On turning eagerly to the text, one learns that the lady was a typist who found the sound of office typewriters worried her more and more until eventually she had to go into a mental hospital.
當人們急切地看完正文后，便知道這位女子是個打字員，辦公室打字機的聲音使她越來越煩惱，最終住進了精神病醫院。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 25 Non-auditory effects of noise
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 旋轉;轉向;轉彎處;車工工藝;
v. 轉動;扭轉;（使）變成;“turn”的現在分詞;
?? turn轉+ing名詞后綴 → 轉向；旋轉
"Not turning up was just a cop-out."
不露面只不過是在逃避而已。
近義：turn, bend, corner, curve, revolution, rotation
n. （指成年女子，有些人尤其是長者認為這樣說比較禮貌）女士;（不尊重的非正式稱呼）女人;（在英國對女貴族或貴族成員的妻子女兒或爵士妻子的稱呼）夫人;舉止文雅且有教養的女子;
?? lad+y(表示人的名詞后綴)→女士；淑女
"She was auditioning for the role of Lady Macbeth."
她試演了麥克佩斯夫人的角色。
近義：ma'am, madam, mrs., ms., woman, ms
反義：gentleman
n. 打字員;
?? typ=type打字+ist從事某種職業的人 →打字員
"I'm quite a fast typist."
我打字相當快。
近義：audiotypist, typewriter
found
[fa?nd]
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詞根: found
vt. 創辦，成立，建立;
v. 發現（ find的過去式）;找到;到達;發覺;
?? found基礎 → 為(房屋等)打基礎，建立，創立
"In some stories, genies are always found inside a lamp or bottle."
在一些故事里, 燈里或瓶子中總是裝有妖怪.
近義：base, ground, establish, institute, mount, rest
反義：invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, omit, outlaw
n. 辦公室;辦公樓;問詢處;重要官職;
?? fac, fect, fic, fig, fea =make,do,表示”做,制作”
"The office was light and airy."
辦公室又明亮又通風。
近義：organisation, organization, bureau, department, agency, entity