1、Unit 1Nothing ventured，nothing gained教材背景链接,Helen Keller at the age of 19 months，was a happy，healthy child.She was already saying a few words.Then she had a high fever which caused her to become deaf and blind.No longer could she see nor hear.She felt lost.She would hang on to her mothers skirt to g
2、et around.She would feel of peoples hands to try to find out what they were doing.She learned to do many things this way.She learned to milk a cow and knead(揉、捏) the bread dough.She could recognize people by feeling of their faces or their clothes.,Helen was a very bright child.She became very frust
3、rated because she couldnt talk.She became very angry.The family knew they had to do something to help her.They found a teacher named Anne Sullivan.Miss Sullivan herself had been blind，but had an operation and regained her sight.She understood what Helen was feeling.She taught Helen the signs for the
4、 letters of the alphabet.Then she would“spell”the words in Helens hand to communicate with her.,One day Anne led Helen to the water pump and pumped water on her hand.She spelled the letters WATER as the water ran over Helens hand.She did this over and over again.This opened up a whole new world for
5、her.She ran everywhere asking Anne the name of different things and Anne would spell the words in her hand.This was the key which unlocked the world for her.Anne taught her for years.Helen learned to read Braille.This was a system of raised dots representing letters.A blind person could read by feel
6、ing of the dots.,When she went to college，her teacher Anne went with her and tapped out the words of the instructors into her students hand.Helen had an amazing memory，and she also had skills very few people have ever been able to develop.She could put her fingers to a persons lips and understand th
7、e words which were being spoken.While she was in college she wrote her book called “The Story of My Life”With the money she earned from the book she was able to buy a house.She became famous and traveled around the world speaking to groups of people.She met many important and wellknown people as she
8、 traveled.,Helen Kellerwas successful because of her determination.However，many people helped her.The most important person in her life was Anne Sullivan who stayed with her for 50 years.,Questions： 1.What do you think led Helen Keller to success?_2If you failed in an examination and your parents blamed you，what will you do?_Keys：1.Her determination and other peoples help.2.略,
