新概念英语第四册句子详解：第四课能看东西的手(下)

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　　4-6. Vera's curious talent was brought to thenotice of a scientific research institute in thetown of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives, and inApril she was given a series of tests by a specialcommission of the Ministry of Health of theRussian Federal Republic.

　　【译文】

　　维拉的特异功能引起了她家附近乌里扬诺夫斯克城某科研机构的注意。4月，俄罗斯联邦共和国卫生部的一个特别委员会对她进行了一系列测试。

　　【单词和短语】

　　bring something to the notice of someone 使某人注意某事

　　institute：机构，组织(an organization that has a particular purpose such as scientific oreducational work)。

　　4-7. During these tests she was able to read a newspaper through an opaque screenand, stranger still, by moving her elbow over a child's game of Lotto she was able todescribe the figures and colours printed on it; and, in another instance, wearingstockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colours of a picturehidden under a carpet.

　　【译文】

　　在这些测试中，她能隔着不透明的屏幕读报。更奇怪的是，她把肘部在儿童玩的“乐透”纸牌上移动便能说出印在纸牌的数字和颜色。还有一次，她穿着长筒袜子和拖鞋，能用脚识别出藏在地毯下面的一幅画的轮廓和颜色。

　　【讲解】

　　by moving…Lotto作方式状语，修饰was able to describe。printed on it是过去分词短语，修饰figures and colours，it指Lotto。wearing stockings and slippers作时间状语，修饰to makeout。wearing前省略了When she was。to make out…to前省略了she was able。the outlines andcolours…carpet作make out的宾语。hidden under a carpet作pictures的定语。

　　【单词和短语】

　　opaque：不透明的(be difficult to see through and often thick)，反义词为transparent。

　　make out：看出;辨认出;听出(to be just able to see or hear something)，

　　例如：

　　make out a figure in the darkness

　　在黑暗中辨认出一个人影

　　4-8. Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders had a similar sensitivity.

　　【译文】

　　其他实验表明她的双膝和双肩均有类似的感觉能力。

　　【单词和短语】

　　sensitivity的形容词形式为sensitive。

　　4-9. During all these tests Vera was blindfold; and, indeed, except when blindfold shelacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.