This is a story about a famous American woman. Her name is Helen Keller. When she was only nineteen months old, she got an illness. It made her blind(瞎的) and deaf(聋的). She couldn’t see or hear anything. So she couldn’t learn to speak. When she was six, a young teacher came and taught her to read and write. Her name was Ann Sullivan.
Later, when she was ten, Miss Sullivan took her to another teacher, Sarah Fuller. Sarah Fuller taught her to speak. Helen put her fingers(手指) on Miss Fuller’s face and into her mouth. In this way, she learned to speak. She went to school and became famous because she was one of the first blind and deaf persons to learn to speak. She began to write books and to help the blind in many parts of the world. Her hard work and her courage(勇气) made people in all countries love her.
【小题1】How old was she when she was blind and deaf?
