[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！Lesson 89 Television Day: Swindle's Ghost [00:03.81]第89课 电视日:斯威特尔鬼魂 [00:07.63]Some people believe that there are houses which are haunted by ghosts. [00:10.42]有人相信有闹鬼的房子. [00:13.22]Perhaps there are,perhaps there aren't--it's hard to say. [00:16.33]或许有,或许没有--很难说. [00:19.44]Today we are going to describe a scientific experiment [00:22.03]今天我们要描述一个科学实验, [00:24.63]during which a "ghost"was seen. [00:27.13]实验过程中见到了"鬼". [00:29.62]The "ghost" is really an after-image. [00:32.33]此"鬼"实际上是个余像. [00:35.03]It is called "Swindle's Ghost" [00:37.08]它之所以被称为"斯威特尔鬼魂", [00:39.13]because the experiment was first performed by an American psychologist called Swindle. [00:42.68]那是因为首次实验是由一位名叫斯威特尔的美国心理学家做的. [00:46.24]This is how our own experiment was performed. [00:48.54]下面是我们自己的实验过程: [00:50.83]A dark,moonless night was chosen and the curtains were drawn [00:54.28]选择一个黑暗无月光的夜晚,拉上窗帘, [00:57.73]so that no light could enter from outside. [01:00.03]使外边光照不进来. [01:02.33]Half a dozen people were asked to sit round a table in the middle of the room. [01:05.28]请6个人坐在房间中间的桌旁. [01:08.23]A table-lamp was placed in the centre of the table. [01:10.74]桌子的中央放一盏台灯. [01:13.25]When everyone was seated,the lamp was turned off for ten minutes. [01:16.40]待每人就座后,熄灯10分钟. [01:19.54]Everyone sat in complete darkness and looked towards the lamp [01:22.65]大家坐在一片漆黑中朝着灯看, [01:25.76]till they got quite used to the darkness. [01:27.95]直到完全习惯于黑暗. [01:30.15]They sat perfectly still and kept looking in exactly the same direction. [01:33.60]大家一动不动地坐着,一直朝同一方向看. [01:37.04]Then the lamp was turned on for exactly one second and then off again. [01:40.58]然后开灯1秒钟,再关灯. [01:44.12]Shortly afterwards,the whole scene became visible in the darkness. [01:47.17]不一会整个景象即可在黑暗中见到. [01:50.21]It was a very clear "ghost" image which lasted for a few seconds. [01:53.41]这是一个非常清晰的"鬼"影,能持续数秒钟.