$课文4 能看见东西的手

51. Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers,

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，

52. and even see through solid doors and walls.

甚至能透过厚实的门和墙看到东西。

53. One case concerns and eleven-year-old schoolgirl, Vera Petrova,

其中有一例谈到有一个名叫维拉.彼托洛娃的11岁学生。

54. who has normal vision but who can also perceive things with different parts of her skin, and through solid walls.

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。

55. This ability was first noticed by her father.

是她父亲首先发现她这一功能的。

56. One day she came into his office and happened to put her hands on the door of a locked safe.

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，

57. 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.

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。

58. Vera’s curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives,

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。