【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ings 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.Vera39。s curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of UIyanovsk, 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 child39。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 theoutlines 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. lt was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.New words and expressions生詞短語Perceive察覺，瞬間感覺到的to make out 費盡心機辨出I looked thoroughly for my elderly mother, finally I make her out . Yeah, I remembered, I finally make him out.I perceive a fly in my teacup.elbow one’s way (用肘)擠出elbow one’s way out of the Notes on the text課文注釋 Flash 中沒有詳細講解 Lesson 5 No Room in the Ark諾亞方舟無容身之地The gorilla is something of a paradox in the African scene. One thinks one knows him very well. For a hundred years or more he has been killed, captured, and imprisoned, in zoos. His bones have been mounted in natural history museums everywhere, and he has always exerted a strong fascination upon scientists and romantics alike. He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious (though not perhaps strictly scientific) link with our ancestral past.Yet the fact is we know very little about gorillas. No really satisfactory photograph has ever been taken of one in a wild state, no zoologist, however intrepid, has been able to keep the animal under close and constant observation in the dark jungles in which he lives. Carl Akeley, the American naturalist, led two expeditions in the nineteentwenties, and now lies buried among the animals he loved so well. But even he was unable to discover how long the gorilla lives, or how or why it dies, nor was he able to define the exact social pattern of the family groups, or indicate the final extent of their intelligence. All this and many other things remain almost as much a mystery as they were when the French explorer Du Chaillu first described the animal to the civilized world a century ago. The Abominable Snowman who haunts the imagination of climbers in the Himalayas is hardly more elusive.New words and expressions生詞短語（good article : five stars 該文寫得不錯。）the + n.(s) 表示一類: the gorilla(s)scene 場景in the African scene : Africa as the background gather palace 聚集地something of a paradox 自相矛盾（人對猩猩的觀點） contradictory ideas about him主題句：One thinks one knows him very well.問題：Yet the fact is we know very little about gorillas.Their ideas vary。人們對他的觀點相差很大。For a hundred years or more 一百年甚至更多（包括一百年）For more than one hundred years 一百多年西方，動物一般用人稱代替。本文中，gorillas 用 him 代替。另外有：cat – she, dog – he .imprisoned 關起來圈養(yǎng)be mounted in natural history museums 陳列在自然歷史博物館重點句型：He exert a strong fascination upon(on) Sb. 施加給人們強大的魅力exert … on …施加（壓力）impose … on … ,例如 impose influence on , impose pressure on上句可表示為 He have a strong fascination for Sb.或 The gorilla is always fascinating to Sb.alike ，一樣 。例如：The two are alike. 這兩人真像。形容詞只要以 a 開頭，%都做表語。不能做定語詞。 例如：asleep , awake ,afloat 等He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books. stereotyped – old time 老樣子 horror films 恐怖片film (英) movie (美)the stereotyped monster 經(jīng)典模式 省略主語 and (he is) an obvious (…) link with our ancestral past link with … 與…相聯(lián)系our ancestral past(n.)through not perhaps strikly scientific盡管話說回來，不是嚴格的科學概念through 引導的從句主語和主句相同，可以省略。Eg: I arrived at the meeting , though (I was ) late.Yet 與 however ，表示轉(zhuǎn)折，意思完全相同。但 yet 用在句首，however 加標點，可以用 在自由位置。重要句型：No really satisfactory photograph has ever been taken of one in … Take picture / photograph 照相of one定語后置，satisfactory photograph of one。主要是為了句子的平衡。One 指 gorilla in a wild state 在野生狀態(tài)下keep the … under … observation 把某事處于觀察之下keep the city clean 保持城市清潔close and constant observation 持續(xù)不斷的觀察Eg: I have to keep the boy under close control. To control the boy very strikly.插入語：however intrepid = no matter how intrepid 無論多么英勇Eg: No man , however intelligent , is perfect.No palace, however peaceful and tranquil , is a paradise. lies buried here among the animals he loved so well 埋葬在他所鐘愛的動物中間形容詞做狀語：lie awake , lie crouchedlifespan 壽命how long the gorilla lives 因為猩猩的壽命客觀存在，所以 live 用一般現(xiàn)代時。 Organ’s decay 器官衰竭Nor 引導否定并列句，與 unable 并列 生活方式：group living , individual living 智力：intelligence – IQ , intelligence qoutient CIA – the Central Intelligence Agency of AmericaCID – Criminal investigation Division 重案組，罪犯調(diào)查科All this and many other thing remain (amost as much ) a mystery (as ) they were. as much as 同 the same as…remain a mystery the same as they were.He is as much a musician as a writer.= He is both a musician and a writer.civilized world 文明世界savaged world 野生世界civilized : to get away from wild life中文中的“文明單位”不能用 civilized , 應該用 model 或 pace setting unitI’m a pace soldiery。我是排頭兵。The Abominable Snowman who haunts the imagination of climbers in the Himalayas is hardly more elusive. 那縈繞在喜馬拉雅山爬山者腦海中的那種令人難以捉摸的雪人，看起來也不一定比我們研 究的大猩猩更加令人費盡心思。（通過側(cè)面比較，引出結(jié)論，一種有用的寫作方法）Abominable Snowman 作比較，省略 gorillaLesson 6 Youth青