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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.
在隨后的幾天里，我用這種懵懂的方式學會了拼寫很多詞，其中有像“pin，bat，cup”這樣的名詞，還有一些像“sit，stand，walk”之類的動詞。
But my teacher had been with me several weeks before I understood that everything has a name.
事實上，我是在和老師待了好幾星期后，才知道每件東西都有一個名字。
One day, while I was playing with my new doll, Miss Sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled "d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand that "d-o-l-l" applied to both.
有一天，我正在和我的新布娃娃玩的時候，蘇立文小姐就把我的那個大破娃娃放在了我的膝蓋上，她教我拼寫“doll”，而且試圖使我明白，這兩個娃娃都叫“doll”。
Earlier in the day we had had a tussle over the words "m-u-g" and "w-a-t-e-r."
還有一次，我們在單詞“mug”和“water”之間爭得不可開交。
Miss Sullivan had tried to impress it upon me that "m-u-g" is mug and that "w-a-t-e-r" is water, but I persisted in confounding the two.
蘇立文小姐極力向我強調“水杯是水杯，水是水”，可是我固執地把兩樣東西混為一談。
In despair she had dropped the subject for the time, only to renew it at the first opportunity.
無奈之下，她不再同我爭辯，而是從頭開始教我。
I became impatient at her repeated attempts and, seizing the new doll, I dashed it upon the floor.
我對她翻來覆去的重復不勝厭煩，于是我一把抓過新娃娃，把它猛地摔在地上。
I was keenly delighted when I felt the fragments of the broken doll at my feet.
我感覺到了娃娃在我腳下四分五裂，只覺得心里十分痛快。
Neither sorrow nor regret followed my passionate outburst.
既不悲傷，也不愧疚，我的情緒就那樣爆發了，
I had not loved the doll.
我不再愛那個娃娃。
In the still, dark world in which I lived there was no strong sentiment or tenderness.
顯然，在我生活的寂靜、黑暗的世界里，是沒有強烈的柔情和關愛的。
