练习材料：

Lesson 4-1        Seeing hands

能看见东西的手

  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.

ˈsɛvrəl ˈkeɪsɪz hæv biːn rɪˈpɔːtɪd ɪn ˈrʌʃə ˈriːsntli ɒv ˈpiːpl huː kæn dɪˈtɛkt ˈkʌləz wɪð ðeə ˈfɪŋgəz, ænd ˈiːvən siː θruː ˈsɒlɪd ænd wɔːlz. wʌn keɪs kənˈsɜːnz ænd ɪˈlɛvn-jɪər-əʊld ˈskuːlgɜːl, ˈviːrə Petrova, huː hæz ˈnɔːməl ˈvɪʒən bʌt huː kæn ˈɔːlsəʊ pəˈsiːv θɪŋz wɪð ˈdɪfrənt pɑːts ɒv hɜː skɪn, ænd θruː ˈsɒlɪd wɔːlz. ðɪs əˈbɪlɪti wɒz fɜːst ˈnəʊtɪst baɪ hɜː ˈfɑːðə. wʌn deɪ ʃiː keɪm ˈɪntuː hɪz ˈɒfɪs ænd ˈhæpənd tuː pʊt hɜː hændz ɒn ðə dɔːr ɒv ə lɒkt seɪf. ˈsʌdnli ʃiː ɑːskt hɜː ˈfɑːðə waɪ hiː kɛpt səʊ ˈmɛni əʊld ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz lɒkt əˈweɪ ðeə, ænd ˈiːvən dɪsˈkraɪbd ðə weɪ ðeɪ wɜː dʌn ʌp ɪn ˈbʌndlz.

ˈviːrəz ˈkjʊərɪəs ˈtælənt wɒz brɔːt tuː ðə ˈnəʊtɪs ɒv ə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk rɪˈsɜːʧ ˈɪnstɪtjuːt ɪn ðə taʊn ɒv ʊˈljɑːnəfsk, nɪə weə ʃiː lɪvz, ænd ɪn ˈeɪprəl ʃiː wɒz ˈgɪvn ə ˈsɪəriːz ɒv tɛsts baɪ ə ˈspɛʃəl kəˈmɪʃən ɒv ðə ˈmɪnɪstri ɒv hɛlθ ɒv ðə ˈrʌʃ(ə)n ˈfɛdərəl rɪˈpʌblɪk.

俄罗斯最近报导了几个事例，有人能用手指看书识字和辨认颜色，甚至能透过厚实的门和墙看到东西。 其中有一例谈到有一个名叫维拉.彼托洛娃的11岁学生。她的视力与常人一样，但她还能用皮肤的不同部位辨认东西，甚至看穿坚实的墙壁。是她父亲首先发现她这一功能的。一天，维拉走进父亲的办公室，偶然把手放在一个锁着的保险柜的门上，她突然问父亲为什么把这么多的旧报纸锁在柜子里，还说了报纸捆扎的情况。

    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单位的注意。4月里，俄罗斯卫生部一个特别委员会对她进行了一系列的测试。

任务配置：L0、L3、L4

知识笔记：

单词与短语

perceive/pəˈsiːv/

happened to do sth偶然做了某事

be brought to the notice of  引起了...的注意

练习感悟：行动以另一种方式稳定了下来，能量不足时，我挺适合少量多次的做事的。