VOA慢速英语:Helen Keller, 1880-1968: She Became the Most Famous Disabled Person in the World

短语讲解：

1. We reported last week that Helen Keller suffered from a strange sickness when she was only nineteen months old.

suffer from患(某种病); 受(某种病痛)折磨
例句：You must have suffered from a cold.
你一定是感冒了。

2. For the next five years she had no way of successfully communicating with other people.

communicate with（与某人）交流信息（或消息、意见等）；沟通
例句：We learn a language in order to communicate.
我们学习语言是为了交流思想。

3. Suddenly, a wonderful smell in the air made me get up and put out my hands.

get up (使)起床
例句：Getting up early is a very good habit.
早起是个很好的习惯。
put out伸出
例句：As the spring is coming, all the trees are beginning to put out green buds.
春天来了, 树木都开始吐出绿色的嫩芽。

4. I walked through the flowers to the tree itself and then just stood silent.

walk through步行穿过(某处)
例句：I'm sorry I'm late; it took me so long to walk through the deep snow.
很抱歉我来迟了, 在深雪中行走花了我好长的时间。

5. I knew the sky was black because all the heat, which meant light to me, had died out of the air. A strange odor came up to me from the earth. I knew it -- it was the odor which always comes before a thunderstorm.

die out绝迹, 消失
例句：That style of music died out ten years ago.
那种风格的音乐10年前就消失了。
come up to来到近旁
例句：A child came up to me and showed me the way to the station.
一个孩子走上前来, 指点我到车站的路。

6. I felt alone, cut off from friends, high above the firm earth.

cut off使分离；使隔绝
例句：The village was cut off by the snow for more than a month.
这个村庄被大雪封闭了一个多月。

7. Helen could only learn about squares, triangles, and other geometrical forms by making them with wires.

learn about获得, 学得
例句：It's no use learning facts about a subject if you don't understand it.
只了解某一学科的知识而并不理解, 那是毫无用处的。

8. She found the hands of others full of sunshine and warmth.

full of充满
例句：Mary's heart was full of distress.
玛丽的心里充满痛苦。

9. She and Miss Sullivan both were known for their sense of humor.

be known for因…而众所周知
例句：He was known for his bravery.
他以勇敢而出名。

10. My teacher is so near to me that I do not think of myself as apart from her. All the best of me belongs to her.

apart from脱离, 除此之外(表示除…以外别无),要不是
例句：There can be no knowledge apart from practice.
离开实践就没有知识。
belong to属于
例句：Victory belongs to the most persevering.
胜利属于最有毅力的人。