精听建议：

先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

（参考文本，欢迎指出错误^^）

Lesson54 Helen Keller

Helen Keller was born in Alabama in 1 . When she was twenty months old, she got an illness. After her illness Helen became deaf and blind. Her parents did not know what to do.
When Helen was seven years old, her parents got her a special teacher. Her name was Miss Anne Sullivan. Miss Sullivan worked with Helen all day. She took Helen's hand and spelled a word in her hand. Helen soon learned to say what she wanted 2 .
In 1900 Helen entered Radcliffe College. Miss Sullivan sat next to Helen in class. She spelled all the words into Helen's hand. Miss Sullivan also read to Helen all the time. At that time there were only a few books for the blind. These were Braille books. They had a special alphabet made with dots that blind people could read with their 3 . Helen graduated from Radcliffe with honours.
Helen wrote several books. The most famous ones are The Story of My Life and Midstream: My Later Life. She also wrote magazine articles and spoke all over the country. 4 . Miss Sullivan repeated what Helen said. Helen spoke about the deaf and blind. People everywhere became interested. Helen became a symbol of new hope for the 5 .

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