新概念英语第四册第4课-Seeing hands.pdf

新概念英语第四册第4课:Seeinghands

Lesson4Seeinghands能看见东西的手

Firstlistenandanswerthefollowingquestion.

听录音，然后答复以下问题。

HowdidVeradiscovershehadthisgiftofsecondsight

SeveralcaseshavebeenreportedinRussiarecentlyofpeoplewho

candetectcolourswiththeirfingers,andevenseethroughsolidand

walls.Onecaseconcernsandeleven-year-oldschoolgirl,Vera

Petrova,whohasnormalvisionbutwhocanalsoperceivethingswith

differentpartsofherskin,andthroughsolidwalls.Thisability

wasfirstnoticedbyherfather.Onedayshecameintohisofficeand

happenedtoputherhandsonthedoorofalockedsafe.Suddenlyshe

askedherfatherwhyhekeptsomanyoldnewspaperslockedaway

there,andevendescribedthewaytheyweredoneupinbundles.

俄罗斯最近报导了几个事例，有人能用手指看书识字和识别颜色，甚至能透过

厚实的门和墙看到东西。其中有一例谈到有一个名叫维拉.彼托洛娃的11岁学

生。她的视力与常人一样，但她还能用皮肤的不同部位识别东西，甚至看穿坚

实的墙壁。是她父亲首先发现她这一功能的。一天，维拉走进父亲的办公室，

偶然把手放在一个锁着的保险柜的门上，她突然问父亲为什么把这么多的旧报

纸锁在柜子里，还说了报纸捆扎的情况。

Verascurioustalentwasbroughttothenoticeofascientific

researchinstituteinthetownofUlyanovsk,nearwhereshelives,

andinAprilshewasgivenaseriesoftestsbyaspecialcommission

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oftheMinistryofHealthoftheRussianFederalRepublic.During

thesetestsshewasabletoreadanewspaperthroughanopaquescreen

and,strangerstill,bymovingherelbowoverachildsgameofLotto

shewasabletodescribethefiguresandcoloursprintedonit;and,

inanotherinstance,wearingstockingsandslippers,tomakeoutwith

herfoottheoutlinesandcoloursofapicturehiddenunderacarpet.

Otherexperimentsshowedthatherkneesandshouldershadasimilar

sensitivity.DuringallthesetestsVerawasblindfold;and,indeed,

exceptwhenblindfoldshelackedtheabilitytoperceivethingswith

herskin.Itwasalsofoundthatalthoughshecouldperceivethings

withherfingersthisability