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改变我生活的女孩 作者：罗丝雷斯尼克，于1934年毕业于亨特学院，之后又获得了加州大学的硕士学位，现为三藩市盲人康乐协会的执行主任。 My childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, a ceaseless quest for expression, skill, and experience. School was only a background to the supreme delight of lessons in music, dance, and dramatics, and the thrill of sojourns in the country, theaters, concerts. 我在童年和少年时代激情四溢，无时无刻不追求展现自我、磨砺才艺和体味生活。学校里的音乐、舞蹈和戏剧课让我欢欣不已，而剧院和音乐会更让我身心为之震颤，乡间流连的时光也同样美妙。 And books, big Braille books that came with me on streetcars, to the table, and to bed. Then one night at a high school dance, a remark, not intended for my ears, stabbed my youthful bliss: That girl, what a pity she is blind. Blind! That ugly word that implied everything dark, blank, rigid, and helpless. Quickly I turned and called out, Please dont feel sorry for me, Im having lots of fun. But the fun was not to last. 还有我的书，那些厚重的盲文书籍无论在我乘车、用餐还是睡觉时都与我形影不离。然而，一天晚上，在高中的一次舞会上，一句我无意中听到的话霎那间将我年少的幸福击碎那女孩是个瞎子，真可惜!瞎子这个刺耳的字眼隐含着一个阴暗、漆黑、僵硬和无助的世界。我立刻转过身，大声喊道：请不要为我叹惜，我很快乐!但我的快乐自此不复存在。 | 
