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# 04 · 能看见东西的手

### 第1段

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. One case concerns an eleven-year-old schoolgirl, Vera Petrova, who has normal vision but who can also perceive things with different parts of her skin, and through solid walls. This ability was first noticed by her father. One day she came into his office and happened to put her hands 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 Russian 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 figures and colours printed on it; and, in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colours 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.

中文理解：俄罗斯近来有几则报道，说有些人能用手指阅读、辨认颜色，甚至能看穿实心的门和墙。其中一例是一名十一岁的女学生维拉·彼托洛娃。她视力正常，据报道却也能用皮肤的不同部位感知物体，甚至能透过实心墙壁“看”到东西。最先注意到这种能力的是她的父亲。有一天，她走进父亲的办公室，碰巧把手放在一个锁着的保险柜门上。她突然问父亲，为什么要把那么多旧报纸锁在里面，甚至还描述了报纸是怎样捆成一束束的。
维拉这种奇特的本领引起了她家附近乌里扬诺夫斯克市一家科研机构的注意。四月，俄罗斯联邦共和国卫生部的一个特别委员会对她做了一系列测试。据这段记载，她能隔着不透明的屏障读报纸；更奇怪的是，把手肘移过儿童玩的乐透游戏板时，她能说出上面印的图形和颜色。另一次，她穿着长筒袜和拖鞋，用脚辨认出藏在地毯下的一幅画的轮廓和颜色。其他实验还显示，她的膝盖和肩部也有类似的感知能力。所有测试中，维拉都蒙着眼睛；事实上，不蒙眼时，她反而不能用皮肤感知物体。测试者还发现，她虽然能用手指感知东西，但手一沾湿，这种能力就消失了。

* **have been reported**：已有报道提到；说明信息来自报道，不等于作者亲自验证。

* **normal vision**：正常视力；vision这里指视力，不是未来愿景。

* **perceive things**：感知事物；undefined

* **happened to**：碰巧；表示偶然发生，区别于what happened。

* **locked away**：锁起来存放；away强调藏好或收存，代词放中间。

* **done up in bundles**：捆成一束束；do up在这里是捆扎，不是完成作业。

* **brought to the notice of**：使……注意到；可换成bring something to someone's attention。

* **a series of tests**：一系列测试；series本身可单复数同形；a series作主语通常用单数谓语。

* **through an opaque screen**：隔着不透明的屏障；undefined

* **stranger still**：更奇怪的是；undefined

* **in another instance**：在另一次事例中；适合有序介绍不同案例，不能替代每种时间表达。

* **make out**：辨认出；强调不易看清时辨认，另有理解等义。

* **hidden under**：藏在……下面；undefined

* **a similar sensitivity**：类似的感知能力；undefined

* **lacked the ability**：缺少这种能力；lack作动词直接接宾语，不说lack of ability作谓语。

* **the moment**：一……就……；在这里引出时间从句，不必再加when。

#### 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.

复合句，主句主谓结构. 后面是 who 引导的定语从句，该定语从句为并列句，有两个谓语，均为主谓宾结构.

#### One case concerns an eleven-year-old schoolgirl, Vera Petrova, who has normal vision but who can also perceive things with different parts of her skin, and through solid walls.

复合句，主句主谓结构. 后面是2 个并列的 who 引导的定语从句，均为主谓宾结构，由 but 连接.

\[1] 另可参考知乎问题：为什么蒙眼识物“神童班”层出不穷？内有专业人士的系统批判. https://www.zhihu.com/question/290630192

#### This ability was first noticed by her father.

简单句，主谓结构.

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

并列句，前后两句都是主谓宾结构.

#### 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.

复合句，前句为主谓宾+宾语从句，why 引导的宾语从句为主谓宾+宾补结构.

and 之后为后句，省略了主语的主谓宾+定语从句结构，定语从句为主谓结构.

#### 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 Russian Federal Republic.

复合句，句子结构由 and 连接两个句子，前句为主谓宾结构，外加一个定语从句，为主谓结构. 后句为主谓宾结构.

#### 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; and, in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colours of a picture hidden under a carpet.

复合句，句子由第一个 and 分成两个长句，虽然第二句里面带有分号，但这个分号是基于后面这句内部而言的，并非整个句子以分号分为两句.

2-1 句，主谓宾结构.

2-2 句是一个并列句，前句 stranger still…she was able to describe…colours，为主谓宾结构，分号后面省略了主语和一部分谓语，补充完整为 and, she was able to make out… 也是主谓宾结构.

#### Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders had a similar sensitivity.

复合句，主谓+宾语从句结构，宾语从句为主谓结构.

#### During all these tests Vera was blindfold; and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.

并列句，前句主系表结构，后句主谓宾结构.

状语 except when blindfold 省略了主语和系动词，应为 when she was blindfold.

#### It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.

复合句，It was also found that…是被动报告结构，意为“还发现……”。it 为形式主语，that 引导的从句承载所发现的内容；这不是 It was…that…强调句型。

主语从句 that although…wet 中，先是 although 引导的让步状语从句 although…fingers，该从句的主句为主谓结构 this ability ceased，最后 the moment her hands were wet 整体作时间状语，表示“她的手一湿”，作用相当于 as soon as her hands were wet；教学上宜将 the moment 当作引出时间关系的固定结构，不必解释为修饰 the moment 的定语从句。

为什么打湿了手就没办法识别物体呢？可能是为了让这个能力看起来更为神奇，亦可能打湿了手不方便作弊，因为类似的能力，魔术师也有过表演. 其实要真有这种能力，完全可以去买即开型彩票，或者去赌场，用来表演或者开培训班还是屈才了.

## 学完这一课

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