大学英语阅读与写作three days to see 的Summary
Three Days to See(Excerpts)英语美文
Three Days to See (Excerpts)Hellen Keller All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours. But always we were interested in discovering how the doomed choose to spend his last days or his last hours. I speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.Such storied set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What events, what experience, what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings? What happiness should we find in reviewing the past, what regrets?Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with gentleness, vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course, would adopt the Epicurean motto of “eat, drink and be merry.” But most people would be chastened by certainty of impending death.In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. He becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values. It has often been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.Most of us, however, take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that as far in the future. When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.The same lethargy, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration and with little appreciation. It is the same story of not being grateful of what we have until we lose it, of not being conscious of health until we are ill.I have 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 life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.假如给我三天光明（节选）我们都读过震撼人心的故事，故事中的主人公只能再活一段很有限的时光，有时长达一年，有时却短至一日。
Three Days to see大学英语作文
Three Days to see大学英语作文now and then i have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see.recently i was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods,and i asked her what she had observed.nothing ing particular,she replied.i might have been incredulous had i not been accustomed to such responses,for long ago i became convinced that the seeing see little.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 interest me throuth mere touch.in spring i touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud the first sign of awakening nature after her winters sleep.occasinally,if i am fortunate,iplace my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happyquiver of a bird in full song.i am delighted to have the cool waters of a brook rush throuth my open fingers...at times my heart crises out with longing to see all these things.if i can get so much pleasure from mere touch,how much more beauty must be revealed by sight.yet, those who have eyes apparently see little.the color and action which fills the world is taken for granted. it is human,perhaps, to appreciatelittle that which we have and to long for that which we have not,but it is a great pity that in the world of light the gift of sight is used only as a mere convenience rather than as a means of adding gullness to life...i naturally,should want most to see the things which have become dear to me through my years of darkness...if, by some miracle, i were granted three seeing days, i should divide the period into three parts.the first dayon the first day, i should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living.first i should like to gaze long upon the face of my dear teacher,mrs anne sullivan macy,who came to me when i was a child and opened the outer world to me. i should want not merely to see the outline of her face, so that i could cherish it in my memory,but to study that face and find in ti the living evidence of the sympathetic tenderness and patience with which she accomplished the difficult task of my education.i should like to see in her eyes that compassion for all humanity which she has revealed to me so often.i do not know what it si to see into the heart of a friend through that window of the soul,the eye. i can only see throughmy fingertips the outline of her face.i can detect laughter,sorrow,and many other emotions.i know my friedn from the feel of their faces. but i cannot really picture their personalities by touch.i know their , of course, through other means, through the the thoughts they epress to me, through whatever of theri actions are revealed to me. but i am denied the deeper under standing of them, through watching their reactions to various epressed thoughts and circumstances.the first day would be a busy one. i should call to me all my dear friends and look long into their faces, imprinting upon my mind the outward evidences of the beauty that is within them. i should let my eyes rest,too,on the face of a baby, so that i could catch a vision of the eager, innocent beauty which precedes the individuals consciousness of the conflicts which life develops.in the afternoon of that first seeing day,i should take a long walk in the woods and intoicate my eye on the beauties of the world of nature.om the way home from my woodland walk my path would lie near a farm so that i might see the patient horses ploughing in the field (perhaps i should see only a tractor!) and the content of men living close to the soil. andi should pray for the glory of a colorful sunset.when dusk had fallen, i should eperience the double delight of being able to see by artificial light which man has created to etend the power his sight when nature grants darkness. in the night of that first day of sight, i should not be able to sleep, so full would be my mind of the memories of the day.the second daythe net day-the second day of sight-i should arise with the dawn and see the thrilling miracle by which night is transformed into day.i should behold the magnificent light wiht which the sun awakens the slooping earth.this day i should devote to a hasty glimpse of the world,past and present.i should want to see mans progress.how can so much be compressed into one day? through the museums,of course.often i have visited the new york museum of matural history to touch with my hands many of the objects there ehibited,but i have longed to see with my eyes the condensed history of the earth and its inhabitants displayed there.my net stop would be the metropolitan museum of art, for just as the museum of natural history reveals the material aspects of world,so does the metropolitan show the diamend ofthe human spitit.here is unfolded before me the spirit of egypt,greece and rome,as epressed in their art.the thrid daythe following morning,ishould again greet the dawn,anious to discover new delights, for i am sure that,for those who have eyes which really see,the dawn of each day must be a perpetually new revelation of beauty.this, according to the terms of my imagined miracle, is to be my third and last day of sight.i shall have no tome to waste in regrets or longings;there is too much to see.the first day i devoted to my friend, animate and inanimate. the second revealed to me the history of man and nature.today i shall spend in the workaday world of the present.and where can one find so many activities and conditions of men as in new york ?so the city becomes my destination.now i begin my rounds of the city.first,i stand as a busy corner,merely looking at people,trying by sight of them to understand something of their lives.i see smiles,and i am happy.i see serious detemination, and i am proud.i see suffering, and i am compassionate from fifth avenue i make a tour of the city. first ,i stand at a busy corner, merely looking at people,tryingby sight of them to understand something of their lives.i see smiles, and i am happy. i see serious determination, and i am proud.i see suffering, and i am compassionate.from fifth avenue i make a tour of the city_to park avenue, to the slums, to factories, to parks where children play. i take a stay-at-home trip abroad by visiting the foreign quarters.always my eyes are open wide to all the sights of both happiness and misery so that i may probe deep and add to my understanding of the imagines of people and things .some sights are pleasant,filling the heart with happines;but some are miserable.to these latter i do not shut my eyes, for they,too are part of life .to close the eye on them is to close the heart and mind.at midnight i would be blind again,forever, and permanent night would close three short day i should not have seen all i wanted to me. only when darkness had again fallen upon me should i realize how much i had left unseen. but my mind would be so crowded with glorious memories that i should habe little time for regrets.thereafter the touch of every object would bring a glowing memory of how that object looked...i who am belind can give one hint to those who see-one admonition to those who would make full use of the gift of sight:use you eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind.hear the music of voices, the song of bird ,as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow.touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow you tactile sense would fail. smell the perfume of flowers, as if tomorrow you could never smell again make the most of every sense; glory in all the facts of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you through the several means os contact which nature provides.。
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美国文学读后感threedaystosee外国语学院英语08-1班叶思萍30号After I Read “Three Days to See”After I read “Three days to see”, I get a n idol. That’s Helen Keller. I never worship any woman except my mother, but Helen beat my mother down. Who is she? Mark Twain said, there were two great persons appearing in 19th century, one was Napoleon, the other was Helen Keller. The Times reported Helen Keller as the great willpower idol of human. Those who didn’t know her must guess her as a person with forceful figure, strong arm, agile hearing and sharp eyes. Actually, those who know her must shake their heads to the guessing, because Helen Keller was just a handicapped with dull ear and blind eyes. But they all know she is much more than that.On June 27, 1800, a beautiful girl was born in Tuscumbia, a little town of northern Alabama, USA. She was Helen Keller. Unfortunately, she was deprived her sight and hearing when she was less than two years old by a terrible illness. Being imprisoned by the dark and silent world, she was unable to communicate with others normally; as a result, she became wilful and obstinate. When she was seven, Anne Mansfield Sullivan came to her sides, bringing knowledge and love to her. Besides of developing Hel en’s intelligence, Miss Sullivan also taught her how to admire the beautiful things, as well as educating her to love her life, love others, and to be confident and graceful. With the company and encouragement of Miss Sullivan, Keller came over the unimaginable difficulties and got the permission to the Harvard. Then she became an excellent social activist，who had visited many countries and gave speech, collecting funds for the blind,deaf and dumb. During World WarⅡ, Helen Keller extended her regards to the soldiers who lost their sight, and encouraged those broken hearts with her own spirit. What’s more,she devoted herself to the social activities of helping the handicapped children, protecting the rights and interests of the women andfighting for the equality of races. In her 88-year life, she spent 87 of them in dark and silent world, but she brought endless light to the world. In 1964, she was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was the greatest honor for the American citizens.After I read Helen Keller’s “Three Days to S ee”, I formed a habit that walking with closed eyes while there are few people on the road. It’s a strange experience. The closed eyes sharpen each sensation. I feel the more gentle morning breeze, the clearer birds’ singing, the sweeter flowers and the warmer sunshine. Helen Keller was right, she experienced more than us seeing people. However, to be honest, while I felt so many wonderful things, I felt a little nervous and fear, for I don’t know w hat lies ahead of me. Everyone will feel worried about the unknown future. Every step I moved was with great care. But at the same time, actually, I couldn’t focus myself on enjoying the beauty around me. So I admired Helen Keller so much for her brave and good-at –finding-beauty heart.Helen Keller said, “If each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days, at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.”Th ough I was just “blind” for a few minutes, I had appreciated much more than I could at the usual time. Then how much had Helen Keller appreciated through her whole life? Helen and the people with good sight,who is blind to the life? I doubt that. Even I myself, who I think have caught every moment of beauty in life, have lost a lot if comparing with Helen Keller. I saw those beauties, but she touched them, and ke pt them in her heart. She felt “the delicate symmetry of a leaf”, “th e smooth skin of a silver birth”, “the rough, shaggy bark of a pine”, every small scenery she had experienced, every little change in nature she had noticed. She is the real master of nature.After I read “Three Days to See”, I began to doubt whether I really know well the friends who are near to me. A fter Keller asked, “Can you describeaccuratel y the faces of five good friends?” I felt at sea. I closed my eyes and tried to form the image of one of my good friends. It was clear. But when I went into the details of her face, I felt ashamed that I couldn’t remember anything. Then I opened my eyes and looked into her face. It was the first time that I had realized there being a mole around her corner of eye. And there were two new acnes on her forehead. Her hair was longer and she wore a new skirt. That was much different from my imagination. In fact, she has been much beautiful but I didn’t realize i t, neither give my appreciation to her in time.I have become so much accustomed to the routine of my surroundings, and only see the startling and spectacular. So have most of seeing people. The careless husbands don’t know the colo rs of their wives’ eyes, the busy parents don’t realize their children’s growing height, and the so-called motherlike teachers don’t notice the emotional change on their students’ faces. That’s embarrassed for a seeing person. I think if everyone pays one more glance at our surroundings, it will make us a much more harmonious society.After I read “Three Days to See”, I had an im pulse to visit the museums, which symbolize “the pageant of man’s progress”. Once I hated to visit museums because they were all about the old past which I was not interested in. Why do people want to know about the past life when we have lived a better one? Keller didn’t think so. S he was e ager to see with her eyes the condensed history of the earth and its inhabitants displayed in the Museum of Natural History. As well, she longed to see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which showed the myriad facets of the human spirit. I was convinced by her. No past, no present. Human’s history is a very good source for us to understand this world and ourselves. By viewing those living things pictured in the museums, at the same time wandering in the long history river, we will understand how much great our human beings were, who had created so much wonders in the world. I was attracted by Keller’s words about themuseums and the wonders human beings had made, so I decided to find out those wonders by myself.After I read “Three Days to See”, I fee l much grateful that I have a pair of seeing eyes. Keller was upset that she could only imagine the fascinating figure of Hamlet, or the gusty Falstaff amid colorful Elizabethan trappings, but I can see each movement of the graceful Hamlet, each strut of the hearty Falstaff. I never think it is such a great gift that I could own my seeing eyes, but Keller said, when we gaze at a play, a movie or any spectacle, we should realize and give thanks for the miracle of sight which enables us to enjoy its color, grace and movement. Besides that, our beautiful nature, the greatly developed technology, the various faces from different countries, all those things created by nature and our human beings are miracles, butthey need our eyes to find them. So from now on, open your heart and open your eyes, hold a grateful mind to find out the miracles around you. Y ou will have a different life.I am still unaware of the dark world. But if one day I lost my sight I would know how to deal with it. Escaping from the reality, complaining about the unfair fate, or abusing the friends around me, are not the ways to overcome the tragedy. I should learn from Helen Keller and set her as my idol. Maybe my dark world was not so beautiful as hers, but I would try my best to make it meaningful. It is beyond my imagination how Keller learned language without hearing. But nothing is impossible to a willing heart. As long as we set our goal and make a determined mind, is there any difficulty we can’t overcome?Reference:假如给我三天光明：英汉对照/ （美）凯勒（Keller, H.）著；鹏鑫译。
three days to see阅读报告
A Book Report of Three Days to SeeThree days to see is the most famous represent essay written by Helen Keller. My life story, a part of this book, is the autographical works of Helen. It is known as the incomparable work in the history of the world literature.Helen Keller born in 1880s was an American author, activist and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind graduate of Radcliffe College. Later, she became a high-profile socialist, and throughout her life she was a strong advocate for the blind and deaf communities, visiting over thirty-five countries and publishing fourteen books about her experiences, which have been translated into more than fifty languages.At the first page of this book, there are some printed words in raised letters. Above these words, there is a sentence, “please close your eyes, touching these words slightly by your fingers. This is the world of Helen Keller.”T his attracts me deeply. I think it is very interesting so I do as I am told. I find that it is hard for me to understand it without see it. I can hardly image how Helen tells from these words. I begin to like this woman and want to know her life story urgently. Actually, as a child who turned to be deaf and blind when she was one and a half years old, Helen could speak five kinds of languages. She wrote the book when she was a sophomore and wrote the other fourteen works in the next sixty years. There is no excuse for us normal people to be not admiring her.It seems that there are so many people who benefitsHelen a lot. The first important person is her mother. When Helen cannot see or hear because of the acute congestion of the stomach and brain. Her mother never tells her that she is different from the other children. She tries her best to make Helen understand things she indicates. In this book, Helen says, “indeed, I owe to her loving wisdom all that was bright and good in my long night.”T he second and the most important person in Helen’s life is her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan. Miss Sullivan teaches her not only the knowledge, but also the meaning of life. She leads Helen to be a strong girl. Although Helen sometimes will be impatient at the study, she always tries to make her proceed. She has never since let pass an opportunity to point out the beauty that is in everything, nor has she ceased trying in thought and action and example to make Helen’s life sweet and useful. It seems that most of the people around Helen are kind. No matter they love Helentruly or they just want to show their sympathy to her, they all help Helen with her study and life. These make Helen’s life more happy and meaningful.Above all, the most important factor for Helen’s success is her brave, kindness, perseverance and her desire to advance. Although since she was a child, she was only guided by sense of smell, she never gave up. When she was in college, very few of the books required in the various courses are printed for the blind, so consequently she need more time to prepare her lessons than other girls. She always saw other girls laughing and singing and dancing while she spent hours reading a few chapters. For Helen, every struggle is a victory. As the saying goes, “knowledge is love and lightand vision.”Helen had a strong desire to advance. She studied more than ten hours a day. With her brave and perseverance, she gained lots of knowledge and learned English, French, German, Latin and Greece. She is one of the strongest men in the world.In fact, I have learned a lot from this book. When I read this book, I am shocked by Helen, for she can write such a good book, for she have learned so many language, for she can even speak, and so on. As a deaf-blind person, she shows us a magic. I wonder how brave and perseverance can she be to have made such an achievement. She sets an example for me in study and life. It seems that nowadays, only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. We normal human have not cherished things we own. Helen says in this book, “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 life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight. Silence would teach him the joys of sound.”W hen I read these sentences, I begin to introspect myself.Seldom have I observe things clearly. I am always busy studying and working, so I have not thought about things I have. All I have done before is to catch after things I do not have. It seems that I should stay here and learn to cherish. Helen uses her own experience to remind us to be strong, perseverance and cherish our time, love and life.On the other hand, the only question which bothers me a lot is that although Helen cannot see anything, she describes things with color. In this book, she says, “When the ground was strewn with the crimson and golden leaves of autumn, and the musk-scented grapes that covered the arbour at the end of the garden were turning golden brown in the sunshine.”When I read these sentences, I get confused. How does she know the color of them? But as soon as I finish reading, I find the answer. There are two possibilities. Maybe it is told by Sullivan or maybe it comes from Helen’s knowledge. For she has read lots of books, she knows how to describe the beautiful scene. This is the power of knowledge.This story can interest many people because it will never be ended. Once be known, we will never forget the beauty of human spirit. Helen gives a lesson to us who have little difficulty to overcome. All in all, this book is worth reading.。
Three days to see英文简介
《Three Days to See英文美文》优秀教案
Three Da to See假如给我三天光明Heen KeerA of u have read thriing torie in which the hero had on a imited and e我们每天都应该以优雅的姿态，充沛的精力，抱着感恩之心来生活。
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Three Days to See
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Three days to see 读书报告四百字
Three days to seeThree days to see is an autobiographical novel written by Helen Keller the first blind and deaf author who had a great influence all over the world.Hellen Keller was born on June 271880 in Tuscumbia a little town of northern Alabama. She became blind and deaf because of an acute illness when she was 19 months old. Three days to see contained what her whole life was clearly. Three days to see is divided into three parts. The first part is mainly about the terrible life of blind and deaf Hellen Keller. When she got blind she was irritable and disappointed to life. There were invariably fits of temper surrounded with little Helen. She was always in a terrible mood and throwed anything available because of tiny problems. In her eyes the world was terrible and lack of love for her. Actually she has a great eagerness to see and listen the real world. Under the help of the parents she found an excellent teacher Anne Mansfield Sullivan. Sullivan greatly changed her life to be better day by day. Sullivan helped Hellen with reading and writing. Most importantly Sullivan made Hellen’s world fully filled of love and happiness. the second part is about Hellen’s career. There were many difficulties in the school career. However she made a lot friends. In her school career she overcame those hard troubles and got s lot eventually baxxxxsed on her sprit to achieve herself. She got in Harvard university. In Harvard university she overcame her physical weakness and got an excellent grade. Besides she learned English French German Latin and Greek. The last part is about the three days. In the first day she wanted to see whatis Sullivan and those people who helped her look like attentively. In the second day she wanted to arise with the dawn and see the thrilling miracle by which night is transformed into. In the third day she wanted to live a simple day like a common person.Three days to see is a novel of evocative stories. In the stories we can see great bravery to face terrible and unfair life. and there was also an excellent teacher who had changed a little blind and deaf kid’s whole life. Hellen could not succeed without her hard working nor the help of Sullivan. The work Hellen did belong to interior faction. And the help of Sullivan belongs to external factor.。
Three Days to See
Three Days to SeeIn winter vacation,I have read Helen Keller’s “Three Days to See”. This article impressed me. It told me how lucky we are. We should appreciated that we are healthy. Healthiness is riches. Whenever I read this article, compare with Helen Keller, I think we should treasure our life, god has given us sight so we can see a lot of good things, so we can know how beautiful this world is, so we can know how wonderful we can live in our colorful life. Helen Keller, blind and deaf from infancy. Stricken with a serious illness at the age of nineteen months,Helen survived from the illness but was left permanently unable to see and hear. In this article, three day of sight, we can see, how precious it was as for Helen Keller. What would you want to look at if you had only three days of sight? Helen gives her answer in this famous essay. I always think that people can realize the importance of the sight and sound only after they have personally experienced the dark and silence life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight, silence would teach him the joys of sound.This short story tell people how Helen take advantage of having the privileges to see, hear, and speak.Some people, unfortunately, are blind, deaf, and mute. These unfortunate people take moretime to appreciate life and they are always waiting for the miracle all their life. The author, Helen Keller, is one of such person who is blind, deaf, and mute. She strongly believes that people, who are fortunate to have such senses, take life for granted. She also strongly believes these people should live in the fullest, meaning, accomplish life when they can do this today, do not leave it for tomorrow.One can die at any moment, no matter how healthy or in what physical shape he is. As for this, Helen came across many instances. She had asked her friend what she had seen after taking a walk through the woods, and her friend replied, “Nothing in particular.” Her friend gave she this answer, because her friend become accustomed to see the routine of their surroundings, and her eyes only can be attracted by startling and spectacular things. I think if we only have sight for 3 days we will give another answer.Light not expect to us ,sound nor can’t create .we have a long time and opportunity ,and can create a better life. What we need is the will of the strong ,spirit of no surrender to fate. More important is to have a positive ,optimistic,to perform miracle heart. Between good and evil on a single day. Lite is a miracle or not is a spur .god give us eyes ,let’s see the world.god give usideas,let’s change the world.god give us hands ,so that we embrace the future,to create the miracle of life.I appreciate Hellen Keller. Her life is a miracle, she strongly face the difficulties which can destr oy one’s mind of living. Her life is a tragedy, but the world in her heart is full of love. Her spirit will encourage all of us, forever.。
Three Days to See
Three Days to SeeSometime I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with gentleness, vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course, who would adopt the epicurean motto of “Eat, drink, and be merry,” but most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.Most of us take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far as in the future. When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.The same lethargy, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration, and with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we have until it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.Now and then, I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had . “Nothing in particular,” she replied. I might have been incredulous had I not been accustomed to such responses, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little.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 interest me through skin of a silver birch, or the rough shaggy bark of pine. In spring, I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud, the first sign of awakening Nature after winter’s sleep. I feel the delightful, velvety texture of flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me. Occasionally, if I am very fortunate, I place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happy quiver of a bird in full song. I am delighted to have the cool waters of a brook rush through my open fingers. To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. To me the pageant of seasons is a thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my finger tips.作者简介海伦凯勒（Helen Leller,1880-1968），美国女作家及教育家，一岁半时，由于一场大病而失聪、失明。
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Three days to see
By Cherry
2013.12.4
As we all know, Helen Keller is a blind and deaf lecture, author and educator. I heard of her story when I was so young. This is the first time I read this English original work. This passage is really great which just a part of the whole book is. It makes me gain many inspirations about our life.
Learn to appreciate things around you like Helen
Faced to life, ordinary people always take life for granted and also think death keep away from us and often can’t understand the meaning of life, like the doomed hero referred to in Helen’s passage, but Helen always appreciate life and try to make her life meaningful and interesting; Faced to sight and sound, most of people would ignore them because they own them and never lost them, moreover Helen had no sight and sound. As for ordinary people, they should learn to appreciate what they have now including the most
common thing.
Learn to use your eyes by heart
Helen has a good friend who walked for an hour in the wood and Helen asked her how her feeling is. Her friend answered “nothing in particular”. This made her sad. However, if she walk in the wood, she always feels a lot of things though she can’t hear or see, such as silver birch, beautiful flowers, cool water, something of miracle even the song of in the spring and so on. The conclusion we can get is that Helen do not consider eyes as just a tool but a way to enrich her life. She thinks it really a pity for that ordinary people who have eyes see little beauty in the world. She really wanted to establish a course of “how to use eyes” if she were a president of a university.
Learn to see my friends by sight or by fingers
If there are three more days to see, naturally, Helen wants to see things she had never seen; and she also wants to see the people who always accompany her especially her dear teacher Mrs. Anne Sullivan. Anne came to her when she was just a little girl. It was Anne who brings knowledge, confidence and strength to Helen and opens the door for her life. As a result, Helen is so close to her teacher, so she can feel Anne’ happiness, sorrow and other emotions by fingers. This is the friend close to her, but for some casual friends, she can’t classify very clearly. Not just for her, even for normal guys, they can’t grasp main qualities of persons. They should learn to observe their friends in subtleties of expression. Everyone has its angle when they watch people by sight. All in all, the power of slight is strong, value it and try your best.
Above all, this passage tells me a lot of principles and truth. Appreciate everyday we live now, feel the essence of life by our own heart and live a meaningful life like Helen Keller.
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