4-6. 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.
【譯文】
維拉的特異功能引起了她家附近烏里揚諾夫斯克城某科研機構(gòu)的注意。4月，俄羅斯聯(lián)邦共和國衛(wèi)生部的一個特別委員會對她進行了一系列測試。
【單詞和短語】
bring something to the notice of someone 使某人注意某事
institute：機構(gòu)，組織（an organization that has a particular purpose such as scientific or educational work）。
4-7. 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.
【譯文】
在這些測試中，她能隔著不透明的屏幕讀報。更奇怪的是，她把肘部在兒童玩的“樂透”紙牌上移動便能說出印在紙牌的數(shù)字和顏色。還有一次，她穿著長筒襪子和拖鞋，能用腳識別出藏在地毯下面的一幅畫的輪廓和顏色。
【講解】
by moving…Lotto作方式狀語，修飾was able to describe。printed on it是過去分詞短語，修飾figures and colours，it指Lotto。wearing stockings and slippers作時間狀語，修飾to make out。wearing前省略了When she was。to make out…to前省略了she was able。the outlines and colours…carpet作make out的賓語。hidden under a carpet作pictures的定語。
【單詞和短語】
opaque：不透明的（be difficult to see through and often thick），反義詞為transparent。
make out：看出；辨認出；聽出（to be just able to see or hear something），
例如：
make out a figure in the darkness
在黑暗中辨認出一個人影
4-8. Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders had a similar sensitivity.
【譯文】
其他實驗表明她的雙膝和雙肩均有類似的感覺能力。
【單詞和短語】
sensitivity的形容詞形式為sensitive。
4-9. During all these tests Vera was blindfold; and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.
【譯文】
在所有這些實驗中，維拉的雙眼都是蒙著的。事實上，如果不蒙上雙眼，她的皮膚就不再具有識別物體的能力。
【講解】
except when blindfold中when blindfold前省略了she was。某些時間狀語從句中，如果謂語動詞是be，主語又與主句的主語一致或是it，就常常可以把從句中的主語及be省略。
又如：
Michael Jackson was fond of singing when（he was）yet a child.
邁克•杰克遜從小就喜歡唱歌。
I got acquainted with him while I was on a visit to New York.
我在訪問紐約期間與他結(jié)識。
4-10. It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.
【譯文】
人們同時還發(fā)現(xiàn)，盡管她能用手指識別東西，但她的雙手一弄濕這種功能即刻消失。
【講解】
the moment her hands were wet是時間狀語從句，意為“她的雙手一濕”。
【單詞和短語】
ceased：停止（to stop doing something or stop happening），
例如：
The music ceased suddenly. 音樂戛然而止。
ceasing talking 停止談話
the moment（that）：一……就……（as soon as），
例如：
She called her mother the moment（that）she reached the hotel.
她一到旅館就給她母親打了電話。
【譯文】
維拉的特異功能引起了她家附近烏里揚諾夫斯克城某科研機構(gòu)的注意。4月，俄羅斯聯(lián)邦共和國衛(wèi)生部的一個特別委員會對她進行了一系列測試。
【單詞和短語】
bring something to the notice of someone 使某人注意某事
institute：機構(gòu)，組織（an organization that has a particular purpose such as scientific or educational work）。
4-7. 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.
【譯文】
在這些測試中，她能隔著不透明的屏幕讀報。更奇怪的是，她把肘部在兒童玩的“樂透”紙牌上移動便能說出印在紙牌的數(shù)字和顏色。還有一次，她穿著長筒襪子和拖鞋，能用腳識別出藏在地毯下面的一幅畫的輪廓和顏色。
【講解】
by moving…Lotto作方式狀語，修飾was able to describe。printed on it是過去分詞短語，修飾figures and colours，it指Lotto。wearing stockings and slippers作時間狀語，修飾to make out。wearing前省略了When she was。to make out…to前省略了she was able。the outlines and colours…carpet作make out的賓語。hidden under a carpet作pictures的定語。
【單詞和短語】
opaque：不透明的（be difficult to see through and often thick），反義詞為transparent。
make out：看出；辨認出；聽出（to be just able to see or hear something），
例如：
make out a figure in the darkness
在黑暗中辨認出一個人影
4-8. Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders had a similar sensitivity.
【譯文】
其他實驗表明她的雙膝和雙肩均有類似的感覺能力。
【單詞和短語】
sensitivity的形容詞形式為sensitive。
4-9. During all these tests Vera was blindfold; and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.
【譯文】
在所有這些實驗中，維拉的雙眼都是蒙著的。事實上，如果不蒙上雙眼，她的皮膚就不再具有識別物體的能力。
【講解】
except when blindfold中when blindfold前省略了she was。某些時間狀語從句中，如果謂語動詞是be，主語又與主句的主語一致或是it，就常常可以把從句中的主語及be省略。
又如：
Michael Jackson was fond of singing when（he was）yet a child.
邁克•杰克遜從小就喜歡唱歌。
I got acquainted with him while I was on a visit to New York.
我在訪問紐約期間與他結(jié)識。
4-10. It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.
【譯文】
人們同時還發(fā)現(xiàn)，盡管她能用手指識別東西，但她的雙手一弄濕這種功能即刻消失。
【講解】
the moment her hands were wet是時間狀語從句，意為“她的雙手一濕”。
【單詞和短語】
ceased：停止（to stop doing something or stop happening），
例如：
The music ceased suddenly. 音樂戛然而止。
ceasing talking 停止談話
the moment（that）：一……就……（as soon as），
例如：
She called her mother the moment（that）she reached the hotel.
她一到旅館就給她母親打了電話。