时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:朗文3L看听学英语第四册


英语课

  Lesson 89 Television Day: Swindle's Ghost

TV Commentary 1:

Some people believe that there are houses which are haunted 2 by ghosts.Perhaps there are, perhaps there aren't-it's hard to say. Today we are going to describe a scientific experiment during which a "ghost" was seen. The "ghost" is really an after-image. It is called "Swindle's Ghost" because the experiment was first performed by an American psychologist 3 called Swindle. This is how our own experiment as performed.

A dark, moonless night was chosen and the curtains were drawn 4 so that no light could enter from outside. Half a dozen people were asked to sit round a table in the middle of the room. A table-lamp was placed in the centre of the table. When everyone was seated, the lamp was turned off for ten minutes. Everyone sat in complete darkness and looked towards the lamp till they got quite used to the darkness. They sat perfectly 5 still and kept looking in exactly the same direction. Then the lamp was turned on for exactly one second and then off again. Shortly 6 afterwards, the whole scene became visible 7 in the darkness. It was a very clear "ghost" image which lasted for a few seconds.



1 commentary
n.评论,评注;实况广播报导,现场口头评述
  • He is giving the commentary on the basketball game.他正在对篮球赛作评论。
  • His running commentary on the football match was excellent.他对这次足球赛所作的实况报道十分精彩。
2 haunted
adj.闹鬼的;受到折磨的;令人烦恼的v.“haunt”的过去式和过去分词
  • There was a haunted look in his eyes. 他眼中透露出忧虑的神色。
  • The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war. 内战仿佛一触即发,举国上下一片恐慌。
3 psychologist
n.心理学家;心理学研究者
  • Dr.Sinclair is a child psychologist.辛克莱博士是一位儿童心理学专家。
  • Psychologist is expert who studies at psychology.心理学家是研究心理学的专家。
4 drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
5 perfectly
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
6 shortly
adv.立即,不久;简略地,简言之
  • You go along with him. I'll come shortly.你陪陪他,我马上就来。
  • He answered my questions rather shortly.他相当简慢地回答我的问题。
7 visible
adj.看得见的,明显的,显然的;n.可见物
  • It is a visible star in the sky.这是一颗在天空中可见的星星。
  • The warning lights were clearly visible.警示信号灯清晰可见。
学英语单词
ABDLs
adivasis
administration of budget
alferric
aluminum ammonium sulfate
appropriation of labour power
argillation
arus
asabs
Authenticum
autophragms
barrier berg
be ten a penny
bell telephone manufacturing company(btmc)
Benciclina
biki
Bir Tamtam
bond refraction
cam-action reel
ceratalgia
Cherchevski's
cluster-type diamond dressing
corporation engaged
crankcase oil dilution
currency substitution
death-rattles
diplosiolejeuneoideae diplosis
direct heating dryer
distributing substation
Eighth Amendment
Epidermopathy
equipment for cutter positioning
Erb's palsy
Eriosolena composita
exhausters
fall container load cargo
fixed target track
flow maximum usable
gluten content
Gonzha
grodno
haemocytes
heave hand lead
hot comb
hydraulic picking motion
idiosoma
it is imperative that...
kipped down
Kobryn
l-l
lift an one's eyebrow s
limber hole
liquid nitrogen preservation
M.O.H
make sure of
metalized paper condenser
meulans
modification system
MySpaced me
neolethaeus assamensis
nonperfect fluid
Nyassa
olefin disproportionation
on-board regulation
outswam
papavi
parasitic cause
Pasco County
pendyala
photochemical reactions
pianoplayers
polygoneutic
propeller starter
puckers
pump suction head
ramlas
rapidity
register language
rewon
scon
secondstop-clock
short-nosed
simple cusp
single-vendor
Slipperette
squareth
stable acceleration process
tattoo machine
to image
tool-coordinate system
tridecatriene
Tumupasa
UNH (uranyl nitrate hexahydrate)
unsentimentalized
vertical position welding
viscid saliva
voltage gain
welded seam bursh
willing witness
withall
wollstonecrafts
world export prices indices