LookatthecentercirclesofDiagram(图)AandDiagramB. Whichofthecentrecircleslookslarger?
TakeafirstlookandyouprobablythinkthatthecentrecircleinDiagramAissmallerthanthatinDiagramB.Infacttheyareexactlythesamesize.
Thenlookatthepictureontheright.Whatdoyousee?Avase?Ortwofaces? Doesthepicturechangequicklyfromonetotheotheragainandagain?Maybeormaybenotbutyoucanneverseethematthesametime.
"What'shappening?Issomethingwrongwithmyeyes?"Youmaywonderatwhatyousee.Don'tworry.Hereishowitgoes:
Whenwelookatthingsoureyessendmessagestoourbrainsandthenourbrainsinterpret(解读)theinformation.Howeversometimesourbrainsinterpretthereceivedinformationinawrongway.Itseemsthatoureyesareplayingajokeonus.Thisoftenhappensandwecallit"Visualillusion"(视觉错误).
Moviemakersoftenmakeuseofillusions.Theymaketheobjectsaroundactorsmuchsmallerorbiggerthanusual.Thismakesusbelievethattheactorsaremuchlargerorsmallerthantheyusuallyare.ThemoviesJurassicParkandHoneyIshrunkthekidsjustmakeuseofillusions.
小题1:ThecentrecircleinDiagramAlookssmallerthanthatinDiagramB.That'sbecause .
A.somethingiswrongwithoureyes
B.thetwocirclesarenotthesamesize
C.ourbrainsinterprettheinformationinawrongway
D.thetwopictureschangequicklyfromonetotheother
小题2:What'stherightorderaccordingtothepassage?
a.Welookatthingswithoureyes. b.Ourbrainsinterpretthemessages.
c.Ourbrainstelluswhatwehaveseen. d.Oureyessendmessagestoourbrains.