1894 In the summer, Helen joined the American Association for the Advancement of Language Teaching for the Deaf and was arranged to study mathematics, science, French and German in Humason School for the Deaf. Within a few months, she will be able to talk freely in German. In less than a year, she finished reading the German version of William Tell. Teachers who teach French don't know sign language letters and can only dictate. Nevertheless, Helen quickly mastered French and read the novel The Forced Doctor twice. During her stay in new york, Helen made many friends in the literary world. Mark Twain read her wonderful short stories and they established a sincere friendship. Dr. Holmes read her a collection of poems, Rolling Beans, in his quiet home by the Merrimack River. When he read the last two pages, Holmes put a slave statue in her hand. The chain on the squatting slave just fell off, and Holmes said to Helen, "She is the liberator of your thoughts." The doctor refers to Miss Anne. Helen's excitement, beautiful thoughts and feelings about the world, meaningful deep love and down-to-earth pursuit are deeply rooted in her heart like the seeds of spring. Helen said confidently from an early age, "One day, I will go to college! I'm going to Harvard University! " This day has finally arrived. Radcliffe Women's College of Harvard University arranged her entrance examination in a special way. I saw that she skillfully touched the raised braille with her hand and then answered the question with a typewriter. After 9 hours, all subjects passed, and she got excellent grades in English and German. Helen began her college life eagerly. 1June, 904, Helen graduated from Radcliffe College with honors. Two years later, she was appointed as the chairman of the Massachusetts Committee for the Blind and began to engage in social work for the blind. She receives visiting blind people every day, and she has to reply to letters flying in like snow. Later, she toured all over the United States to promote the implementation of education programs and treatment programs for the deaf and blind. 192 1, the American Foundation for the Blind was finally established. Helen is one of the leaders of this organization, and she has been working hard to strengthen the work of the foundation. In the busy work, she never put down her pen and finished 14 books. My Life, Song of the Stone Wall, out of the dark, Optimism, etc. Have had a worldwide impact. Helen's last work was The Teacher, for which she collected notes and letters for 20 years. All these and three-quarters of the manuscripts were burned.
Along with them, there are Braille libraries and exquisite craft gifts from various countries. A different person might be disheartened, but Helen learned a lesson from the painful experience and was determined to finish it. She sat quietly in front of the typewriter and began another difficult trek. 10 years later, Helen finished the manuscript. She is very happy that this book is a gift for Teacher Anne, and Teacher Anne is very proud of it. 1956165438+1October 15 The curtain on a plaque erected at the gate of Perkins School for the Blind in America was lifted by Helen with trembling hands, which read: In memory of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Messi. This is not an ordinary plaque, but for those who have written outstanding chapters in the history of human civilization. Indeed, Helen devoted her life to the welfare and education of the blind and won the respect of people all over the world. The United Nations also launched the "Helen Keller" World Campaign. 1964 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 1965 was named one of the top ten outstanding women in the world. 1 June, 9681day, Helen Keller, a deaf-mute blind scholar, writer and educator who wrote a hymn of brilliant life in the history of human civilization, was surrounded by flowers. However, her indomitable spirit of struggle and her legendary life will go down in history forever. As the famous writer Mark Twain said, "/kloc-there were two great figures in the 9th century, one was Napoleon and the other was Helen Keller." My dark light is a book about the sublimation of human spirit. Helen Keller was born deaf and blind, and lived in a lonely situation isolated from ordinary people in her early years, which is so important for a person's spiritual development. With the love of the God of all mankind, she can get in touch with others. Spiritual development led her to start a writing career. Helen Keller is regarded as one of the most inspiring writers in this century. If I stand at the end of my life now and the spark of my life is about to go out, what would I think and do? You will also sigh that life is short and fragile, and regret not cherishing it? Make good use of your eyes, if you will be blind tomorrow. Listen to the beauty of music, listen to the songs of birds, listen to the powerful tunes of the orchestra, if you are going to be deaf tomorrow. Touch everything you want to touch, if your touch will decline tomorrow. Smell the fragrance of all the flowers and taste every mouthful. If you don't smell it tomorrow, you won't taste it. People! Why do you always have to wait until you lose it before you regret it? Why are we always so greedy, seldom cherish what we have, but long for what we don't have! Perhaps, you will feel that God has given us these beautiful things, even life, for granted. But have you ever thought, when one day, what you have, even your life, will be lost, what will you do, regret or give up on yourself? If so, it would be sad. Yes, I can't make the same mistakes as others. I would rather cherish them now. 1On the afternoon of June, 968, Helen Keller died in her sleep at the age of 88. Keller was deaf and blind due to scarlet fever at 19 months after birth, but miraculously walked through his life. Helen's misfortune A baby girl was born in Tuscany, a small town in northern Alabama. This baby girl is Helen Keller. She is good at listening and articulate, and her parents expect her to be a musician! However, when she was 19 months old, acute cerebral congestion took away her hearing and vision, and then she lost her language expression ability, which plunged her into a dark world. 1
When I was young, I was sick, deaf in both ears and blind in both eyes. At the age of seven, Annie? Sullivan became her mentor and mentor for 50 years. With Sullivan's help, he entered the university and graduated with honors. During her college years, she wrote The Story of My Life, telling how she overcame illness and disability and inspired thousands of disabled people and normal people. This book has been translated into 50 languages and distributed all over the world. Later, he wrote many words and several autobiographical novels, which showed that darkness and silence did not exist. Later, Keller became an outstanding social reformer, giving speeches in the United States, Europe and Asia to raise money for the blind and deaf. During World War II, she visited many hospitals to offer condolences to the blind soldiers. Her spirit is revered by people. 1964 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor of American citizens, and was elected as one of the top ten outstanding women in the world the following year.
Helen? Keller seems destined to create miracles for mankind, or that God sent her to this world to show the dignity and greatness of the disabled to ordinary people. When she was one and a half years old, she suddenly had acute cerebral congestion, and her high fever for several days kept her in a coma. When she woke up, her eyes burned blind, her ears burned deaf, and her dexterous mouth could not speak. From then on, she fell into a dark and silent world and an abyss of pain.
1956165438+1October 15 The curtain on a plaque erected at the gate of Perkins School for the Blind in America was lifted by Helen with trembling hands, which read: In memory of Helen? Keller and Annie. Sullivan? Marcy. This is not an ordinary plaque, but for those who have written outstanding chapters in the history of human civilization. Indeed, Helen devoted her life to the welfare and education of the blind and won the respect of people all over the world. The United Nations also launched "Helen? Keller "world movement. 1968 June 1, Helen? Keller, a deaf-mute blind scholar, writer and educator who wrote praises of brilliant life in the history of human civilization, passed away surrounded by flowers. However, her indomitable spirit of struggle and her legendary life will be like the famous writer Mark? Twain said:/kloc-There were two great figures in the 9th century, one was Napoleon and the other was Helen? Keller.
Zhang Haidi, born in Jinan in autumn of 1955. 5-year-old suffering from myelopathy, high paraplegia. From then on, Zhang Haidi began her unique life. Unable to go to school, she finished the middle school course by herself at home. /kloc-When he was 0/5 years old, Zhang Haidi followed his parents and sent him to the rural area of Liaocheng (Shandong) to be a teacher for his children. She also taught herself acupuncture techniques and treated villagers for free. Later, Zhang Haidi taught himself many foreign languages and worked as a radio repairman. Facing the cruel challenge of fate, Zhang Haidi didn't feel depressed and sink. She fought against the disease with tenacious perseverance and perseverance, withstood severe tests and was full of confidence in life. Although she didn't have a chance to walk into the campus, she studied hard, completed all the courses in primary and secondary schools, taught herself college English, Japanese and German, and studied college and postgraduate courses. From 65438 to 0983, Zhang Haidi began to engage in literary creation, translated hundreds of thousands of English novels, such as The Beach Clinic, and compiled books, such as Windows Open to the Sky and Questioning Life and Dreams in Wheelchairs. Among them, Dream in a Wheelchair was published in Japan and South Korea, and Pursuing Life was published less than half a year and reprinted three times, winning the national "Five One Projects" book award. Before The Pursuit of Life, this prize has never been awarded to prose works. In 2002, a novel with 300,000 words was published. This book was listed as the key book of the 16th National Congress by Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and the State Press and Publication Administration, and won the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China "Five Ones" Project Book Award, the Third National Civilization and Progress Book Award, the First China Publishing Group Book Award, the Eighth China Youth Excellent Reading Award and the Second China Women's Literature Award.
Zhang Haidi is a writer now, but writing is painful. She has a large area of bedsore and exposed bones, but she is still writing. She had several operations, which were very painful. Her nose cancer operation was not anesthetized. She clearly felt the knife cut her nose and the needle went through her skin. The first time she heard that she had cancer, she even felt happy-finally relieved. Zhang Haidi said: My greatest happiness is death. However, she survived.
She writes novels, paints oil paintings, dances ballet, shoots TV, sings, studies for a master's degree ... even, she likes perfume very much and has a full life. Zhu Jun, the host, asked her if it was hard for you to sit like this. She said, yes, it is very hard, but I have been sitting like this for 40 years. As a member of CPPCC, her suggestion is to promote barrier-free facilities in colleges and universities. "I am in pain, but I can make others happy." When Zhang Haidi said this, poetry spread from her side.
"Twenty years have passed. Looking back now, I am always calm in the face of the media. When you suddenly face so many flashes, laughter and applause, it is most important to adjust yourself. What should I do or what should I do? My heart will always be like a clear water, so blue and so deep. "
"There is a fragile Heidi. You can't imagine the trouble that a disabled woman like me can't do anything when she is dirty. Sometimes I even feel better without me. Sometimes I live in a tall building on business, so I just go and have a look. I often think that if I really fall down like this, everything will be over and I will never have to suffer again. I even want to be euthanized. "
"In retrospect, I am indeed a very tenacious Heidi. Disability is a great pain for human beings, but it always needs someone to chew. I thank life for giving me a talking pen, so that I can talk and fight. I am not only alive, but also liberated my mind in writing. "
"Today, sitting at this window, looking at this endless grassland, I hope I can feel the warmth and kindness of the earth step by step with my feet like you, and find the feeling of walking I once had ..."
Facing the cruel challenge of fate, Zhang Haidi didn't feel depressed and sink. She fought against the disease with tenacious perseverance and perseverance, withstood severe tests and was full of confidence in life. Now he is a first-class writer in the literary creation room of Shandong Writers Association. 1993 Zhang Haidi passed the examination and thesis defense, and obtained a master's degree in philosophy from Jilin University. 1994 participated in the Far South Games. 1997 was selected as "the five outstanding disabled people in the world" by NHK in Japan. 1998 so far, he is the chairman of China Disabled Persons' Association. Won the title of national model worker in 2000.
Twenty years have passed since we met Zhang Haidi. Few people under the age of 20 remember Zhang Haidi. Modern medicine has continued Zhang Haidi's life, but how bright is the life that has been continued by repeated operations? Twenty years ago, Zhang Haidi was still a warm-blooded young man when he grasped the fate by the throat. Twenty years later, is she still knocking on the door of fate? Let's take a look at Zhang Haidi's inner world.
About fame
Twenty years ago, Zhang Haidi was very famous. Such a reputation is welcome for an actor and a star. Unfortunately, Zhang Haidi is not. Zhang Haidi has a strong will and a fragile soul.
She is a writer now, but she said, "I know very well over the years that my reputation outside literature is greater than literary creation itself …". She also said, "I never care about those things. I only care about literary creation itself. How can I write my work better ... "But everyone can see that she cares. She always feels that her works are not good enough, and books sell well because of fame rather than works, so she has been squeezing herself. But as a disabled person, the society she can contact is really limited, so she has to dig her heart and fantasize desperately. In such oppression and helplessness, Zhang Haidi is suffering more and more. Other people can see the physical pain, and she can tell it, and this kind of inner pain, Zhang Haidi is unspeakable, even if it comes, no one will care.
Zhang Haidi said, "Twenty years have passed. Looking back now, I am always calm in the face of the media. When you suddenly face so many flashes, laughter and applause, it is most important to adjust yourself. What should I do or what should I do? My heart is always like clear water, so blue and so deep.
199 1 year, after receiving cancer surgery, Zhang Haidi continued to fight against her fate with unyielding spirit, and she began to pursue a postgraduate course in philosophy. Through unremitting efforts, she wrote the paper "Disabled People in the Vision of Cultural Philosophy". 1993 passed the postgraduate course examination of philosophy department of Jilin University and passed the thesis defense, and was awarded the master's degree. Zhang Haidi proved the power of life with her own courage, just as she herself said, "Like all determined people, I regard trying to explore myself as real happiness." With the spirit of overcoming her own obstacles, she opened a road for the disabled to enter the sea of knowledge.
Zhang Haidi was elected as a member of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and served as a director of China Disabled Persons Welfare Foundation, a member of the presidium of China Disabled Persons' Federation, a vice-chairman of Shandong Disabled Persons' Federation and a vice-chairman of Shandong Youth Federation for a long time. Haidi constantly strives for self-improvement in her post and social work, and serves the society with full enthusiasm and noble character and contributes to the people. He has a high reputation and prestige among the broad masses of the people and is a good example that can stand the test of time. She is the pride of a generation of young people in China and an outstanding representative of the disabled in China.
June165438+1October 65438+March 2008, Zhang Haidi was elected as the president of the new China Disabled Persons' Federation.
Zhang Haidi was paraplegic, lying in bed reading in front of a mirror. Finally, Zhang Haidi learned four languages with amazing perseverance and successfully translated 16 overseas books. She has a positive and optimistic attitude towards life, so we should learn from her indomitable spirit!