Unit 17 My teacher

Later, an operation helped her to get back part of her sight, but she remained at the institution for six years more.

后來，一次手術幫助她恢復了部分視力。但是，她在這所學校又呆了6年。

Unit 17 My teacher

There she studied the teaching of deafblind children.

在那里，她學習聾盲兒童的教學工作。

Unit 17 My teacher

One day a letter from my father arrived at the school, asking for a teacher for me.

有一天，我父親的信寄到學校，請求為我聘用一名教師。

Unit 17 My teacher

Annie considered this was just the kind of demanding job she wanted.

安妮認為，這正是她想要的難度很大的工作。

Unit 17 My teacher

That is how Annie came to be with us.

這就是安妮和我們在一起的緣由。

Unit 17 My teacher

Annie was among the first to realize that blind people never know their hidden strength until they are treated like normal human beings.

盲人只有受到同正常人一樣的待遇時，才能知道自己蘊藏的力量，安妮就是其中一位最先有此種認識的人。

Unit 17 My teacher

She never pitied me; she never praised me unless what I did was as good as that of the best of a normal person.

她從不憐憫我，她也從不表揚我，除非我所做的事像正常人干的那樣出色。

Unit 17 My teacher

And she encouraged me when I made up my mind to go to college.

我下決心上大學時，她則給我予鼓勵。

Unit 17 My teacher

During my years in school, Annie sat beside me in every class.

在我求學期間，安妮每堂課都坐在我身旁。

Unit 17 My teacher

She spelled out for me the things that the teachers taught.

教師所教的東西，她都為我拼寫出來。

Unit 17 My teacher

And, because most books were not printed in Braille.

因為大多數的書本沒用布萊葉文印刷。

Unit 17 My teacher

She herself read them to me by spelling into my hand what was written in the book.

她親自通過在我手上拼寫書中的內容，把課本對我讀出來。

Unit 17 My teacher

It took great imagination as well as patience for Annie to teach me to speak.

教我說話需要極大的想像力和耐心。

Unit 17 My teacher

Putting both my hands on her face when she spoke, she let me feel all the movements of her lips and throat.

她說話時，把我的兩只手放在她的臉上，讓我撫摸她嘴唇和喉頭的活動情況。

Unit 17 My teacher

Together we repeated and repeated words and sentences.

我們一道反反復復地說詞語和句子。

Unit 17 My teacher

My speech was ill-form and not pleasant to hear.

我的言語變調走樣，很不好聽。

Unit 17 My teacher

But I was delighted to be able to say words that my family and a few friends could understand.

是，我卻感到欣喜，能夠說出我家里人和一些朋友可以理解的詞語。

Unit 17 My teacher

To Annie I owe thanks for this priceless gift of speech.

可安妮給我這份無價的說話禮物，我對她感激不盡。

Unit 17 My teacher

It has helped me to serve others.

這份禮物幫助我為他人服務。

Unit 17 My teacher

My teacher's gifted instruction lived on after her death.

我的教師逝世后，她寶貴的教誨仍繼續長存。

Unit 17 My teacher

She had believed in me.

她相信我。

Unit 17 My teacher

I must always keep on trying to do my best.

我必須始終繼續作出最大的努力。

Unit 17 My teacher

No matter what happens, she often said, keep on beginning.

無論發生什么事，"她常說，不斷從頭開始。

Unit 17 My teacher

Each time you fail, start all over again.

每次你失敗，再從頭開始。

Unit 17 My teacher

You will grow stronger each time, until you can do and finish what you started out to do.

每次你會變得更堅強，直至你完成你著手進行的事情。

Unit 17 My teacher

Who could count the times Annie tried, failed, and then succeeded?

誰能數得清安妮嘗試、失敗直至最后成功的次數？

Unit 17 My teacher

What a great teacher!

多么高尚的老師！

Unit 17 My teacher

What a great person!

多么了不起的人！

Unit 18 Office Equipment

Offices cannot work properly without certain important pieces of equipment.

如果辦公室沒有配備一些重要的設備，人們就不能很好地工作。

Unit 18 Office Equipment

One of the first jobs when you start work in an office is to learn how to use every piece of equipment.

你在辦公室開始工作的第一件事就是要學會怎樣使用辦公室里的每樣設備。