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Do carrots improve your vision? 15 misconceptions about your eyesight(3)

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2016-05-09 15:49China Daily Editor: Yao Lan

MYTH #11: DYSLEXIA IS LINKED TO VISION PROBLEMS.

误解11:阅读障碍与视力问题有关.

A recent study from Bristol and Newcastle Universities in the UK found that children with dyslexia were no more likely than others to suffer from common vision problems.

英国布里斯托尔和纽卡斯尔大学最近的研究发现,有阅读障碍的儿童患有眼部疾病的几率并不比其他孩子高.

MYTH #12: IF YOU DON'T TREAT LAZY EYE WHEN YOU'RE A SMALL CHILD, YOU'LL HAVE IT FOREVER.

误解12:弱视不从小开始治疗,就再也治不好了.

While doctors say that the sooner it's treated the better, there are an increasing number of remedies that can help adults as well.

虽然医生说越早治疗越好,但其实随着科技的发展也有越来越多的技术能够帮助弱视的成年人.

MYTH #13: BLIND PEOPLE SEE ONLY DARKNESS.

误解13:盲人看到的只有一片黑暗.

Only 18 percent of people who have visual impairments are totally blind. Most are able to differentiate between light and dark.

只有百分之十八视力严重受损的人永久失明,大部分盲人能够区分光明和黑暗.

MYTH #14: HUMAN VISION IS THE SAME IN SPACE AS IT IS ON EARTH.

误解14:人类在地球和在太空中的视力一样.

Actually, NASA scientists have found that space can impair our vision, though they still aren't sure why.

NASA发现,在太空中我们的视力会受损,但原因不明.

MYTH #15: PEOPLE WHO ARE COLORBLIND CAN'T SEE COLOR.

误解15:色盲的人看不到色彩.

It's quite rare for someone not to see color at all. It's more common for color blind individuals to have difficulty differentiating between certain colors, like red and green, or blue and yellow. And while color blindness is far more common in males than females, it does affect a small percentage of women.

很少有人完全看不到色彩,色盲中较为常见的是人们难以区分特定的颜色,比如红绿和黄蓝.虽然色盲在男性群体中更为常见,但依旧有少数女性深受其扰.

 

英文来源:mentalfloss

 

  

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