9 Chapter 7 Years in New York

Chapter 7 Years in New York The door of the Perkins School had slammed shut, but another door opened. Annie learned about a new school for deaf children. Two men—Dr. Thomas Humason and John Wright—started the school in 1894 in New York City and it sounded perfect for Helen. But how would the Kellers pay for it? Helen's father had fallen on hard times. There was no money to spare. Fortunately, Helen had met many

第七章在纽约的岁月珀金斯学校的门砰地关上了，但另一扇门打开了。 安妮听说有一所新的聋哑儿童学校。 两个men-Dr。托马斯·休马森和约翰·赖特于1894年在纽约市创办了这所学校，听起来很适合海伦。 但凯勒夫妇怎么付这笔钱呢? 海伦的父亲陷入了困境。 没有多余的钱。 幸运的是，海伦遇到了很多

rich people, such as Dr. Bell, John D. Rockefeller, and John Spaulding. Spaulding offered to pay for Helen's schooling. So Annie and Helen left for New York. They settled into a fine house close to Central Park. At the Wright-Humason School, Helen studied arithmetic (still her least favorite subject), English literature (which she loved), American history, French, and German. She also studied lipreading and speech. Helen's fame spread. A reporter from The New York Times came to interview her. He thought he would meet a quiet, shy girl. But fifteen-year-old Helen amazed him. Throughout the interview, Helen laughed, joked, and flirted.

富人，比如贝尔博士，约翰·D。 洛克菲勒和约翰·斯波尔丁。 斯波尔丁提出支付海伦的学费。 于是安妮和海伦去了纽约。 他们在中央公园附近的一所漂亮房子里安顿下来。 在赖特-休马森学校，海伦学习了算术(仍然是她最不喜欢的科目)、英国文学(她喜欢的科目)、美国历史、法语和德语。 她还学习了唇读和演讲。 海伦的名声传开了。一位《纽约时报》的记者来采访她。 他以为他会遇到一个安静、害羞的女孩。 但15岁的海伦让他大吃一惊。 在整个采访过程中，海伦笑着，开玩笑着，调情着。

Helen and her class visited the Statue of Liberty. She climbed to the top. To Helen, the air at the top smelled cleaner. The smell of the ocean reminded her of Cape Cod. Another time Helen's class went to a dog show at Madison Square Garden. Helen loved it because dogs were her favorite animal.

海伦和她的班级参观了自由女神像。 她爬到了山顶。对海伦来说，山顶的空气闻起来更清新。 大海的气味使她想起了科德角。 还有一次，海伦的班级去麦迪逊广场花园看狗表演。 海伦喜欢它，因为狗是她最喜欢的动物。

One trip affected Helen greatly. Annie and Helen went to the Lower East Side. This is where many new immigrants lived. They lived in tiny, crowded apartments in buildings called tenements.

一次旅行对海伦影响很大。 安妮和海伦去了下东区。 这是许多新移民居住的地方。 他们住在狭小拥挤的公寓里，这些公寓被称为“廉租公寓”。

As many as ten people lived in one small dark room. Helen could not see the poverty. But she could feel it. The people's clothes felt rough and ragged as they brushed Helen and Annie in the street. Helen also smelled the machine oil, the sawdust, the street dirt, and the salted fish. She could tell just how different life here was from hers. Many famous people lived in New York. At a party, Helen met Mark Twain. Twain had written The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.

多达十个人住在一间小黑屋里。 海伦看不出贫穷。 但她能感觉到。当人们在街上擦着海伦和安妮时，他们的衣服感觉又粗糙又破烂。 海伦还闻到了机油、锯末、街上的泥土和咸鱼的味道。 她能看出这里的生活和她的生活有多么不同。 许多名人都住在纽约。 在一次聚会上，海伦遇到了马克·吐温。 吐温写了《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》和《汤姆·索亚历险记》。

Twain watched Helen read lips. They talked together at the party. When Helen left, she put violets in his buttonhole. The two became lifelong friends. After school, Helen liked going to Central Park. On winter days, Helen went bobsledding. She took riding lessons. Helen was growing up. She was becoming a beautiful, interesting, young woman.

吐温看着海伦读唇语。 他们在聚会上交谈。 海伦离开时，把紫罗兰插在他的钮扣孔里。 两人成为了一生的朋友。 放学后，海伦喜欢去中央公园。 在冬天，海伦去滑雪橇。 她上了骑马课。海伦长大了。 她正在成为一个美丽、有趣的年轻女子。