Lesson 89 Television Day: Swindle's Ghost
[00:03.81]第89課 電視日:斯威特爾鬼魂
[00:07.63]Some people believe that there are houses which are haunted by ghosts.
[00:10.42]有人相信有鬧鬼的房子.
[00:13.22]Perhaps there are,perhaps there aren't--it's hard to say.
[00:16.33]或許有,或許沒有--很難說.
[00:19.44]Today we are going to describe a scientific experiment
[00:22.03]今天我們要描述一個科學(xué)實驗,
[00:24.63]during which a "ghost"was seen.
[00:27.13]實驗過程中見到了"鬼".
[00:29.62]The "ghost" is really an after-image.
[00:32.33]此"鬼"實際上是個余像.
[00:35.03]It is called "Swindle's Ghost"
[00:37.08]它之所以被稱為"斯威特爾鬼魂",
[00:39.13]because the experiment was first performed by an American psychologist called Swindle.
[00:42.68]那是因為首次實驗是由一位名叫斯威特爾的美國心理學(xué)家做的.
[00:46.24]This is how our own experiment was performed.
[00:48.54]下面是我們自己的實驗過程:
[00:50.83]A dark,moonless night was chosen and the curtains were drawn
[00:54.28]選擇一個黑暗無月光的夜晚,拉上窗簾,
[00:57.73]so that no light could enter from outside.
[01:00.03]使外邊光照不進(jìn)來.
[01:02.33]Half a dozen people were asked to sit round a table in the middle of the room.
[01:05.28]請6個人坐在房間中間的桌旁.
[01:08.23]A table-lamp was placed in the centre of the table.
[01:10.74]桌子的中央放一盞臺燈.
[01:13.25]When everyone was seated,the lamp was turned off for ten minutes.
[01:16.40]待每人就座后,熄燈10分鐘.
[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著燈看,
[01:25.76]till they got quite used to the darkness.
[01:27.95]直到完全習(xí)慣于黑暗.
[01:30.15]They sat perfectly still and kept looking in exactly the same direction.
[01:33.60]大家一動不動地坐著,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]然后開燈1秒鐘,再關(guān)燈.
[01:44.12]Shortly afterwards,the whole scene became visible in the darkness.
[01:47.17]不一會整個景象即可在黑暗中見到.
[01:50.21]It was a very clear "ghost" image which lasted for a few seconds.
[01:53.41]這是一個非常清晰的"鬼"影,能持續(xù)數(shù)秒鐘.