Helen Keller, 1880-1968: She Became the Most Famous

Disabled Person in the World

Although deaf and blind, Helen Keller graduated from college. She wrote about her life and became
an activist for the disabled. Second of two parts. Transcript of radio broadcast:
14 November 2009

VOICE ONE:

I'm Ray Freeman.

VOICE TWO:

And I'm Shirley Griffith with PEOPLE IN AMERICA - a program in Special English by the Voice of
America. Every week we tell about someone who was important in the history of the United States.

This week we finish the story of a writer and educator, Helen Keller. She helped millions of people who, like
her, were blind and deaf.

VOICE ONE:

We reported last week that Helen Keller suffered from a strange

sickness when she was only nineteen months old. It made her
completely blind and deaf. For the next five years she had no way of
successfully communicating with other people.

‫ُفتَ پیؼ گفتین صهبًی کَ ُلي ًْصدٍ هبٍ داؽت هجتال ثَ یک ثیوبسی ػدیت ؽذ کَ ثبػث‬
‫ تب عي ؽؼ عبلگی اّ ُیچ‬.‫ؽذ اّ ثطْس کبهل ثیٌبیی ّ ؽٌْایی اػ سا اص دعت ثذُذ‬
.‫استجبط هْفمیت آهیضی ثب دیگشاى ًذاؽت‬

Then, a teacher -- Anne Sullivan -- arrived from Boston to help her.

Miss Sullivan herself had once been blind. She tried to teach Helen to
live like other people. She taught her how to use her hands as a way
of speaking.
Helen Keller
‫ خبًن عبلیْاى یکجبس‬. ‫عپظ هؼلوی اص ثْعتْى _ آًَ عبلیْاى _ ثشای کوک ثَ اّ آهذ‬
َ‫ اّ ثَ ُلي یبد داد ک‬.‫ اّ تالػ کشد تب ثَ ُلي ثیبهْصد تب هبًٌذ دیگشاى صًذگی کٌذ‬.‫خْدػ کْس ؽذٍ ثْد اهب ثیٌبیی اػ سا ثَ دعت آّسدٍ ثْد‬
.‫چطْس اص دعتبًؼ ثشای صسجت کشدى اعتفبدٍ کٌذ‬

Miss Sullivan took Helen out into the woods to explore nature. They also went to the circus, the theater, and
even to factories. Miss Sullivan explained everything in the language she and Helen used -- a language of
touch -- of fingers and hands. Helen also learned how to ride a horse, to swim, to row a boat and, even to climb
trees.

َ‫ خبًن عبلیْاى ُو‬.‫ تبتش ّ زتی کبسخبًدبت هی سفتٌذ‬،‫ آًِب ُویٌطْس ثَ عیشک‬.‫خبًن عبلیْاى ُلي سا ثشای ثبصدیذ اص طجیؼت ثَ خٌگل هی ثشد‬
‫لبیك ساًی ّ زتی‬،‫ؽٌب‬،‫ ُلي ُوچٌیي اعت عْاسی‬.‫چیض سا ثب صثبى ثیي خْدؽبى _ صثبى لوظ_ ثب اعتفبدٍ اص اًگؾت ُب ّ دعتِب تْضیر هی داد‬
.‫ثبال سفتي اص دسخت سا آهْخت‬

Helen Keller once wrote about these early days.

 :‫ُلي کلش یکجبس دسثبسٍ ایي سّصُبی ًخغتیي ًْؽت‬

VOICE TWO:

"One beautiful spring morning I was alone in my room, reading. Suddenly, a wonderful smell in the air made
me get up and put out my hands. The spirit of spring seemed to be passing in my room. ‘What is it?’ I asked.
The next minute I knew it was coming from the mimosa tree outside.

َ‫ اًگبس ک‬.‫ ًبگِبى ثْی ػدیتی دس ُْا هشا اص خب ثلٌذ کشد ّ اص خْد ثی خْد کشد‬.‫"یک صجر صیجبی ثِبسی دس اطبلن تًِب هؾغْل هطبلؼَ ثْدم‬
.‫ لسظَ ای ثؼذ فِویذم کَ آى ثْ اص گلِبی دسخت هیوْصا هی آیذ‬. "‫ اص خْد پشعیذم " ایي چیغت؟‬.‫سّذ ثِبس دس زبل گزس اص اطبلن ثْد‬

I walked outside to the edge of the garden, toward the tree. There it was, shaking in the warm sunshine. Its
long branches, so heavy with flowers, almost touched the ground. I walked through the flowers to the tree
itself and then just stood silent. Then I put my foot on the tree and pulled myself up into it. I climbed higher
and higher until I reached a little seat. Long ago someone had put it there. I sat for a long time. . . Nothing in
all the world was like this.” "

‫ ؽبخَ ُبی ثلٌذػ آًمذس اص گلِب‬.‫ لشصاى اص ًغین دس صیش تبثؼ گشم آفتبة‬،‫ دسعت آًدب ثْد‬.‫دس زْالی ثبغچَ ثَ عوت دسخت‬، ‫"ثَ ثیشّى سفتن‬
‫ عپظ‬.‫ هي دس ثیي گلِب ثَ عوت خْد دسخت زشکت کشدم ّ لسظَ ای آًدب عبکت ایغتبدم‬.‫عٌگیي ؽذٍ ثْد کَ تمشیجب ثب صهیي ثشخْسد هیکشدًذ‬
‫ هذتِب پیؼ‬.‫ ُویٌطْس ثبال ّ ثبالتش سفتن تب ایٌکَ خبی کْچکی ثشای ًؾغتي پیذا کشدم‬.‫پبین سا ثش سّی تٌَ دسخت گزاؽتَ ّ خْد سا ثبال کؾیذم‬
" .‫ُیچ چیض دس دًیب ثَ هبًٌذ آى ًجْد‬... ‫ ثشای هذتی ًؾغتن‬.‫کغی آى سا آًدب گزاؽتَ ثْد‬

VOICE ONE:

Later, Helen learned that nature could be cruel as well as beautiful. Strangely enough she discovered this in a
different kind of tree.

َ‫ ػدیت کَ اّ ایي هغئلَ سا ثش ثبالی یک دسخت دیگش تحسث‬.‫ثؼذُب ُلي آهْخت کَ طجیؼت ثَ ُوبى هیضاى کَ صیجبعت هی تْاًذ خؾي ُن ثبؽذ‬
.‫کشد‬

VOICE TWO:

"One day my teacher and I were returning from a long walk. It was a fine morning. But it started to get warm
and heavy. We stopped to rest two or three times. Our last stop was under a cherry tree a short way from the
house.

َ‫ هب دّ یب ع‬.‫ صجر خْثی ثْد؛ اهب ُویٌطْس ُْا گشم ّ عٌگیي هی ؽذ‬.‫" یک سّص هي ّ هؼلون داؽتین اص یک پیبدٍ سّی طْالًی ثش هی گؾتین‬
. ‫ آخشیي تْلفوبى دس صیش یک دسخت گیالط ثْد؛دس هغیش هیبًجشی ثَ عوت هٌضل‬.‫ثبس ثشای اعتشازت تْلف کشدین‬

The shade was nice and the tree was easy to climb. Miss Sullivan climbed with me. It was so cool up in the
tree we decided to have lunch there. I promised to sit still until she went to the house for some food. Suddenly
a change came over the tree. 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.

‫ آى ثبال خیلی خٌک ثْد ثَ طْسی کَ تصوین‬.‫ خبًن عبلیْاى ًیض ُوشاٍ هي ثبال آهذ‬.‫دسخت عبیَ خْثی داؽت ّ ثبال سفتي اص آى سازت ثْد‬
‫ ًبگِبى یک تغییشی دس دسخت‬.‫ هي لْل دادم کَ ُوبًدب ةًؾیٌن تب اّ ثشّد ّ اص خبًَ یک همذاس غزا ثیبّسد‬.‫گشفتین تب ًبُبس سا ُوبى ثبال ثخْسین‬
‫ ثْی ػدیجی اص‬.‫ هی داًغتن آعوبى عیبٍ اعت ؛ چشا کَ توبم ُْای گشم _ کَ ةسای هي هؼٌی سّؽٌبیی هی داد_ اص ُْا سفتَ ثْد‬.‫ثْخْد آهذ‬
.‫ هی داًغتن ثْی چیغت_ ثْیی ثْد کَ ُویؾَ لجل اص سػذ ّ ثشق هی آهذ‬.‫صهیي ثَ هؾبهن هی سعیذ‬
I felt alone, cut off from friends, high above the firm earth. I was frightened, and wanted my teacher. I wanted
to get down from that tree quickly. But I was no help to myself. There was a moment of terrible silence.

Then a sudden and violent wind began to shake the tree and its leaves kept coming down all around me. I
almost fell. I wanted to jump, but was afraid to do so. I tried to make myself small in the tree, as the branches
rubbed against me. Just as I thought that both the tree and I were going to fall, a hand touched me. . . It was my
teacher. I held her with all my strength then shook with joy to feel the solid earth under my feet. "

‫ هی خْاعتن خیلی صّد اص آى‬.‫ تشعیذٍ ثْدم ّ هؼلون سا هی خْاعتن‬.‫ دّس اص دّعتبى خبیی دس ّسای صهیي عخت‬،‫ازغبط تٌِبیی هی کشدم‬
‫سعٌبک ثش فضب زبکن ؽذ؛عپظ ثبد ؽذیذ ّ ًبگِبًی ؽشّع‬ ‫ ثشای لسظَ ای عکْتی ت‬. ‫دسخت پبییي آین ؛ّلی ُیچ کبسی ًوی تْاًغتن اًدبم دُن‬
‫ هی خْاعتن اص آى ثبال ثپشم ّلی‬.‫ تمشیجب اص سّ ؽبخَ افتبدم‬.‫کشد ثَ تکبى دادى دسخت ثَ طْسیکَ ثشگِبی دسخت ُوَ خب دس اطشافن هیسختٌذ‬
‫ دس لرظَ ای کَ ازغبط‬.‫ عؼی هی کشدم خْدم سا هثل ؽبخَ ُبی کْچکی کَ ثش سّی ثذًن کؾیذٍ هی ؽذ ثش سّی دسخت ًگَ داسم‬.‫هی تشعیذم‬
‫ًگ داؽتَ ثْدم ّ اص‬
ٍ ‫ هي دعتبى اّ سا ثب توبم لذست‬.‫اّ هؼلون ثْد‬...‫کشدم کَ ُن دسخت ّ ُن خْدم دس زبل عمْط کشدى ُغتین دعتی هشا گشفت‬
" .‫ایٌکَ صهیي عخت سا دس صیش پبُبین ازغبط هی کشدم اص ؽْق هی لشصیذم‬

(MUSIC)

VOICE ONE:

Miss Sullivan stayed with Helen for many years. She taught Helen how to read, how to write and how to
speak. She helped her to get ready for school and college. More than anything, Helen wanted to do what others
did, and do it just as well.

‫ اّ ثَ ُلي کوک کشد اتثشای هذسعَ ّ داًؾگبٍ خْد‬.‫ ًْؽتي ّ صسجت کشدى آهْخت‬، ‫ اّ ثَ ُلي خْاًذى‬.‫خبًن عبلیْاى عبلِب دس کٌبس ُلي هبًذ‬
.‫ ثیؼ اص ُشچیض ُلي دّعت داؽت کبسُبیی سا اًدبم دُذ کَ دیگشاى اًدبم هی دادًذ ؛ آًِن دسعت ثَ ُوبى صْست‬.‫سا آهبدٍ کٌذ‬

In time, Helen did go to college and completed her studies with high honors. But it was a hard struggle. Few of
the books she needed were written in the Braille language that the blind could read by touching pages. Miss
Sullivan and others had to teach her what was in these books by forming words in her hands.

‫ تٌِب تؼذاد کوی اص کتبثِبیی کَ اّ ًیبص‬.‫ اهب پیکبس عختی ثْد‬.‫ثَ صّدی ُلي ثَ داًؾگبٍ ساٍ یبفت ّ تسصیالتؼ سا ثب ثبالتشیي افتخبس تکویل کشد‬
‫) خبًن عبلیْاى ّ دیگشاى هدجْس ثْدًذ تب هطبلت کتبة‬.‫(صثبًی کَ افشاد ًبثیٌب ثب لوظ کبغزُب هی خْاًٌذ‬.‫داؽت ثَ صثبى ثشیل ًْؽتَ ؽذٍ ثْدًذ‬
.‫سا ثب عبخت کلوبت دس دعتبًؼ ثَ اّ ثیبهْصًذ‬

The study of geometry and physics was especially difficult. Helen could only learn about squares, triangles,
and other geometrical forms by making them with wires. She kept feeling the different shapes of these wires
until she could see them in her mind.

‫ هثلثبت ّ دیگش اؽکبل ُيدعی سا ثب عین دسعت هی کشد هی‬،‫ ُلي تٌِب صهبًیکَ هشثغ‬.‫خصْصب خْاًذى ٌُذعَ ّ فیضیک ثغیبس دؽْاس ثْد‬
. ‫ اّ اؽکبل هختلف عیوِب سا آًمذس لوظ هیکشد تب ایيکَ هی تْاًغت آًِب سا دس رٌُؼ ثجیٌذ‬. ‫تْاًغت آًِب سا دسک کٌذ‬

During her second year at college, Miss Keller wrote the story of her life and what college meant to her. This is
what she wrote.

:‫ ایي چیضی اعت کَ اّ ًگبؽت‬.‫دس طْل عبل دّم داًؾگبٍ خبًن کلش داعتبى صًذگی اػ ّ ایٌکَ داًؾگبٍ ثشای اّ چَ هؼٌی داسد سا ًْؽت‬

VOICE TWO:
 "My first day at Radcliffe College was of great interest. Some powerful
force inside me made me test my mind. I wanted to learn if it was as
good as that of others.

‫ یک ًیشّی لْی دس دسًّن‬. ‫ػالق ثْد‬

ٍ ّ ‫سّص اّلن دس داًؾگبٍ سادکالیف عشؽبس اص ؽْس‬
‫ هی خْاعتن ثجیٌن کَ آیب رُي هي ثَ خْثی دیگشاى‬.‫هشا ّاداس هی کشد تب رٌُن سا آصهبیؼ کٌن‬
.ًَ ‫اعت یب‬

I learned many things at college. One thing, I slowly learned was that
knowledge does not just mean power, as some people say. Knowledge
leads to happiness, because to have it is to know what is true and real.

‫ یک چیضی کَ ثَ آساهی یبد گشفتن ایي ثْد کَ داًؼ تٌِب‬.‫چیضُبی صیبدی دس داًؾگبٍ آهْختن‬
َ‫ داًؼ اًغبى سا ثَ ؽبدی ُذایت هی کٌذ چشاکَ داؽتيػ داًغتي ایي هطلت اعت کَ چ‬.‫ثَ هؼٌی "تْاًبیی " ًیغت؛ آًچٌبى کَ ػذٍ ای هی گْیٌذ‬
.‫چیض دسعت ّ ّالؼی اعت‬

To know what great men of the past have thought, said and done is to feel the heartbeat of humanity down
through the ages."

.‫ چَ گفتَ اًذ ّ چَ اًدبم دادٍ اًذؽٌیذى صذای للت اًغبًیت دس طْل ػصشُبعت‬، ‫داًغتي ایٌکَ اًغبًِبی ثضسگ گزؽتَ چَ پٌذاؽتَ اًذ‬

VOICE ONE:

All of Helen Keller's knowledge reached her mind through her sense of touch and smell, and of course her
feelings.

.‫ ثْیبیی ّ الجتَ ازغبعبتؼ ثَ رٌُؼ ساٍ پیذا کشدًذ‬، ‫توبم داًؼ ُلي کلش اص طشیك لوظ‬

To know a flower was to touch it, feel it, and smell it. This sense of touch became greatly developed as she got
older.

‫ ایي زظ لوظ کشدى ُوچٌبى کَ پیشتش هی ؽذ کبهل تش ّ پیؾشفتَ تش‬.‫ ازغبط کشدى آى ّ الجتَ ثْییذى آى ثْد‬،‫ساٍ دسک یک گل لوظ کشدى آى‬
.‫هی ؽذ‬

She once said that hands speak almost as loudly as words.

.‫اّ هی گفت کَ دعتِب تمشیجب ثَ ثلٌذی صذای لغبت صسجت هی کٌٌذ‬

She said the touch of some hands frightened her. The people seem so empty of joy that when she touched their
cold fingers it is as if she were shaking hands with a storm.

‫ صهبًی کَ اّ اًگؾتبى عشد افشاد سا لوظ هی کشد آًِب ثَ ظبُش‬.‫اّ هی گفت کَ لوظ ثؼضی اص دعتِب ثبػث هی ؽْد کَ اّ ازغبط ّزؾت کٌذ‬
.‫ گْیی کَ اّ دس زبل دعت دادى ثب طْفبى ثْد‬، ‫خبلی اص ؽبدی ثَ ًظش هی سعیذًذ‬

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

.‫اّ دعتبى دیگشاى سا عشؽبس اص گشهی ّ ًؾبط ازغبط هی کشد‬

Strangely enough, Helen Keller learned to love things she could not hear, music for example. She did this
through her sense of touch.
 ‫ اّ ایي ازغبط سا اص‬.‫ ثَ ػٌْاى هثبل هْعیمی‬.‫دس کوبل تؼدت ُلي کلش یبد گشفت تب چیضُبیی سا کَ ًوی تْاًذ ثؾٌْد سا دّعت داؽتَ ثبؽذ‬
.‫طشیك زظ الهغَ ثَ دعت هی آّسد‬

When waves of air beat against her, she felt them. Sometimes she put her hand to a singer's throat. She often
stood for hours with her hands on a piano while it was played. Once, she listened to an organ. Its powerful
sounds made her move her body in rhythm with the music.

ّ‫ ا‬.‫ گبُی اّلبت اّ دعتبًؼ سا ثش سّی گلْی خْاًٌذٍ هی گزاؽت‬.‫صهبًیکَ اهْاج آٌُگ ثب اّ ثشخْسد هی کشدًذ اّ آًِب سا ازغبط هی کشد‬
‫ یکجبس ّلتی ثَ ًْای اسغٌْى گْػ هیذاد ؛صذای لذستوٌذ عبص اّ سا‬.‫اغلت عبػتِب ثب دعتبًؼ دس کٌبس پیبًْ دسزبلیکَ ًْاختَ هی ؽذ هی ایغتبد‬
.‫ّاداس کشد تب ثذًؼ سا ثَ صْست هْصّى ثب آٌُگ تکبى دُذ‬

She also liked to go to museums.

.‫اّ ُوچًیي ػاللَ داؽت تب اص هْصٍ ُب دیذى کٌذ‬

She thought she understood sculpture as well as others. Her fingers told her the true size, and the feel of the
material.

.‫ اًگؾتبًؼ ثَ اّ اثؼبد ّالؼی ّ ًْع هْاد سا هی گفتٌذ‬.‫اّ ثش ایي ثبّس ثْد کَ هی تْاًذ هدغوَ سا دسعت ثَ هبًٌذ دیگشاى ثفِوذ‬

What did Helen Keller think of herself? What did she think about the tragic loss of her sight and hearing?This
is what she wrote as a young girl:

َ‫ُلي کلش خْد سا چگًَْ هی دیذ؟ اّ دسثبسٍ زظ دسدًبک اص دعت دادى ثیٌبیی ّ ؽٌْایی چگًَْ فکش هیکشد؟ ایي آًچیضی اعت کَ صهبًی ک‬
"‫دختشی خْاى ثْد ًْؽت‬

VOICE TWO:

"Sometimes a sense of loneliness covers me like a cold mist -- I sit alone and wait at life's shut door. Beyond,
there is light and music and sweet friendship, but I may not enter. Silence sits heavy upon my soul.

‫ دس آًغْی آى‬.‫ ثَ تٌِبیی دس اًتظبس دسة ثغتَ صًذگی هی ًؾیٌن‬.‫گبُی اّلبت زظ تٌِبیی ثَ هبًٌذ غجبسی عشد توبم ّخْدم سا دس ثش هی گیشد‬
.‫ عکْت ثَ عٌگیٌی ثش ّسای سّزن هی ًؾیٌذ‬.‫سّؽٌبیی ّ هْعیمی ّ دّعتی ُبی ؽیشیي اعت اهب هي ًوی تْاًن ّاسد آى ؽْم‬

Then comes hope with a sweet smile and says softly, 'There is joy in forgetting one's self.’ And so I try to
make the light in others' eyes my sun. . . The music in others' ears my symphony. . . The smile on others' lips
my happiness."

‫عپظ اهیذ ثبخٌذٍ ای ؽیشیي ثش لت هی آیذ ّ ثَ آساهی هیگْیذ" دس فشاهْػ کشدى خْد لزتی اعت"؛ ّ ثٌبثشایي هي عؼی هی کٌن تب سّؽٌبیی‬
.‫خْسؽیذم سا دس ًگبٍ دیگشاى ؛ هْعیمی عوفًْی ام سا ثب گْػ دیگشاى ّ خٌذٍ ؽبدی ام ثشلجبى دیگشاى دسیبثن‬

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VOICE ONE:

Helen Keller was tall and strong. When she spoke, her face looked very alive. It helped give meaning to her
words. She often felt the faces of close friends when she was talking to them to discover their feelings. She and
Miss Sullivan both were known for their sense of humor. They enjoyed jokes and laughing at funny things that
happened to themselves or others.
 ‫ صهبًیکَ زشف هی صد چِشٍ اػ عشؽبس اص زیبت ثَ ًظش هی سعیذ؛ ایي کوکؼ هی کشد تب ثَ لغبتؼ‬.‫ُلي کلش لْی ثْد ّ لذ ثلٌذی داؽت‬
‫ اّ ّ خبًن عبلیْاى‬.‫ اّ اغلت چُشٍ دّعتبى ًضدیکؼ سا صهبًی کَ ثب آًِب صسجت هی کشد تب ازغبعؾبى سا دسک کٌذ زظ هی کشد‬.‫هؼٌی ثخؾذ‬
‫ آًِب اص خکِب لزت هی ثشدًذ ّ ثش چیضُبی خٌذٍ داسی کَ ثشای آًِب یب دیگشاى اتفبق هی افتبد‬.‫ُش دّ ثَ خبطش ثزلَ گْ ثْدًؾبى هؼشّف ثْدًذ‬
.‫هی خٌذیذًذ‬

Helen Keller had to work hard to support herself after she finished college. She spoke to many groups around
the country. She wrote several books. And she made one movie based on her life. Her main goal was to
increase public interest in the difficulties of people with physical problems.

.‫ اّ ثب گشٍّ ُبی صیبدی دس عشاعش کؾْس صسجت کشد‬. ‫ُلي کلش ثؼذ اص اتوبم داًؾگبُؼ ثشای زوبیت خْدػ هدجْس ثْد ثَ عختی کبس کٌذ‬
‫ ُذف اصلی اّ استمب هٌبفغ ػوْهی دس خِت گشفتبسی ُبی افشادی ثْد کَ اص‬.‫کتبثِبی صیبدی ًْؽت ّ فیلوی ثش اعبط صًذگی اػ عبخت‬
.‫هؾکالت فیضیکی سًح هی ثشدًذ‬

The work Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan did has been written and talked about for many years. Their success
showed how people can conquer great difficulties.

‫ هْفمیت آًِب ًؾبى داد چطْس افشاد هی تْاًٌذ ثش‬.‫عبلیبى صیبدی اعت کَ اص کبسی کَ ُلي کلش ّ خبًن عبلیْاى اًدبم دادًذ عخي گفتَ ّ ًْؽتَ اًذ‬
.‫هؾکالت ثضسگؾبى غلجَ کٌٌذ‬

Anne Sullivan died in nineteen thirty-six, blind herself. Before Miss Sullivan died, Helen wrote and said many
kind things about her.

.‫ لجل اص فْت اّ ُلي چیضُبی ثغیبس خْثی دسثبسٍ اّ گفت ّ ًْؽت‬.‫ فْت کشد‬،‫دسزبلی کَ خْدػ ُن کْس ثْد‬، 1936 ‫آى عبلیْاى دس عبل‬

VOICE TWO:

"It was the genius of my teacher, her sympathy, her love which made my first years of education so beautiful.

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.
Everything I am today was awakened by her loving touch."

‫ هؼلن هي آًچٌبى ثَ هي ًضدیک‬.‫ ّ ػؾمی کَ اّلیي عبلِبی آهْصػ هشا ثغیبس صیجب کشد ُوَ ًبؽی اص ُْػ عشؽبس هؼلن هي ثْد‬،‫"دلغْصی‬
ًَ‫ثْعیل لوظ ُبی ػبؽفب‬
ٍ ‫ ُشآًچَ کَ هي اهشّص ُغتن‬.‫ ثِتشیي ُبی هي هتؼلك ثَ اّعت‬.‫اعت کَ ُشگض خْدم سا خذای اص اّ اذعبط ًوی کٌن‬
" .‫اّ دس هي ثیذاس ؽذًذ‬

VOICE ONE:

Helen Keller died on June first, nineteen sixty-eight. She was eighty-seven years old. Her message of courage
and hope remains.

.‫ پیام " شجاعت و امید " او همچنان باقی است‬.‫ اّ ُؾتبد ّ ُفت عبلَ ثْد‬.‫ داس فبًی سا ّداع گفت‬1968 ‫ٍ لي کلش دس اّل ژّى‬

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VOICE TWO:

You have just heard the last part of the story of Helen Keller. Our Special English program was written by
Katherine Clarke and produced by Lawan Davis. I'm Shirley Griffith.

VOICE ONE:
 Reference: the website of VOA Special English: www.voaspecialenglish.com

Translated by: Mohammad Reza Minoosepehr

You can find the first part of Helen Keller’s life with its audio and transcript file on
my blog. For further details and more interesting programs visit my blog on
http://www.englishway.persianblog.ir