--- url: https://gaojian.site/new-concept/book-4/04-seeing-hands.md description: 新概念英语第四册：Seeing Hands。精读、词块回忆、双向译练、句法、逻辑与FSRS复习。 --- # 可视的手 ## 课文学习台 {#study} ### 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. 中文理解：俄罗斯最近报道了几起事例，有人能用手指阅读和辨认颜色，甚至能看透厚实的大门和墙壁。其中一个是关于一位名叫维拉·彼托洛娃的11岁学生，她的视力与常人无异，但她还能用身体不同部位的皮肤看到东西，甚至看透厚实的墙壁。她的父亲最先发现她拥有这个能力。一天，维拉走进父亲的办公室，偶然把手放在上了锁的保险柜门上，她突然问其父为什么会在保险柜里锁这么多的旧报纸，甚至说出了那些报纸捆扎摆放的样子。 #### 1. Several cases have been reported…who can read and detect…and see through… 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. #### 2. One case concerns a schoolgirl who has vision but who can perceive things… 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 #### 3. This ability was noticed… 简单句，主谓结构. #### 4. she came into his office and happened to put… 并列句，前后两句都是主谓宾结构. #### 5. she asked her father…and described the way… 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. ### 第2段 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：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机构的注意。在 4月，俄罗斯卫生部一个特别委员会对她进行了一系列的测试。 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，她把手肘在儿童玩的 “乐透”纸牌上一晃，便能说出印在纸牌上的数字和颜色；还有一次，她穿着长筒袜和拖鞋，地毯下面藏着的画，她能用脚识别出轮廓和颜色。其它试验表明，她的膝盖和双肩有类似的感觉能力。 在所有这些试验中，维拉的双眼都是蒙着的，而且实际上，如果不蒙上双眼，她的皮肤就丧失了识别物体的能力。 同时还发现，尽管她能用手指识别东西，但一旦打湿她的手，这种能力便会立即消失。 * **was able to**：能够 / 无法；结合时间判断是一般能力还是某次实际做到；unable 带否定。 #### 1. talent was brought to the notice…and she was given a test… 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. #### 2. she was able to read a newspaper and she was able to describe the figures and colours; and (she was able) to make out the outlines and colours… 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. #### 3. experiments showed that…her knees and shoulders had sensitivity. 复合句，主谓+宾语从句结构，宾语从句为主谓结构. #### 4. Vera was blindfold; and she lacked the ability… 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. #### 5. It was also found that although…this ability ceased… 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 选一个可以讨论的判断，说明依据，再加上一句限制或不同情况。 [Nce · 本册复习台](/new-concept/book-4/review) · [三册选择地图](/new-concept/) *译文与解析据吴应时整理资料及本站首轮审校稿；词伙与练习提示为本站学习设计。原PDF第24—26页，2022年2月第2版。*