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dirt and poverty； and very unfortable。 For men accustomed to eating seven…course dinners and sleeping between fine linen sheets at home； the change to the Alps must have very hard indeed。
WALTER UNSWORTH Matterhorn Man
New words and expressions 生词和短语
Matterhorn
n。 马特霍恩峰（阿尔卑斯山之一，在意大利和瑞士边境）
alpinist
n。 登山运动员
pioneer
v。 开辟，倡导；
n。 先锋，开辟者
summit
n。 顶峰
attain
v。 到达
perilous
adj。 危险的
shudder
v。 不寒而栗
court
v。 追求
solitary
adj。 唯一的
impoverish
v。 使贫困
Alpine
adj。 阿尔卑斯山的
flea…ridden
adj。 布满跳蚤的
coarse
adj。 粗劣的
boast
v。 自恃有
parishioner
n。 教区居民
shepherd
n。 牧羊人
linen
n。 亚麻布床单
the Alps
n。 阿尔卑斯山脉
参考译文
现代登山运动员总想找一条能够给他们带来运动乐趣的路线来攀登山峰。他们认为， 道路愈艰险愈带劲儿。然而，在登山运动的初期，全然不是这种情况。早期登山者所寻找的是通往山顶的最方便的途径，因为顶峰特别是前人未曾到过的顶峰 才是他们寻求的目标。确实，在探险中他们经常遇到惊心动魄的困难和危险，而他们装备之简陋足以使现代登山者一想起来就胆战心惊。但是，他们并非故意寻求这种刺激，他们只有一个目标，唯一的目标 顶峰！
我们今天很难想像昔日的登山先驱们是多么艰苦。除了泽曼特和夏蒙尼等一两个很快出了名的地方外，阿尔卑斯山山区的小村几乎全是高山环抱、与世隔绝的穷乡僻壤。那里的小客栈一般都很肮脏，而且跳蚤猖獗。 食物是当地的干酪和通常存放了一年之久的面包，人们就着劣酒吞下这种食物。山谷里常常没有小客栈，登山者只好随遇而安。有时同当地牧师 （他通常和他的教民一样穷）住在一起，有时同牧羊人或制乳酪的人住在一起。无论住在哪儿，情况都一样：肮脏、贫穷，极其不舒适。对于过惯了一顿饭吃7道菜、睡亚麻细布床单的人来说，变换一下生活环境来到阿尔卑斯山山区，那一定是很艰难的。
Lesson 4
Seeing hands
能看见东西的手
First listen and answer the following question。
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
How did Vera discover she had this gift of second sight？
Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can detect colours with their fingers； and even see through solid and walls。 One case concerns and 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 mission 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。
ERIC DE MAUNY Seeing hands from The Listener
New words and expressions
solid
adj。 坚实的
safe
n。 保险柜
Ulyanovsk
n。 乌里扬诺夫斯克
mission
n。 委员会
opaque
adj。 不透明的
lotto
n。 一种有编号的纸牌
slipper
n。 拖鞋
blindfold
adj。& adv。 被蒙上眼睛的
参考译文
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。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，她把肘部在儿童玩的“罗托”纸牌上移动一下，便能说出印在纸牌上的数字和颜色。还有一次，她穿着长筒袜子和拖鞋，能用脚步识别出藏在地毯下面的一幅画的轮廓和颜色。其他实验表明，她的膝盖和双肩有类似的感觉能力，在所有这些实验中，维拉的双眼都是蒙着的。如果不蒙上双眼她的皮肤就不再具有识别物体的能力。这是千真万确的。同时还发现，尽管她能用手指识别东西，但她的手一旦弄湿，这种功能便会立即消失。
Lesson 5
Youth
青年
First listen and then answer the following question：
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
How does the writer like to treat young people？
People are always talking about 'the problem of youth'。 If there is one which I take leave to doubt then it is older people who create it； not the young themselves。 Let us get down to fundamentals and agree that the young are after all human beings people just like their elders。 There is only one difference between an old man and a young one： the young man has a glorious future before him and the old one has a splendid future behind him： and maybe that is where the rub is。
When I was a teenager； I felt that I was just young and uncertain that I was a new boy in a huge school； and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem。 For one thing； being a problem gives you a certain identity； and that is one of the things the young are busily engaged in seeking。
I find young people exciting。 They have an air of freedom； and they not a dreary mitment to mean ambitions or love of fort。 They are not anxious social climbers； and they have no devotion to material things。 All this seems to me to link them with life； and the origins of things。 It's as if they were； in some sense； cosmic beings in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban creatures。 All that is in my mind when I meet a young person。 He may be conceited； ill…mannered； presumptuous or fatuous； but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect of elders as if mere age were a reason for respect。 I accept that we are equals； and I will argue with him； as an equal； if I think he is wrong。
FIELDEN HUGHES from Out of the Air； The Listener
New words and expression 生词和短语
leave
n。 允许
fundamentals
n。 基本原则
glorious
adj。 光辉灿烂的
splendid
adj。 灿烂的
rub
n。 难题
identity
n。 身份
dreary
adj。 沉郁的
mitment
n。 信奉
mean
adj。 吝啬，小气
social climber
追求更高社会地位的，向上爬的人
devotion
n。 热爱
cosmic
adj。 宇宙的
suburban
adj。 见识不广的，偏狭的
conceited
adj。 自高自大的
presumptuous
adj。 自以为是的，放肆的
fatuous
adj。 愚蠢的
cliche
n。 陈词滥调
参考译文
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