at eventful day， I stood on the porch， dumb， expectant.
那天下午，我一声不响， 怀着期待的心情站在门廊里。
13. Have you been at sea in a dense fog， when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in ，and the great ship， tense and anxious， groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line and you waited with beating heart for something to happen？
I was like that ship before my education began， only I was without compass or sounding-line， and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. “ light！ Give me light！” was the wordless cry of my soul， and the light of love shone on me in that very hour.
不知你是否有过这样的经历——在海上航行遇上了大雾，周围一片白，好像着实把你关在一个黑暗的地方，大船上的人又紧张又着急， 一面用铅锤探测深浅，一面向岸边慢慢驶去， 你的心也怦怦直跳，生怕出事。 我在开始受教育之前， 就像这样一条船， 只是没有罗盘， 没有测探绳， 也无法知道离海港有多远。 “光明！给我光明！” 这就是发自我内心深处的无言的呼唤， 也就在这时候， 爱心的光芒照到了我的身上。
14. Someone took it， and I was caught up and held close in the arms of her who had come to reveal all things to me， and， more than all things else， to love me.
有个人握住了我的手， 于是我被抱了起来， 紧紧地抈在了她的怀里。 正是她来到我的身边， 将一切展切在我面前， 更重要的是， 是她将爱带给了我。
15. monkey-like imitation.
猴子模仿似的
16. In the days that followed， I learned to spell in this uncomprehending way a great many words， among them pin， hat， cup and a few verbs like sit， stand and walk.
接下来的几天里， 我在根本不知自己在做什么样情况下，学会了拼好些单词， 比如PIN， HAT， CUP 及一些动词， 如SIT， STAND AND WALK.
17. That was because I saw everything with the strange， new sight that had come to me. On entering the door I remembered the doll I had broken. I felt my way to hearth and picked up the pieces， I tried vainly to put them together.
那是因为我正用一种刚刚获得的全新而奇特的视角来看待一切事物。 进屋时，我想起了被我弄坏的那个娃娃。 我摸索着来到壁炉前， 拾起那些碎片， 试图将它们拼接在一起， 却没办到。
