Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

Lesson 4-1        Seeing hands

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.

detect  /dɪˈtekt/  发现;查明;侦察出

solid /ˈsɑːlɪd/  固体的;坚固的，坚硬的

perceive /pərˈsiːv/ 感知;认为;察觉到;

safe  保险柜

lock something away  把。。。锁藏起来

do up  引起捆、包

bundle  /ˈbʌndl/  捆;(一)包;(一)扎

commission /kəˈmɪʃn/ 委员会

bring..... to the notice of  引起某人的注意 

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