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新概念英语第四册：Non-auditory effects of noise

2014-05-20 19:03:00来源：网络

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　　Non-auditory effects of noise

　　噪音的非听觉效应

　　Many people in industry and the Services, who have practical experience of noise, regard any investigation of this question as a waste of time; they are not prepared even to admit the possibility that noise affects people. On the other hand, those who dislike noise will sometimes use most inadequate evidence to support their pleas for a quieter society. This is a pity, because noise abatement really is a good cause. and it is likely to be discredited if it gets to be associated with bad science. One allegation often made is that noise produces mental illness. A recent article in a weekly newspaper, for instance, was headed with a striking illustration of a lady in a state of considerable distress, with the caption 'She was yet another victim, reduced to a screaming wreck '. On turning eagerly to the text, one learns that the lady was a typist who found the sound of office typewriters worried her more and more until eventually she had to go into a mental hospital. Now the snag in this sort of anecdote is of course that one cannot distinguish cause and effect. Was the noise a cause of the illness, or were the complaints about noise merely a symptom? Another patient might equally well complain that her neighbours were combining to slander her and persecute her, and yet one might be cautious about believing this statement.

　　在工业部门工作和在军队中服役的许多人对噪声音有切身的体会，他们认为对这个问题进行调查中浪费时间，甚至不愿承认噪音可能对人有影响。另一方面，那些讨厌噪音的人有时会用不充分的证据来支持他们希望有一个较为安静的社会环境的要求。要求减少噪音是件好事，但是如果与拙劣的科学掺杂在一起的话，就不会被人们所信任，这是很遗憾的。

　　New words and expressions 生词与短语

　　auditory

　　adj. 听觉的

　　inadequate

　　adj. 不适当的

　　plea

　　n. 要求

　　abatement

　　n. 减少

　　discredit

　　v. 怀疑

　　allegation

　　n. 断言

　　caption

　　n. 插图说明

　　wreck

　　n. 残废人

　　snag

　　n. 疑难之处，障碍

　　anecdote

　　n. 轶闻

　　slander

　　v. 诽谤

　　persecute

　　v. 迫害

　　squadron

　　n. 中队

　　psychiatric

　　adj. 精神病学的

　　diagnosis

　　n. 诊所

　　orphanage

　　n. 孤儿院

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