新概念英语第四册31-04

接下来课文...But neither psychiatric interviews nor objective tests were able to show any effects upon these American sailors. This result merely confirms earlier American and British studies: if there is any effect of noise upon mental health it must be so small that present methods of psychiatric diagnosis cannot find it. That does not prove that it does not exist; but it does mean that noise is less dangerous than, say, being brought up in an orphanages--which really is a mental health hazard.

objective test : 问卷调查，客观测验

abnormal :不正常

electric saw :电锯

say=for example

hazard=danger

real evidence :实据

sophistry:诡辨术 debate: 辩论

文章题目:non- auditory effects of noise baffling :令人莫名其妙的

critical eye; eagle eye : 敏锐的目光