A Reflection on Three Days to See

1101840117 Zhou Xiaojun (周晓军)

I was first introduced to Helen Keller when I was 14. During a Chinese lesson my Chinese teacher told us that Helen was the first deaf blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker.

Recently, I'm thinking about the future of my own and I feel puzzled and sometimes feel fidgety. I even can't make me getting into reading the textbook. But last Sunday morning I find a "three days to see "on my roommate’s desk by chance. The title intrigued me into reading it and I finished reading it within one day.

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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 an 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 Helen’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 and 1

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Reading report on Three Days to See

I started to read Helen Keller's autobiography Three Days to See at the beginning of this term. At first, I just regard it as a task, but the book really absorbs me in the course of reading.

The book tells Helen Keller's whole rough life and her spirit experiences. 19 months after her born, a disease mercilessly carried off her hearing and sight...She lost her voice and could not see or hear at all. How did a young girl to face it all ! There was a period of time that she had a hot temper, no one could get close to her. However, when she was seven, a teacher named Anne Sullivan Macy appeared. With the help of Sullivan, she recovered the optimism towards life. Rely on the desire and pursuit of bright, she finally conquered a lot of unimagined difficulties and use her own hands to see the beautiful world. She graduated from Oxford with excellent performance and has made great achievements on literature、education and many other fields. To a blind man, it's really a miracle.

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Reading Report Two

Three Days to See

By Helen Keller

One. Helen Keller, the woman and her works

Helen Keller, who was born on June 27, 1880, is a disabled educationalist. She is considered as one of the greatest people in America. She was born in Tuscumbia, a little town of northern Alabama. She suffered a high fever when she was only 19 months. It lasted for a few days, and made her lose her eyesight and hearing. What a terrible thing we can not imagine! From then on, she started to live in a world without sunshine, without voice. And there are darkness and silence forever. Fortunately, she never gave up living. With the help of a disabled teacher, Annie Sullivan, she learned a lot. She is well up in five kinds of languages. They are English, French, German, Latin, and Greek. Finally, she becomes very successful. Her experiences encourage many people all over the world.

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读《If I Have Three Days To See 》有感

——Helen Keller

Helen Keller ,the narrator of this book ,expresses her experience through her childhood to grown up to a colleague student .She lost her sightseeing and hearing after suffering a terrible fever .Disappointed by not suitable methods teachers can teach her to study ,she feels upset and lonely .Fortunately,when Anne Mansfield Sullivan,her first teacher came to her ,everything became different.Anne teaches her every word by spelling into her hand .Helen became interested in learning knowledge,touching the colorful world. With the help of Anna ,she understands the word “love” and what is love .Defeating all the difficulties ,she is admitted by Radcliffe and begins her college life .Every day Miss Sullivan went to the classes with her and spelled into her hand with infinite patience all that the teachers said.If she has three days to see ,the first day she would see the people whose kindness and gentleness and companionship have made her worth living,the second day ,she would try to probe into the soul of man through his art,the history of man and nature ,the third day ,she would enjoy a normal day.

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Three days to see

After reading the prose called THREE DAYS TO SEE, I have a lot of feelings about the disabled. They can’t do the normal things that we do everyday, and can’t use the simple sense that we take for granted. Then, it suddenly occur to me that how could I do if I was blind and have only three days to see.

It’s really a difficult problem because there are too many things I should do, perhaps I also should spend the whole night to look the world better.

The first day, I would like to gaze long upon the face of all my families, although I can’t remember all of their images, I must strive to keep my parents’ face in mind. After talking with my families, I’ll go outside to see the nature with my parents. They can guide for me and I’ll see some detail that I can’t imagine for nearly 20 years. I’ll go to the moutain to see the sunshine through the leaves, the soil that often give out fragrant smell and animals that have delightful and velvety animal hair. What a beautiful day that I never had had! On the night, I must hold my mom’s hand can’t to sleep.

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A

Summary

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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.

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