解:(2)设该液体中声速为$v,$则声音从铜铃传到甲的时间$t_{甲}=\frac{s_{1}}{v},$声音从铜铃传到乙的时间$t_{乙}=\frac{s_{2}}{v},$由题意知$t_{乙}-t_{甲}=0.002\ s,$即$\frac{s_{2}}{v}-\frac{s_{1}}{v}=\frac{3.4\ m}{v}-\frac{0.4\ m}{v}=0.002\ s,$
$\begin{aligned}\frac{3.4 - 0.4}{v}&=0.002\\\frac{3}{v}&=0.002\\v&=\frac{3}{0.002}\\v& = 1500\ m/s\end{aligned}$
(3)调整甲、乙间距$s_{甲乙}=51\ cm = 0.51\ m,$已知声音在空气中的传播速度$v_{空}=340\ m/s,$则显示屏的示数$t_{1}=t_{甲}'-t_{乙}'=\frac{s_{甲}}{v_{空}}-\frac{s_{乙}}{v_{空}}=\frac{s_{甲乙}}{v_{空}}=\frac{0.51\ m}{340\ m/s}=0.0015\ s;$增大铜铃到乙的距离,甲、乙间距$s_{甲乙}$不变,所以显示屏的示数$t_{2}=t_{1}。$