Read the story of Helen Keller's life as a young girl. Are the sentences true or false? Write T or F.
Helen Keller was born in 1880 in Alabama, with the ability to both see and hear, like any normal child. She began to speak when she was six months old and to walk at the age of one. But six months later, she contracted a serious illness, possibly meningitis. After she had recovered, her mother noticed that Helen didn't react to sounds, or when she waved her hand in front of Helen's face. The illness had left her both deaf and blind. As she grew up, she learned to communicate with the daughter of the family cook using sign language that they invented together. But Helen was an unhappy child and often flew into a rage. Her mother was very patient with her and tried to help her. She had read about the successful education of another deaf-blind child, and when Helen was seven she contacted a special school for blind children in Boston. The director of the school suggested that Helen work with Anne Sullivan, who was herself visually impaired and a recent graduate of the school. It was the beginning of a 49-year relationship between pupil and teacher.
Anne travelled to Helen's home and immediately began teaching her 'finger-spelling': spelling out words on the palm of Helen's hand. The first word she tried to teach her was 'doll' - Anne had brought Helen a doll as a present. But Helen could not make the connection between the letters and the objects and became very frustrated. After about a month, however, there was a breakthrough. Helen realised that the movements of Anne's fingers on her palm, while she poured water over her other hand, signified 'water. By the end of the day Helen had learned thirty new words.
1 As a baby, Helen had normal sight and hearing.
2 A relation of one of the family servants gradually taught Helen sign language.
3 Helen's mother was very unhappy and frequently got cross with her.
4 Anne Sullivan was partially blind.
5 The first word that Helen understood through finger-spelling was 'doll'
1 As a baby, Helen had normal sight and hearing.
(Khi còn bé, Helen có thị giác và thính giác bình thường.)
Thông tin: “"Helen Keller was born in 1880 in Alabama, with the ability to both see and hear, like any normal child.”
(Helen Keller sinh năm 1880 tại Alabama, có khả năng nhìn và nghe như bất kỳ đứa trẻ bình thường nào.)
Chọn True
2 A relation of one of the family servants gradually taught Helen sign language.
(Mối quan hệ của một trong những người hầu trong gia đình dần dần dạy Helen ngôn ngữ ký hiệu.)
Thông tin: “She learned to communicate with the daughter of the family cook using sign language that they invented together.”
(Cô học cách giao tiếp với con gái của một đầu bếp gia đình bằng ngôn ngữ ký hiệu mà họ cùng nhau phát minh ra.)
Chọn True
3 Helen's mother was very unhappy and frequently got cross with her.
(Mẹ của Helen rất không vui và thường xuyên cáu kỉnh với cô.)
Thông tin: “Her mother was very patient with her and tried to help her.”
(Mẹ cô đã rất kiên nhẫn với cô và cố gắng giúp đỡ cô.)
Chọn False
4 Anne Sullivan was partially blind.
(Anne Sullivan bị mù một phần.)
Thông tin: “Anne Sullivan, who was herself visually impaired...”
(Anne Sullivan, người bị khiếm thị...")
Chọn True
5 The first word that Helen understood through finger-spelling was 'doll'
(Từ đầu tiên mà Helen hiểu được khi đánh vần bằng ngón tay là 'búp bê')
Thông tin: “The first word she tried to teach her was 'doll' - Anne had brought Helen a doll as a present.”
(Từ đầu tiên cô ấy cố gắng dạy cho cô ấy là 'búp bê' - Anne đã mang cho Helen một con búp bê như một món quà.")
Chọn True
