A Man of Vision

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

The Accident In 1809, Louis Braille was born in a small town in the country of France.

1809年出事后,路易·盲文生于法国国内的一个小镇.

One day, at the age of three, Louis hurt himself.

一天,3岁时,路易自伤.

While playing in his father’s shoe workshop, he tried to make his own pair of shoes.

在他父亲的鞋作坊里玩的时候,他试图自己做一双鞋.

Louis picked up his father’s sharp awl and bent over.

Louis捡起他父亲的尖锐口角,

The awl went into Louis’s eye.

书写者进入了路易的眼睛。

His hurt eye became sick.

他受伤了的眼睛病了

Before long, the sickness spread to his second eye.

不久后,病情蔓延到他的第二眼.

And a short time later, Louis could not see.

不久后,路易看不见.

He was blind.

他当时是瞎子

Still, Louis went to school with children who could see.

尽管如此,路易还是和能看见的孩子一起上学.

But after two years, his parents took him out of school.

但两年后,他的父母将他带出学校.

They thought that there was nothing more for him to learn at school.

他们认为他在学校里没有更多的东西可以学习.

He could not read or write.

他不能读或写。

As with many other parents of blind children back then, Louis’s parents thought he would end up on the street.

和当时其他许多有失明孩子的父母一样,路易的父母认为他最终会走上街头.

So they moved Louis from his small town to the big city.

于是他们将路易从他的小镇搬到了大城市.

He was ten years old.

当时他才十岁.

School for the Blind Louis’s parents sent him to a school for blind boys in the city of Paris, France.

盲人学校路易的父母送他去法国巴黎市的一所盲人男孩学校.

It was one of the first schools for blind people in the world.

它是世界上最早的盲人学校之一.

Louis learned many skills at this school.

路易在这所学校学到了许多技能.

He learned how to weave branches together to make chairs.

他学会了如何编织树枝 一起做椅子。

He learned how to sew leather to make slippers.

他学会了缝皮来做拖鞋.

Louis also learned how to read.

路易还学会了读书.

He felt raised letters on a sheet of paper.

他觉得在一张纸上提起信件。

The paper was pressed against copper wires shaped like letters.

纸被按住铜线 形状像字母。

This made a raised letter on the paper.

这在报纸上写了一封信

Blind people could feel these letters.

盲人可以感觉到这些信。

But the letters were difficult to read.

但是这些信很难读取.

Too many letters felt the same.

太多字母也一样

Many letters had similar shapes.

许多字母的形状相似.

And the wire used to make these letters had to be shaped by people who could see.

而用来制作这些信件的钢丝必须被能看见的人所塑造.

It seemed there had to be a better way for blind people to read.

看来盲人应该有更好的阅读方法。

Night Writing Charles Barbier, a soldier, invented a form of night writing for France’s army.

法国军队的夜间写作形式。

Night writing gave soldiers a way to read in the dark.

夜写给士兵一种在黑暗中阅读的方法.

Soldiers often hid in the dark.

士兵们常常躲在黑暗中。

They did not want to use a light because they did not want to be found.

他们不想用一盏灯,因为他们不想被找到。

Night writing also allowed soldiers to send messages to one another without using light or making a noise.

夜间写作也允许士兵在不使用光线或发出噪音的情况下互相传递信息.

Night writing used twelve small raised dots to form each letter.

夜作用十二个起小点来形成每个字母.

But the army decided not to use it.

但军队决定不使用.

It was too hard for most soldiers to learn; so, in 1821, Charles took the system to Louis’s school.

对于大多数士兵来说学习太难了;所以在1821年,查尔斯把系统带到了路易的学校.

Louis believed a system of raised dots could be used to help blind people read.

路易相信一个起起点的系统可以用来帮助盲人阅读.

He had been trying to create a touch system of his own for reading and writing.

他一直试图为阅读和写作创造一个自己的触摸系统.

When he tried night writing, he knew it was the right one.

当他尝试了晚上写作, 他知道这是正确的。

But he also thought that it was too difficult.

但他也认为这太难了.

The night writing system did not allow fingertips to touch a whole letter.

夜间写作系统不允许指尖触碰一整封信.

The readers had to move their finger to feel the whole symbol.

读者不得不移动手指来感受整个符号.

Night writing also did not include periods, question marks, music signs, or numbers.

夜间写作也不包括时段,问号,音乐标志,或数字.

Louis asked Charles to change his system to make it easier.

路易要求查尔斯改变他的系统,以使之更容易.

But the soldier would not change it.

但士兵不会改变

Louis’s Own System Over a few years, Louis made a shorter, easier form of this touch system.

路易的自主系统 几年时间里,路易为这种触摸系统制造了更短更简单的形式.

He used six dots instead of twelve to form each letter.

他用六个点而不是十二来组成每个字母.

It allowed a person’s fingertip to feel the entire symbol without having to move.

它使一个人的指尖能够感觉到整个符号而不必移动.

This difference let blind people read much faster and easier.

这种区别让盲人阅读的速度快得多,容易得多.

At age 15, Louis shared this new system with his classmates and the school.

15岁时,路易与同班同学和学校分享了这个新制度.

Several years later, Louis added a similar dot code for music and math.

几年后,路易斯又为音乐和数学添加了类似的点码.

Today, we call this form of written language Braille.

今天,我们称之为这种书面语言盲文形式。

It is named after Louis Braille, who helped invent it.

它以路易·布莱克来命名,他帮助发明了它.

Today, blind people use a stylus and a slate to write braille.

今天,盲人用花样和花样来写盲文。

Dots are punched on the back of heavy paper with a stylus.

点被一拳打出重纸背上用打字机.

A slate is used to keep the dots spaced correctly.

一个板块用来使点间距正确.

Sentences are written from right to left.

判决从右到左写出.

Then this paper is flipped over, and the sentences are read left to right.

然后这张纸被翻了, 句子被读出左到右.

Braille can also be written using a Perkins Brailler, a typewriterlike machine.

盲文也可以使用Perkins盲文,打字机等机型来写作.

Braille gives blind people a way to both read and write.

盲文为盲人提供了读写两种方式.

A Loved Teacher Louis died in 1852.

1852年一位受人爱戴的路易斯老师去世.

However, before his death, Louis had become a teacher at the school he attended as a child.

然而,在他去世之前,路易还是从小就读于他所就读的学校的教师.

He was loved by his students.

他受到他的学生的喜爱.

His form of written communication lives on.

他的书信形式维持下去。

Even though Louis Braille became blind at a young age, he never gave up.

虽然路易·盲文在年幼时变得盲目,但他从未放弃过.

Instead, he overcame his obstacles, which made it possible for blind people to read.

相反地,他克服了自己的障碍,使得盲人能够阅读.