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 commission 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
(1)当句子中表示人或物的主语为动词所表示的动作的施动者时,应用主动语态来表达,如: Jone cooked the food last night.
(2)当句子中表示人或物的主语为动词所表示的动作的受动者时,用被动语态来表达,如: The food was cooked last night.
2、被动语态的构成 主语+be动词+动词的过去分词+by+施动者。
(1)时态不同,如: The food is/was/has been/will be +cooked.
(2)在含情态助动词的句子中,如: The food can/may/must be + cooked.
(3)在动词不定式中,如: The food is to be/was to be + cooked.
3、使用被动语态的场合
(1)有时有些句子很难用主动语态来表达,如: Rome was not built in a day.
(2)表达侧重点,如: Our roof was damaged in last night`s storm.
(3)强调动作的施动者,强调有关事件的责任人,通过使用by+施动者结构,如: The window was broken by a stone.
(4)用于布告、通告、新闻报道、标题、广告、通知、科技文章,如: Passengers are requested to remain seated until the aircraft comes to a complete stop. ALL GOODS GREATLY REDUCED!
习题
1、Solid doors and walls are _____. A. no obstacle for people who can read and detect colours with their fingers. B. invisible to people who can read and detect colores with their fingers. C. transparent to people who can read and detect colours with their fingers. D. concerned in cases reported in Russia recently.
key:A
2、Several cases have been reported in Russian recently of people _____ can read... A. whom B. that C. which D. they
key:B
3、This ability ______ the moment her hands were wet. A. continued B. renewd C. increased D. stopped