$课文25 噪音的非听觉效应

431. Many people in industry and the Services, who have practical experience of noise,

在工业部门工作和在军队中服役的许多人对噪声音有切身的体会，

432. regard any investigation of this question as a waste of time;

他们认为对这个问题进行调查中浪费时间，

433. they are not prepared even to admit the possibility that noise affects people.

甚至不愿承认噪音可能对人有影响。

434. On the other hand,those who dislike noise will sometimes use most inadequate evidence to support their pleas for a quieter society.

另一方面，

435. those who dislike noise will sometimes use most inadequate evidence to support their pleas for a quieter society.

那些讨厌噪音的人有时会用不充分的证据来支持他们希望有一个较为安静的社会环境的要求。

436. This is a pity, because noise abatement really is a good cause, and it is likely to be discredited if it gets to be associated with had science.

要求减少噪音是件好事，但是如果与拙劣的科学掺杂在一起的话，就不会被人们所信任，这是很遗憾的。

437. One allegation often made is that noise produces mental illness.

常见的一种指责是，噪音能引起精神病。

438. A recent article in a weekly newspaper, for instance, was headed with a striking illustration of a lady in a state of considerable distress,