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Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls.

最近，俄罗斯报道了几宗这类事例，有人能用手指阅读和辨认颜色，甚至能看穿厚实的门和墙壁。

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One case concerns an 11-year-old schoolgirl Vera Petrova,

其中有一例是关于一个名叫维拉·彼得洛娃的11岁女学生。

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who has normal vision but who can also perceive things with different parts of her skin, and through solid walls.

她视力正常，但也同样能用皮肤的不同部位感知事物，并能看穿厚实的墙壁。

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This ability was first noticed by her father.

她父亲首先发现了她的这种能力。

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One day she came into his office and happened to put her hands on the door of a locked safe.

有一天，她走进她父亲的办公室，偶然把手放在一个锁着的保险柜的门上。

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Suddenly she asked her father why he kept so many old newspapers locked away there,

突然，她问父亲为什么把那么多旧报纸锁在里面，

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and even described the way they were done up in bundles.

她甚至说出了报纸捆扎的方式。

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Vera's curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives,

维拉的特异功能引起了她家附近，乌里扬诺夫斯克镇一家科研机构的注意。

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and in April she was given a series of tests by a special commission of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federal Republic.

四月份，俄罗斯联邦共和国卫生部的一个特别委员会对她进行了一系列的测试。

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During these tests she was able to read a newspaper through an opaque screen and, stranger still,

在这些测试中，她能隔着不透明的屏幕阅读报纸；更奇怪的是，

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by moving her elbow over a child's game of Lotto she was able to describe the figures and colours printed on it;

她把胳膊肘放在儿童玩的“乐透”纸牌上，竟能说出上面印着的数字和颜色；

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and, in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers,

还有一次，她穿着长筒袜和拖鞋，

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to make out with her foot the outlines and colours of a picture hidden under a carpet.

用脚辨认出了藏在地毯下面的一幅画的轮廓和颜色。

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Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders had a similar sensitivity.

其他实验表明，她的膝盖和肩膀也有类似的敏感性。

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During all these tests Vera was blindfold; and indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.

在所有这些实验中，维拉都是被蒙住眼睛的；的确，除了被蒙住眼睛，她就不具备用皮肤感知事物的能力。

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It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.

人们还发现，尽管她能用手指感知事物，但她的手一湿，这种能力就消失了。