2020-11-30每日美文阅读和英语学习(第245天)
英语学习
Why Did Some Pirates Wear an Eye Patch?
Some assume pirates wore eye patches to cover a missing eye or an eye that was wounded in battle, but in fact, an eye patch was more likely to be used to condition the eye so the pirate could fight in the dark.
It takes an average human eye about 25 minutes to fully adapt from bright sunlight to seeing in complete darkness.
If a pirate was fighting on deck in the sunlight, then had to continue the fight under the deck where it is usually pretty dark, it could take too long for their eyes to adjust and for the pirate to be able to see.
Pirates frequently had to move above and below decks, from daylight to near darkness, and the smart ones wore a patch over one eye to keep it dark-adapted outside.
为什么有些海盗戴眼罩?
有些人认为海盗戴眼罩是为了掩盖失踪的眼睛或是在战斗中受伤的眼睛,但事实上,眼罩更可能用来调节眼睛,这样海盗就可以在黑暗中战斗了。
从明亮的阳光到在完全黑暗的环境中完全适应,人类的眼睛需要大约25分钟的时间。
如果一个海盗在阳光下在甲板上打斗,那么他必须在通常相当黑暗的甲板下继续战斗,这可能需要太长的时间来调整他们的眼睛和海盗能够看到。
海盗经常要在甲板上下移动,从白天到接近黑暗,聪明的海盗会在一只眼睛上戴上眼罩,以适应外面黑暗的环境。
The eye patch could be used to prepare one eye to see in the dark, so when they would go below deck they could swap the eye patch from one eye to the other and see with the eye that has already adjusted to low light conditions.
This would allow them to instantly see in the dark. When the pirate went below decks, he could see in the darkness easily.
Though there are no first-person sources from history that state this as fact, there's no question that keeping one eye dark-adapted works.
MythBusters tested this hypothesis in their pirate special and determined that it was plausible; only the lack of historical sources kept it from being confirmed.
眼罩可以用来准备一只眼睛在黑暗中看东西,所以当他们走到甲板下面时,他们可以把眼罩从一只眼睛换到另一只眼睛,用已经调整到弱光条件的眼睛看东西。
这可以让他们在黑暗中立即看到东西。当海盗潜到甲板下时,他能很容易地在黑暗中看到东西。
尽管没有一个人的眼睛是从黑暗的历史中改编出来的。
神话破坏者在他们的海盗特辑中测试了这一假设,并确定它是可信的;只是缺乏历史来源阻止了它被证实。
美文阅读笔记
㈠在处理人际关系上,盲人自有盲人的一套。他们的那一套是独特的,行之有效的。健全人一掺和进来,就麻烦了。
说到底盲人总是弱势,他们对自己的那一套在骨子里并没有自信,只要和健全人相处,他们会本能地放弃自己的那一套,本能地利用健全人的“另一套”来替代自己的“那一套”。道理很简单,他们看不见,“真相”以及“事实”不在他们这一边。他们必须借助于“眼睛”来判断,来行事。最终,不知不觉地,盲人把自己的人际纳入健全人的范畴里去了。
他们并不知道自己的判断其实是别人的判断,但他们疑惑。一疑惑,他们就必须同时面对两个世界。这样一来就要了命。怎么办呢?他们有办法。他们十分自尊、十分果断地把自己的内心撕成了两块:一半将信,另一半将疑。
㈡有时,短暂的一瞬会成为永恒,这是因为他把脚印深深地留在了人们的心里。
有时,漫长的岁月会成为一瞬,这是因为浓雾和风沙湮没了他的脚步。
㈢在生活中,每个人都有不同程度地想要跳上乐队花车的从众倾向,总是倾向于跟随大多数人的想法或态度,以证明自己并不孤立。
要相信自己,不要盲从别人,要有自我的理性思考,不要怕失败,不怕别人的指责,从重是简单的它让你丧失了独立思考的本能,反而盲目追随,人云亦云,附和他人,没有自我的主见,我们要保持理性思考,相信自己,不应为别人的质疑而改变自我的看法,活给自己看,而非别人,太在乎别人的看法反而活不出真实的自己