案例分析题

Would you believe that the firstoutstanding deaf teacher in America was Laurent Clerc，a Frenchman？At 12，he 36the Royal Institutionfor the Deaf in Pads where he became a top student．After 37，the school asked him to stay on as a 38．Meanwhile．an American named Thomas Gallaudet wasstudying to be a minister（牧师）39he met a young girl whowas deaf．He was disappointed to learn that there weren040for the deaf in America．41，in 1815Gallaudet sailedto London to 42information on deaf education．However．he was 43to get help and becamefrustrated（灰心的）．Fortunately he meta.French educator wh044him to go to Pads to spend three months 45atthe school where Clerc was working．The school askedClerc to teach 46sign language．As aresult，the two men 47each other．When the time came for Gallaudet t048America，he asked Clerc to come with him．The twomen 49in June l816．The voyage 50the Atlantic（大西洋）tookdays．They put the time to productive use，51for the new school for the deaf 52they wanted to open．Such a school was 53thefollowing year in Connecticut．At the school，Clerc led a busy life．Although he wanted to return to France，he 54did．He died onJuly l8，1869，still in America．France’s 55was America’s gain !

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