3 Chapter 10 All Grown Up

Chapter 10 All Grown Up Helen was asked to give a public speech. Helen gave her first speech in Montclair, New Jersey. Annie was with her. Still, Helen was scared. What if no one understood her? Helen spoke about her life. Her voice was not clear, but no one seemed to care. The audience loved her. Helen was asked to give more speeches.

海伦被要求做一次公开演讲。 海伦在新泽西州的蒙特克莱尔发表了她的第一次演讲。 安妮和她在一起。海伦还是很害怕。 如果没有人理解她怎么办? 海伦讲述了她的生活。 她的声音不清楚，但似乎没有人在意。 观众喜欢她。海伦被要求做更多的演讲。

So Helen and Annie went on a lecture tour. They toured different cities in the United States in 1913. She spoke about her life and her feelings and how she accomplished what she did. Annie introduced Helen and then spoke again at the end.

于是海伦和安妮去做巡回演讲。 1913年，他们在美国的不同城市巡回演出。 她谈到了她的生活和她的感受，以及她是如何完成她所做的事情的。 安妮把海伦介绍给大家，最后又说了一遍。

Warm and heartfelt applause greeted Helen wherever she went. Helen was so successful on stage that some people invited her to make a movie about her life and her feelings. Helen and Annie went to Hollywood and made the silent film Deliverance. Annie and Helen dreamed of the money they'd make from the film. They hoped to become rich and famous like movie stars. But the movie was not a success. Disappointed, Helen and Annie returned to Wrentham. And now they had a new problem. Annie's eyesight was failing. And Annie and John had separated. Annie was hurt over the failure of her marriage. And she feared she would go blind. The two rested. Helen answered the many letters that she received. Helen was famous, but they were broke. Helen had to think of a way to earn money. Then an offer came. New York vaudeville agents met with Helen and Annie. Vaudeville was a stage show made up of a series of different acts. The agents discussed whether the two women might do a twenty-minute act about Helen and her teacher. Annie and Helen's friends did not like the idea. Helen's

无论海伦走到哪里，都受到热烈而衷心的掌声。 海伦在舞台上非常成功，有人邀请她拍一部关于她的生活和感受的电影。 海伦和安妮去好莱坞拍了无声电影《拯救》。 安妮和海伦梦想着她们能从这部电影中赚到钱。 他们希望像电影明星一样变得富有和出名。 但这部电影并不成功。 海伦和安妮失望地回到了伦瑟姆。 现在他们有了一个新问题。 安妮的视力正在衰退。 安妮和约翰也分居了。 安妮因婚姻失败而伤心。 她担心自己会失明。 两人休息了。海伦回复了她收到的许多信。 海伦很有名，但他们破产了。 海伦必须想办法赚钱。 然后，一份工作来了。纽约杂耍剧团的经纪人见了海伦和安妮。 歌舞杂耍是由一系列不同的表演组成的舞台表演。 经纪人们讨论了两个女人是否可以做一个关于海伦和她的老师的20分钟的表演。 安妮和海伦的朋友不喜欢这个主意。 海伦的

mother hated the idea. People would come just to see a blind and deaf woman. But Helen didn't care. She thought that it would be fun. And, as always, once Helen decided to do something, there was no changing her mind. The first performance was on February 24, 1920, at the Palace Theater in New York City. Teacher opened the act. In her Irish brogue, she told how she had first taught Helen. Music then filled the theater. Helen parted the curtains and walked on stage. Then they told of the "miracle," the day when Annie spelled the word water and Helen realized what it meant. At the end of their act, the audience exploded with applause. Helen had charmed them completely. Soon Helen and Annie were among

母亲不喜欢这个主意。人们来这里只是为了看一个又盲又聋的女人。 但是海伦不在乎。她认为这会很有趣。 而且，像往常一样，一旦海伦决定做某事，她就不会改变主意。 首演于1920年2月24日在纽约市的皇宫剧院举行。 老师开始表演。她用爱尔兰口音讲述了她最初是如何教海伦的。 音乐随后充满了剧院。 海伦拉开窗帘，走上舞台。 然后他们讲述了“奇迹”，那天安妮拼写了“水”这个词，海伦明白了它的意思。 他们表演结束时，观众爆发出热烈的掌声。 海伦把他们完全迷住了。 不久，海伦和安妮也加入了进来

the highest paid performers. They earned up to $2,500 per week. Annie began to worry that people came to see if Helen would fall off the stage or make some other mistake. Maybe some did. But most did not. They came because they admired Helen. And Helen loved vaudeville. She liked "talking" to the other performers. She loved the smells backstage. Helen said that she felt like part of a family. In 1924, Helen started a new job, one that was to last the rest of her life. The American Foundation for the Blind asked Helen to work for them. She would meet people, talk about the blind, and raise funds. Helen accepted. She felt that here was a way to help the blind everywhere. And so Helen became the ambassador for the blind. She met kings, queens, and presidents. Annie went with her.

收入最高的演员。 他们每周的收入高达500英镑。 安妮开始担心人们来看海伦是否会从舞台上摔下来或犯其他错误。 也许有些人是这样。但大多数人都没有。 他们来是因为他们钦佩海伦。 海伦喜欢杂耍。 她喜欢和其他表演者“交谈”。 她喜欢后台的味道。 海伦说她觉得自己是这个家庭的一员。 1924年，海伦开始了一份新工作，这份工作将伴随她的余生。 美国盲人基金会邀请海伦为他们工作。 她会见人们，谈论盲人，并筹集资金。 海伦接受了。她觉得有一种方法可以帮助世界各地的盲人。 于是海伦成为了盲人大使。 她见过国王、王后和总统。 安妮和她一起去了。

In 1925, Helen took a year off to write another book. Helen had been asked to write about the most recent years of her life. She wrote about her last years at Radcliffe, the Foundation for the Blind, and the people in her life.

1925年，海伦休息了一年写另一本书。 海伦被要求写她最近几年的生活。 她写了她在拉德克利夫的最后几年，盲人基金会，以及她生命中的人。