and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.

如果不蒙上双眼她的皮肤就不再具有识别物体的能力。这是千真万确的。

And if, with the decay of vitality, weariness increases,

再者，随着精力的衰退，老年人的疲惫感会增长，

On the other hand, those who dislike noise will sometimes use most inadequate evidence to support their pleas for a quieter society.

另一方面，那些讨厌噪音的人有时会用不充分的证据来支持他们希望有一个较为安静的社会环境的要求。

The continents form rugged tablelands which stand nearly three miles above the floor of the open ocean.

大陆是崎岖不平的高地，高出辽阔海洋海底近三英里。

and how much this faith means to a child.

孩子们的这种信念会对孩子产生多么大的影响，

the writer comes to discern things in his material which were not consciously in his mind when he began.

会领悟到素材中很多东西是他刚动笔时所未意识到的。