新东方新概念英语第四册课文讲解4-5

1.Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers,and even see through solid doors and walls.

俄罗斯最近报导了几个事例，有人能用手指看书识字和辨认颜色，甚至能透过厚实的门和墙看到东西。

2.One day she came into his office and happened to put her hands on the door of a locked safe.

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。

3.Suddenly she asked her father why he kept so many old newspapers locked away there, and even described the way they were done up in bundles.

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。

4.Vera's curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives.

维拉的特异功能引起了她家附近乌里扬诺夫斯克城一个科研单位的注意。

5.During these tests she was able to read a newspaper through an opaque screen and,stranger still, by moving her elbow over a child's game of Lotto she was able to describe the figures and colours printed on it;

在这些测试中，她能隔着不透明的屏幕读报纸。更为奇怪的是，她把肘部在儿童玩的“罗托”纸牌上移动一下，便能说出印在纸牌上的数字和颜色。

6.and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.

如果不蒙上双眼她的皮肤就不再具有识别物体的能力。