新概念英语4册第4课

Seeing hands

In the Soviet Union several cases have been reported recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls. One case concerns an 'eleven-year-old schoolgirl, Vera Petrova, who has normal vision but who can also perceive things with differenet parts of her skin, and through solid walls. This abilityw as first noticed by her father. One day she came into his office and happened to put her hans on the door of a locked safe. 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. Vera`s curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives, and in April she was given a series of tests by a special commission of the Ministry of Health of the Runssian Federal Republic. 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 fingures and colors printed on it; and , in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colors of a picture hidden under a carpet. Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders had a similar sensitivity. During all these tests Vera was blindfold; and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin. It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.

最近报道了在苏联一些人的事例，这些人可以通过他们的手指来感知颜色，甚至透视实心的门和墙。其中的一个例子涉及到一个十二岁的女学生： Vera Petrova, 她有正常的视力但她可以用皮肤的不同地方感知事物，并能穿透实心的墙壁。这个能力首先是被她的父亲发现的。有一天她走进他的办公室，手恰巧放在一个锁着的保险箱的门上。突然，她问她父亲为什么把那么多旧报纸放在里面，并且描述了它们捆绑的方式。她古怪的天赋受到位于她居住地Ulyanovsk镇附近一个研究所的注意。四月份她接收了一系列由苏联健康部门组成的特殊委员会的测试。在这些测试中，她可以透过不透明的屏幕阅读报纸。更奇怪的是，当她的肘部滑过孩子们的纸牌时，她能够描述印在上面的形状和颜色。另外，穿上长袜和妥协，用她的脚描述藏在地毯下的图画的轮廓和颜色。其他的实验表明她的膝盖和肩膀有相似的灵敏度。在这些实验中，Vera是被蒙住眼睛的。而且，除非被蒙住眼睛，否则她会失去使用皮肤感知事物的能力。另外还发现尽管她可以使用手指感知物品，当她的手是湿的时候这种能力会丧失。