新概念英语第四册31-03

接下来课文...Another patient might equally well complain that her neighbours were combining to slander her and persecute her, and yet one might be cautious about believing this statement.

might well 或许可以

combine : 联手

slander :诽谤

persecute :迫害

cautious=careful

statement :这桩事,陈述

equally : 同样地

might well/may well＝have reason to do sth. or be reasonable

She may well be proud of her son. 她有理由为她的儿子骄傲。

You may well refuse him. 你有理由拒绝他。 grasping : 贪婪的

接下来课文...What is needed in the case of noise is a study of large numbers of people living under noisy conditions, to discover whether they are mentally ill more often than other people are.

The United States Navy, for instance, recently examined a very large number of men working on aircraft carriers: the study was known as Project Anehin. It can be unpleasant to live even several miles from an aerodrome; if you think what it must be like to share the deck of a ship with several squadrons of jet aircraft, you will realize that a modern navy is a good place to study noise. ...

the United States Navy : 美国海军

aerodrome : 机场 motordrome 赛车道 parking lot 停车场

share with : 与……共住，与……一起

serious enough :严重到极点

接下来课文...But neither psychiatric interviews nor objective tests ...