[组图]LOUIS BRAILLE

(1809——1852)

Complete the passage with proper verbs.

Louis Braille（1）  was  （be）the son of a French leather worker．He（2）_______（go）blind at the age of three when he（3）_______（fall）in his father's workroom．But Louis was very clever．He（4）_______（want）to be a musician，so he（5）_______（learn）to play the cello，and at the age of ten he（6）_______（win）a scholarship to the National Institute for Blind Children in Paris．He（7）_______（can）play the cello，but he（8）_______（can not）read or write．

In 1819 a French soldier，Charles Barbier，（9）_______（invent）“night writing”．He（10）_______（use）special dots on paper so that soldiers（11）_______（can）read at night．Louis Braille（12）_______（understand）the importance of this invention for blind people and when he was fifteen，he（13）_______（begin）to develop it．In 1829 he（14）_______（start）to use it at the Institute．

By 1932“Braille”was in use all over the world，but Louis（15）_______（die）in 1852 and he never（16）_______（know）of the importance of his invention．

（Keys：2．went 3．fell 4．wanted 5．learned／learnt 6．won 7．could 8．couldn't 9．invented 10．used 11．could 12．understood 13．began 14．started 15．died 16．knew）

Susan from New Headway English Course