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Chapter VI
第六章
I had now the key to all language, and I was eager to learn to use it.
如今，我已经掌握了学习所有语言的关键，而且我渴望学以致用。
Children who hear acquire language without any particular effort;
对那些正常的孩子而言，他们学习语言并不需要特别的努力，
and the words that fall from others' lips they catch on the wing, as it were, delightedly,
就能够领会从别人唇间吐出的词汇，这是一个令人欣喜的过程。
while the little deaf child must trap them by a slow and often painful process.
而对于一个聋哑小孩而言，掌握语言必须要经过一番缓慢而痛苦的学习过程。
But whatever the process, the result is wonderful.
但无论是哪一种过程，其结果都会令人无比愉悦。
Gradually from naming an object we advance step by step
渐渐地，我们从说出一种物体的名字，一步步发展到在更广阔的疆域里自由驰骋——
until we have traversed the vast distance between our first stammered syllable and the sweep of thought in a line of Shakespeare.
从第一次发出结结巴巴的音节，到在莎士比亚的诗行间沉思，我们穿越了遥远的征途。
At first, when my teacher told me about a new thing I asked very few questions.
起初，当我的老师讲解一件新事物时，我几乎问不出什么问题。
My ideas were vague, and my vocabulary was inadequate;
我的意识是模糊的，我的词汇也是贫乏的，
but as my knowledge of things grew, and I learned more and more words, my field of inquiry broadened,
但是随着接触事物的增加，我学会的词汇也越来越多。我问询的范围变宽广了，
and I would return again and again to the same subject, eager for further information.
我一次又一次地周旋于同一个主题，我渴望深入了解事物的方方面面。
Sometimes a new word revived an image that some earlier experience had engraved on my brain.
有时候，一个新词会勾起我对早期经历的一些记忆。
I remember the morning that I first asked the meaning of the word, "love."
我记得有一天早上，我第一次询问“爱”这个词的含义，
This was before I knew many words.
这是我早就知道的一个词。
I had found a few early violets in the garden and brought them to my teacher.
当时，我在花园里发现了几株刚刚开放的紫罗兰，于是我把花朵带给了我的老师。
She tried to kiss me: but at that time I did not like to have any one kiss me except my mother.
老师试图吻我，但是在那个时候，除了母亲，我不喜欢被任何人亲吻。
