years later, Helen's listening and speaking ability was greatly improved, and then she entered Gilman Girls' High School. Anne always sits next to Helen in class and writes down what the teacher says by hand. 1900, Helen was admitted to Radcliffe College of Harvard University, becoming the first deaf-mute and blind person to enter an institution of higher learning.

But college life made Helen feel a little disappointed. She felt that she had no time to think for herself. She can't take notes in class because her hands are busy listening. After returning to the dormitory, I jotted down what I had written in my mind. They got some Braille books from Germany and other places, and Helen read them greedily until her hands were covered with blood bubbles.

Helen graduated from 1904 with excellent English. As soon as I graduated, invitations from major newspapers and periodicals in Europe and America poured in like snowflakes. In the same year, Helen was invited to participate in the World Expo in St. Louis, calling on the whole world to care about the education of the deaf and the blind.

19 14 Helen and Anne started their first lecture tour accompanied by her secretary and housekeeper, Polly Thomson. She is a lively and capable Scottish girl.

In the 1930s, Helen kept visiting European and Asian countries. She is very concerned about the situation of the deaf and blind, appealing for them and raising money for them. To this end, many countries awarded Helen honorary degrees and medals.

At the same time, Anne's physical condition is getting worse and worse, almost blind, and she can't accompany the energetic Helen anymore. She died at 1930. In the same year, the US government awarded Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Roosevelt medals.

1950, Helen and Miss Thomson lived near Westport, Connecticut. Every morning at breakfast, Miss Thomson reads her the highlights of the day. If it is fine, do some work in the garden. Almost all the rest of the time was spent in front of the typewriter in the study.

Helen Keller died in June, 1968 at the age of 87.

For some strong people, suffering is not a complete loss, but also an opportunity for God to test them. Suffering is unbearable, but it contains the most precious education, which exercises their personality and makes them become warriors who challenge their destiny.