练习材料
Lesson 25-2 Non-auditory effects of noise
On turning eagerly to the text, one learns that the lady was a typist who found the sound of office typewriters worried her more and more until eventually she had to go into a mental hospital. Now the snag in this sort of anecdote is of course that one can not distinguish course and effect. Was the noise a course of the illness? Or were the complaints about noise merely a symptom? Another patient might equally well complain that her neighbours were combining to slander her and persecute her, and yet one might be cautious about believing this statement.
What is needed in case of noise is a study of large numbers of people living under noisy conditions, to discover whether they are mentally ill more often than other people are. Some time ago the United States Navy, for instance, examined a very large number of men working on aircraft carriers: the study was known as Project Anehin.
/ˈlɛsən/ 25-2 /nɑn/-/ˈɔdɪˌtɔri/ /ɪˈfɛkts/ /ʌv/ /nɔɪz/
/ɑn/ /ˈtɜrnɪŋ/ /ˈigərli/ /tu/ /ðə/ /tɛkst/, /wʌn/ /lɜrnz/ /ðæt/ /ðə/ /ˈleɪdi/ /wʌz/ /ə/ /ˈtaɪpɪst/ /hu/ /faʊnd/ /ðə/ /saʊnd/ /ʌv/ /ˈɔfəs/ /ˈtaɪˌpraɪtərz/ /ˈwɜrid/ /hɜr/ /mɔr/ /ænd/ /mɔr/ /ənˈtɪl/ /ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli/ /ʃi/ /hæd/ /tu/ /goʊ/ /ˈɪntu/ /ə/ /ˈmɛntəl/ /ˈhɑˌspɪtəl/. /naʊ/ /ðə/ /snæg/ /ɪn/ /ðɪs/ /sɔrt/ /ʌv/ /ˈænəkˌdoʊt/ /ɪz/ /ʌv/ /kɔrs/ /ðæt/ /wʌn/ /kæn/ /nɑt/ /dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃ/ /kɔrs/ /ænd/ /ɪˈfɛkt/. /wʌz/ /ðə/ /nɔɪz/ /ə/ /kɔrs/ /ʌv/ /ði/ /ˈɪlnəs/? /ɔr/ /wɜr/ /ðə/ /kəmˈpleɪnts/ /əˈbaʊt/ /nɔɪz/ /ˈmɪrli/ /ə/ /ˈsɪmptəm/? /əˈnʌðər/ /ˈpeɪʃənt/ /maɪt/ /ˈikwəli/ /wɛl/ /kəmˈpleɪn/ /ðæt/ /hɜr/ neighbours /wɜr/ /kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ/ /tu/ /ˈslændər/ /hɜr/ /ænd/ /ˈpɜrsəˌkjut/ /hɜr/, /ænd/ /jɛt/ /wʌn/ /maɪt/ /bi/ /ˈkɔʃəs/ /əˈbaʊt/ /bɪˈlivɪŋ/ /ðɪs/ /ˈsteɪtmənt/.
/wʌt/ /ɪz/ /ˈnidəd/ /ɪn/ /keɪs/ /ʌv/ /nɔɪz/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /ˈstʌdi/ /ʌv/ /lɑrʤ/ /ˈnʌmbərz/ /ʌv/ /ˈpipəl/ /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ /ˈʌndər/ /ˈnɔɪzi/ /kənˈdɪʃənz/, /tu/ /dɪˈskʌvər/ /ˈwɛðər/ /ðeɪ/ /ɑr/ /ˈmɛntəli/ /ɪl/ /mɔr/ /ˈɔfən/ /ðæn/ /ˈʌðər/ /ˈpipəl/ /ɑr/. /sʌm/ /taɪm/ /əˈgoʊ/ /ðə/ /juˈnaɪtəd/ /steɪts/ /ˈneɪvi/, /fɔr/ /ˈɪnstəns/, /ɪgˈzæmənd/ /ə/ /ˈvɛri/ /lɑrʤ/ /ˈnʌmbər/ /ʌv/ /mɛn/ /ˈwɜrkɪŋ/ /ɑn/ /ˈɛrˌkræft/ /ˈkæriərz/: /ðə/ /ˈstʌdi/ /wʌz/ /noʊn/ /æz/ /ˈprɑʤɛkt/ Anehin.
