layout: post title: "NCE4-Lesson4仿写练习" date: 2014-08-31 17:51 comments: true
<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">There</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">In</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">are</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">reports</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Soviet</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">in</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Union</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Russia</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">several</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">that</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">cases</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">some</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">have</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">been reported recently of people who </font></b></span>can read<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> books</font></b></span> and <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">colors</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">detect colours</font></b></span> with their fingers<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000"> </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">, </font></b></span>and<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> they can</font></b></span> even see<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> things</font></b></span> through <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">heavy walls</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">solid</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">doors </font></b></span>and <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">doors</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">walls</font></b></span>. One <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">of</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">case</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">those reports saying that one 11 years</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">concerns</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">an 'eleven-year-</font></b></span>old <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">school girl named </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">schoolgirl, </font></b></span>Vera Petrova, who<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000"> </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>has normal <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">sight like others</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">vision</font></b></span> but <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">she</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">who</font></b></span> can <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">use</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">also perceive things with</font></b></span> different parts of her<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000"> </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>skin<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000"> to tell things even see</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">, and</font></b></span> through<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> the</font></b></span> solid walls. <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">It</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">This ability</font></b></span> was <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">her</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">first</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">father</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">noticed</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">who</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">by</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">first</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">her</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">discovered this</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">father</font></b></span>. One<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000"> </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>day <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Vera</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">she</font></b></span> came into <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">her father’s</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">his</font></b></span> office and happened to put her <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">hand</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">hands</font></b></span> on the<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> safe</font></b></span> door <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">and</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">of</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">she</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">a locked safe. Suddenly</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">suddenly</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">she</font></b></span> asked her father why he <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">put</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">kept</font></b></span> so many<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> pieces of</font></b></span> old <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">newspaper</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">newspapers locked</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">in the box</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">away</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">there, </font></b></span>and<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> she</font></b></span> even <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">told</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">described</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">her</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">father</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">way</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">how</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">they</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">the</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">were</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">newspaper</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">done</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">was</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">up</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">blunt</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">in</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">up.<br /> <br /> </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">bundles. </font></b></span>Vera<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">’</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">'</font></b></span>s <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">special</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">curious</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">ability</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">talent</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">soon</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">was</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">catches</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">brought to</font></b></span> the <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">attention</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">notice</font></b></span> of a<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> scientific</font></b></span> research <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">institution</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">institute in</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the town of UIyanovsk, </font></b></span>near <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">her</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">where</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">home</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">she lives, and</font></b></span> in <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Ulyanovsk. On</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">April she was given</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">April, </font></b></span>a<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> series of tests by a special</font></b></span> commission of <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Russia</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Health</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Ministry</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Department</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">of</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">conducts</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Health</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">a</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">of</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">series</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">of</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Russian Federal</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">tests</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Republic</font></b></span>. During these tests<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">, </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>she <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">could</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">was able to</font></b></span> read<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> a</font></b></span> newspaper through<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> an</font></b></span> opaque screen<span><b><font color="#0000FF">. What’s</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">more</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">and, stranger</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">surprising is</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">still</font></b></span>, <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">only</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">by</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">touched</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">moving</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">the</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">her</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">lotto</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">elbow</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">with</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">over</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">her</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">a child's game of Lotto</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">elbow, </font></b></span>she <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">could</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">was</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">name</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">able</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">out</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">to describe</font></b></span> the <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">numbers</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">figures</font></b></span> and <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">colors</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">colours</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">of</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">printed</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">the</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">on</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">card. There</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">it; and, in</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">was</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">an</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">one</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">other</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">time</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">instance</font></b></span>, <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">dressed</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">wearing</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">with long stocks</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">stockings</font></b></span> and slippers, <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">still</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">she</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">make</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">was</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">out</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">able</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">with</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">to</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">her</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">find out</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">foot</font></b></span> the<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000"> </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>outlines<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> and colours</font></b></span> of a picture<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> hidden</font></b></span> under <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">the</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">a</font></b></span> carpet. Other experiments<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000"> </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>showed that her <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">keens</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">knees</font></b></span> and shoulders <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">have</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">had</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">the</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">a</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">same</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">similar</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">abilities</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">sensitivity</font></b></span>. <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Vera was blindfold during</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">During</font></b></span> all these<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> tests</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">experiments. She</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Vera</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">would</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">was</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">lose</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">blindfold; and, indeed, except</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">her</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">when</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">special</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">blindfold</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">ability</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">she</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">if</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">lacked</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">she</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">the ability</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">was</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">not</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">perceive</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">blindfold. This</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">things</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">is</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">with</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">true</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">her</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">indeed</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">skin</font></b></span>. <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">It</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">lt</font></b></span> was also found that <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">even though</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">although</font></b></span> she<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000"> </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>could <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">tell</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">perceive</font></b></span> things with her fingers<span><b><font color="#0000FF">, the</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">surprising</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">this</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">function</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">ability</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">will</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">ceased</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">lose</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">if</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">moment</font></b></span> her <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">fingers </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">hands </font></b></span>were wet<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">. <br /> </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">.</font></b></span>
被动语态一下子被there be句型好了很多很多
同时solid walls也比heavy好。
一个从句很好的节省了空间,同时比there be更加专业。
has normal vision but who can also perceive things with different parts of her skin normal vision 比sight好
be done up in bundles 成捆放置的,写得非常好和形象。这个句子也充满了现场感觉。Suddenly一下把人给纠结起来了,而不是把suddenly放在后面慢热。
curious talent 而不是 ability 的说法更加切合语境,同时brought to the notice of 的说法也很专业。
be given a series of tests by special commission of the Ministry of Health of teh Russian Federal Republic 也很专业。这个可以用在很多表示大家需要注意的地方。
through a opaque screen 穿过不透明的屏幕
stranger still 写得特别精彩,这比普通的什么what's more之类的更加值得学习。
in another instance 也是一个换一种角度描述事物的方法。
同时值得学习的是,这个句子很长但是通过适当的句式变换可以说是行云流水一点也不卡顿。同时注意第二个分局,也就是分号后的句子省略了主语,可以说时信手拈来,举重若轻。
注意这里的词汇变化本来都是能力,但是这里使用sensitivity这样的表达更加地合理和高效,同时避免使得整个文章都使用ability。
这个句子就是学习怎么把句子写长的,不用两个句子的长度,一个except when blindfold就可以表达出作者的全部意思。 perceive things with her skin 也是detect的一个同义改写。
this ability ceased the moment XXXX 当什么什么时怎么怎么样的另一种表达。
<span><b><font color="#0000FF">In</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Soviet</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Union</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">several</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">cases</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">have</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">been reported recently of people who </font></b></span>can read and <span><b><font color="#0000FF">detect colours</font></b></span> with their fingers<span><b><font color="#0000FF">, </font></b></span>and even see through <span><b><font color="#0000FF">solid</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">doors </font></b></span>and <span><b><font color="#0000FF">walls</font></b></span>. One <span><b><font color="#0000FF">case</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">concerns</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">an 'eleven-year-</font></b></span>old <span><b><font color="#0000FF">schoolgirl, </font></b></span>Vera Petrova, who<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>has normal <span><b><font color="#0000FF">vision</font></b></span> but <span><b><font color="#0000FF">who</font></b></span> can <span><b><font color="#0000FF">also perceive things with</font></b></span> different parts of her<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>skin<span><b><font color="#0000FF">, and</font></b></span> through solid walls. <span><b><font color="#0000FF">This ability</font></b></span> was <span><b><font color="#0000FF">first</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">noticed</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">by</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">her</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">father</font></b></span>. One<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>day <span><b><font color="#0000FF">she</font></b></span> came into <span><b><font color="#0000FF">his</font></b></span> office and happened to put her <span><b><font color="#0000FF">hands</font></b></span> on the door <span><b><font color="#0000FF">of a locked safe. Suddenly</font></b></span> she asked her father why he <span><b><font color="#0000FF">kept</font></b></span> so many old <span><b><font color="#0000FF">newspapers locked</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">away</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">there, </font></b></span>and even <span><b><font color="#0000FF">described</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">way</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">they</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">were</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">done</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">up</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">in</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">bundles. </font></b></span>Vera<span><b><font color="#0000FF">'</font></b></span>s <span><b><font color="#0000FF">curious</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">talent</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">was</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">brought to</font></b></span> the <span><b><font color="#0000FF">notice</font></b></span> of a<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> scientific</font></b></span> research <span><b><font color="#0000FF">institute in</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the town of UIyanovsk, </font></b></span>near <span><b><font color="#0000FF">where</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">she lives, and</font></b></span> in April<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> she was given </font></b></span>a<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> series of tests by a special</font></b></span> commission of <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Ministry</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">of</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Health</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">of</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Russian Federal</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Republic</font></b></span>. During these tests<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>she <span><b><font color="#0000FF">was able to</font></b></span> read<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> a</font></b></span> newspaper through<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> an</font></b></span> opaque screen <span><b><font color="#0000FF">and, stranger</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">still</font></b></span>, <span><b><font color="#0000FF">by</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">moving</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">her</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">elbow</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">over</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">a child's game of Lotto</font></b></span> she <span><b><font color="#0000FF">was</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">able</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">to describe</font></b></span> the <span><b><font color="#0000FF">figures</font></b></span> and <span><b><font color="#0000FF">colours</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">printed</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">on</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">it; and, in</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">an</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">other</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">instance</font></b></span>, <span><b><font color="#0000FF">wearing</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">stockings</font></b></span> and slippers, <span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">make</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">out</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">with</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">her</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">foot</font></b></span> the<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> outlines</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">and colours</font></b></span> of a picture<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> hidden</font></b></span> under <span><b><font color="#0000FF">a</font></b></span> carpet. Other experiments<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>showed that her <span><b><font color="#0000FF">knees</font></b></span> and shoulders <span><b><font color="#0000FF">had</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">a</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">similar</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">sensitivity</font></b></span>. <span><b><font color="#0000FF">During</font></b></span> all these<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> tests</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Vera</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">was</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">blindfold; and, indeed, except</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">when</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">blindfold</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">she</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">lacked</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the ability</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">perceive</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">things</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">with</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">her</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">skin</font></b></span>. <span><b><font color="#0000FF">lt</font></b></span> was also found that <span><b><font color="#0000FF">although</font></b></span> she<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> </font></b></span>could <span><b><font color="#0000FF">perceive</font></b></span> things with her fingers <span><b><font color="#0000FF">this</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">ability</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">ceased</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">moment</font></b></span> her <span><b><font color="#0000FF">hands </font></b></span>were wet<span><b><font color="#0000FF">.</font></b></span>