新概念英语第四册课文及翻译Lesson4.pdf

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新概念英语第四册课文及翻译Lesson4

Seeinghands

能观察东西的手

Firstlistenandanswerthefollowingquestion.

听录音,然后答复以下问题。

HowdidVeradiscovershehadthisgiftofsecondsight?

SeveralcaseshavebeenreportedinRussiarecentlyofpeople

whocanreadanddetectcolourswiththeirfingers,andevensee

throughsoliddoorsandwalls.Onecaseconcernsaneleven-year-old

schoolgirl,VeraPetrova,whohasnormalvisionbutwhocanalso

perceivethingswithdifferentpartsofherskin,andthroughsolid

walls.Thisabilitywasfirstnoticedbyherfather.Onedayshe

cameintohisofficeandhappenedtoputherhandsonthedoorof

alockedsafe.Suddenlysheaskedherfatherwhyhekeptsomany

oldnewspaperslockedawaythere,andevendescribedthewaythey

weredoneupinbundles.

Vera”scurioustalentwasbroughttothenoticeofascientific

researchinstituteinthetownofUlyanovsk,nearwhereshelives,

andinAprilshewasgivenaseriesoftestsbyaspecialcommission

oftheMinistryofHealthoftheRussianFederalRepublic.During

thesetestsshewasabletoreadanewspaperthroughanopaquescreen

and,strangerstill,bymovingherelbowoverachild”sgameof

Lottoshewasabletodescribethefiguresandcoloursprintedon

it;and,inanotherinstance,wearingstockingsandslippers,to

makeoutwithherfoottheoutlinesandcoloursofapicturehidden

underacarpet.Otherexperimentsshowedthatherkneesand

shouldershadasimilarsensitivity.DuringallthesetestsVera

wasblindfold;and,indeed,exceptwhenblindfoldshelackedthe

abilitytoperceivethingswithherskin.Itwasalsofoundthat

althoughshecouldperceivethingswithherfingersthisability

ceasedthemomentherhandswerewet.

Newwordsandexpressions

solid

adj.坚实的

safe

n.保险柜

Ulyanovsk

n.乌里扬诺

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