Culture corner 8, exercise 2, page 133.0:01
Helen Keller, 1880-1968 Imagine a person who couldn't see or hear.0:18
But despite this, they could still write, read and make friends.0:42
They also went to university, wrote many books, travelled all over the world and met 12 US presidents.0:47
What an amazing person that would be.0:54
Incredibly, a person like this really existed.0:57
Her name was Helen Keller.1:01
She was from Alabama in the USA and she was both blind and deaf.1:03
When Helen was only one year old, she had a terrible illness which left her unable to see or hear.1:09
Over the next few years, Helen would often scream and be very badly behaved.1:17
When she was 7, Helen's family admitted that they needed help and they found a tutor for her, Anne Sullivan.1:23
Anne, who had very poor eyesight herself, was very strict with Helen.1:32
She started to teach her to spell out words with her hands, such as doll and cake.1:37
But Helen didn't really understand what the words meant.1:43
Then one morning, Anne tried something new.1:47
She held Helen's hand under some water and and spelled W A T E R into her other hand.1:51
That day, Helen learned 30 words.2:01
From then on, Helen progressed rapidly.2:04
She learned to read Braille and to type with both a Braille and an ordinary typewriter.2:07
She also learnt to understand what her teacher was saying by feeling her mouth when she spoke.2:13
When Helen was 20, she went to university where she began to write her first book, the Story of My Life.2:19
She graduated in 1904, becoming the first deafblind person to get a degree.2:26
Helen wrote a lot of books and essays, gave lectures around the world and worked hard to raise money for and improve the living conditions of the blind.2:33
All in all, Helen's life was an incredible inspiration.2:43
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