Lesson 25-1??????? Non-auditory effects of noise
Many people in industry and the Services, who have practical experience of noise, regard any investigation of this question as a waste of time; they are not prepared even to admit the possibility that noise affects people. On the other hand, those who dislike noise will sometimes use most inadequate evidence to support their pleas for a quieter society. This is a pity, because noise abatement really is a good cause, and it is likely to be discredited if it gets to be associated with had science.
One allegation often made is that noise produces mental illness. A recent article in a weekly newspaper, for instance, was headed with a striking illustration of a lady in a state of considerable distress, with the caption 'She was yet another victim, reduced to a screaming wreck'.
auditory?/???d?t??ri/??聽覺(jué)的;聽的
the Services? 軍隊(duì)
inadequate?/?n??d?kw?t/??不足的;不夠的;不充分的;
plea?/pli?/??請(qǐng)求;
abatement?/??be?tm?nt/?減少;減輕;減弱
discredit?/d?s?kred?t/?使懷疑;使丟臉;敗壞…的名聲
allegation?/??l??ɡe??n/??指控;(無(wú)證據(jù)的)說(shuō)法
strike 引人注目的，給（某人以…）印象;
illustration /??l??stre??n/??/??l??stre??n/? 插圖
distress?/d??stres/?窘迫;痛苦;??遇險(xiǎn);悲傷;
caption?/?k?p?n/ 插圖說(shuō)明
reduce to 遭受
wreck?/rek/? 殘廢人显沈， (身體或精神上)受到嚴(yán)重?fù)p傷的人, ??沉船;嚴(yán)重?fù)p毀的船;
