Telepathy

1.       Since the 1970s, parapsychologists at leading universities and research institutes around the world have risked the derision of skeptical colleagues by putting the various claims for telepathy to the test in dozens of rigorous scientific studies.  (全世界的科学家开始研究telepathy)

2.       Some researchers say the results constitute compelling evidence that telepathy is genuine. Others believe… (对于结果，研究人员两种相反的观点)

3.       The ganzfeld experiment tries to recreate these conditions with participants sitting in soft reclining chairs in a sealed room, listening to relaxing sounds while their eyes are covered with special filters letting in only soft pink light. （ganzfeld重现上一段说过的一个实验，但是变换了一下形式： 让人坐在舒服的椅子上，在密闭的空间里等等… …）

4.       The implication was that the ganzfeld method had revealed real evidence for telepathy. But there was a crucial flaw in this argument- one routinely overlooked in more conventional areas of science. （Ganzfeld的方法结果能够证明telepathy。但是有严重的缺陷。所以这一段说的还是问题。）

5.       After this, many researchers switched to autoganzfeld tests- an automated variant of the technique which used computers to perform many of the key tasks such as random selection of images. （autoganzfeld）

6.       Yet some parapsychologists remain disturbed by the lack of consistency between individual ganzfeld studies. (yet表示转折，disturb表示这些人还是有问题，所以上面一段说的结果应该是好的，这一段强调在问题。)

7.       What they are certainly not finding, however, is any change in attitude of mainstream scientist: most still totally reject the very idea of telepathy. （没有发现的是主流科学家态度没有转变）

8.       Various theories have been put forward, many focusing on esoteric ideas from theoretical physics.  （各种各样的理论，更多的在关注esoteric 而不是理论物理学）

27. Researchers with differing attitudes towards telepathy agree on

  a. differing attitudes- 第二段

  b. 28题的提示词找到后，答案就在那个词的前面

  c. 这道题问的是持不同态度的人同意什么… …

    Some researchers say the results constitute compelling evidence that telepathy is genuine. Others parapsychologists believe that field is on the brink of collapse, having tried to produce definitive scientific proof and failed. Sceptics and advocates alike do concur on one issue, however: that the most impressive evidence so far has come from the so-called ‘ganzfeld’ experiment, a German term that means ‘whole field’.

28. Reports of experiences during meditation indicated

  a. meditation- 第二段

  b. 这道题需要理解句子的含义

    telepathy might involve ‘signals’ passing between people that were so faint that they were usually swamped by normal brain activity. In this case, such signals might be more easily detected by those experiencing meditation-like tranquility in a relaxing ‘whole field’ of light, sound and warmth.

    Telepathy 涉及人与人之间发出的‘信号’，但是这些信号非常地微弱以至于经常被正常大脑活动所掩盖。这种情况下，这些信号可能会在meditation(冥想)的放松的状态下更容易被探测到。（这句话强调环境的重要性）

29. Attitudes to parapsychology would alter drastically with

   a. attitudes/ alter： 第7段。 Alter换成change

   b. 第7段第一句话： most still today reject the very idea of telepathy.很多人到今天还是排斥telepathy。第二句话： The problem stems at least in part from the lack of any plausible mechanism for telepathy. 这个问题指的是上面一句话。 问题的原因一部分在于： 缺少telepathy的合理机制。

      因为原因在于缺少合理机制，所以如果改善了机制，就能够解决问题。

   c. 问题里用了would 表示虚拟。如果这样做就可以改变。

30. Recent autoganzfeld trials suggest that success rates will improve with

   a. 问题利用了will，表示将来，所以理论上应该在文章的最后一段。

   b. 再次审题，需要到文中找到success rate

   c. 理解问题： suggest表示： 显示出

                成功几率会提高是伴随在什么情况下的- with 的用法

   d. 回到文章在最后一段倒数第4行找到successful. 后面的一句里面有early results show that. 倒数第三行出现perhaps more tests like these will eventually give…

     early results show that creative and artistic people do much better than average: in one study at the University of Edinburgh, musicians achieved a hit-rate of 56 per cent. Perhaps more tests like these will eventually give the researchers the evidence they are seeking and strengthen the case for the existence of telepathy. 结果显示有创造力和有艺术细胞的人结果更好： 音乐家的比例高达56%。 可能更多的类似的测试将会给出研究人员们在寻找的证据和强有力的证明telepathy存在的案例。（这句是问题真正对应的句子，因为存在代词，所以到上面一句寻找答案。上面一句在说什么样的人结果更好）

A.      The discovery of a mechanism for telepathy. 发现telepathy机制

B.      The need to create a suitable environment for telepathy. 为了telepathy创造合适环境的需求

C.      Their claims of a high success rate.  他们声称高成功率

D.      A solution to the problem posed by random guessing. 随机猜测引发的问题的解决方案

E.       The significance of the ganzfeld experiments. Ganzfeld实验的重要性

F.       A more careful selection of subjects. 更加仔细的选择实验对象

G.      A need to keep altering conditions.  持续改变条件的需求。