10 Chapter 9 College Years

Chapter 9 College Years So Helen began her college years. As hard as the Cambridge School had been, Radcliffe seemed impossible. There was never enough time. Annie spelled lectures into Helen's hand. Annie read the textbooks to Helen. It seemed as though they were on a treadmill. There was no time for rest or Helen would fall behind. And Helen felt alone. She and Annie lived in a small house off campus. It was away from the girls in Helen's classes. The girls were friendly, but many did not know what to say or how to act around Helen. Others felt odd because Helen was famous. So with a quick handshake, the girls ran off.

于是，海伦开始了她的大学生活。 和剑桥学校一样艰苦，拉德克利夫似乎是不可能的。 时间总是不够用。 安妮把讲课词拼写在海伦的手里。 安妮把课本读给海伦听。 他们好像是在跑步机上。 没有时间休息，否则海伦会落后的。 海伦感到孤独。她和安妮住在校外的一所小房子里。 它离海伦班上的女生很远。 女孩们都很友好，但许多人不知道在海伦面前该说什么或怎么做。 其他人觉得奇怪，因为海伦很有名。 于是，女孩们匆匆握了握手，就跑开了。

And Helen was always working. She had no time to play, think, or daydream. She always had a paper due, a lecture to memorize, or a test to take. Helen's first year at college was hard and lonely. In her second year, Helen began to write themes. The themes were stories of her life. An editor at the magazine Ladies' Home Journal heard about the themes. He asked Helen if the magazine could publish them. He offered Helen the sum of $3,000! Helen was amazed. That was a lot of money. Helen agreed. And so she began "The Story of My Life." Each month the magazine published a new chapter in Helen's story. The first one went fine. But Helen handed in the second chapter late. The story was much too long. Neither Helen nor Annie knew how to edit. What were they to do?

海伦总是在工作。 她没有时间玩耍、思考或做白日梦。 她总是有要交的论文，要背的讲座，要参加的考试。 海伦在大学的第一年是艰难而孤独的。 在她的第二年，海伦开始写主题。 主题是她的生活故事。 《妇女家庭杂志》的一位编辑听说了这些主题。 他问海伦杂志是否可以刊登这些照片。 他给了海伦一万英镑!海伦很惊讶。 那是一大笔钱。海伦同意了。 于是她开始写《我的人生故事》。 杂志每个月都刊登海伦故事的新章节。 第一次很顺利。但是海伦迟交了第二章。 这个故事太长了。 海伦和安妮都不知道如何编辑。 他们该怎么办呢?

Friends told them about a fine editor named John Macy. John helped Helen edit the articles. The magazine loved the pieces, and so did the public. By the time the last "chapter" appeared in the August issue, the world was in love with Helen Keller. John Macy thought that Helen's stories could be made into a book. John added Helen's childhood letters and a section describing how Annie taught Helen.

朋友们向他们介绍了一位名叫约翰·梅西的优秀编辑。 约翰帮助海伦编辑文章。 杂志喜欢这些作品，公众也喜欢。 当最后一章出现在八月号的时候，全世界都爱上了海伦·凯勒。 约翰·梅西认为海伦的故事可以写成一本书。 约翰添加了海伦的童年信件和描述安妮如何教海伦的部分。

Helen's book, The Story of My Life, became a hit. It is still in print today. It has been published in more than fifty languages. Now Helen had a career as a writer. No one could ever say that this was not her story. It was her life! In June 1904, Helen Keller graduated with honors from Radcliffe. Newspapers around the world reported the event. Helen had achieved what no other person with her handicaps had ever done. Now she had a college degree but what was she going to do with it?

海伦的书《我的人生故事》大受欢迎。 它至今仍在印刷。 这本书已被译成50多种语言出版。 现在海伦有了作家的职业。 没有人能说这不是她的故事。 这是她的生活!1904年6月，海伦·凯勒以优异的成绩从拉德克利夫学院毕业。 世界各地的报纸都报道了这一事件。 海伦取得了其他残疾人士从未取得过的成就。 现在她有了大学学位，但她要用它做什么呢?

Annie also had big questions to decide. She and John Macy had fallen in love. He wanted to marry her. But what, Annie wondered, would happen to Helen? Could she lead a more independent life? Annie wanted to marry John Macy, and so they did in 1905. Helen lived with them. As for Helen, she kept on with her life, too. She published a second book, The World I Live In. It came out in 1908 and told of Helen's world. It described how she used her senses of touch, smell, and taste to make up for her two missing ones. The book also revealed Helen's wonderful

安妮也有一些大问题需要决定。 她和约翰·梅西坠入爱河。 他想娶她。但是，安妮想知道，海伦会怎么样呢? 她能过一种更独立的生活吗? 安妮想嫁给约翰·梅西，于是他们在1905年结婚了。 海伦和他们住在一起。至于海伦，她也继续过着自己的生活。 她出版了第二本书《我生活的世界》。 这本书出版于1908年，讲述了海伦的世界。 书中描述了她如何用自己的触觉、嗅觉和味觉来弥补失去的两个感官。 这本书也揭示了海伦的奇妙

imagination and how she pictured her world. The book was a hit. But Helen wanted to support herself. The money from the book was not enough to do that. How else could Helen make a living?

想象力和她如何描绘她的世界。 这本书很受欢迎。但是海伦想养活自己。 从这本书中赚来的钱是不够的。 海伦还能怎么谋生呢?