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高考英语 D 篇精读|空想性错视(2023 届 T8 联考 D 篇)
哈喽～ 宝子们！今日份高考英语精读来啦🥰 专门挑选了2023 届 T8 联考 D 篇，原版考场真题原文，中英逐段对照，生词短语都整理好了，附带高考级例句，边读边记轻松提分。
中英逐段对照
中英逐段对照
You've stopped at a cafe on your way to work, and next thing you know, your latte foam is staring at you. You've had the same furniture for years, but today your cupboard looks sad. You're lying in the park with your friends, and now Jesus is floating by in the clouds—are they seeing him too?!
上班途中你在一家咖啡馆停下，转眼就发现拿铁奶泡仿佛在盯着你看。家里的家具你用了很多年，但今天你的橱柜看起来神情落寞。你和朋友躺在公园里，云朵里仿佛浮现出耶稣的轮廓 —— 其他人也看见了吗？
Why do we see human faces everywhere?
为什么我们到处都能看见人脸？
Pareidolia refers to the tendency toimpose a meaningful interpretation on an unclear stimulus, making one see an object, shape or pattern as a familiar form. It was once considered a symptom of mental disorder, but it is now viewed as a normal human tendency.
空想性错视指的是一种倾向：人们会给模糊不清的刺激物强加有意义的解读，把某个物体、轮廓或图案看成熟悉的形象。它曾经被视作精神疾病的症状，但如今被认为是人类的一种正常倾向。
Pareidolia has been investigated by scientists and has been present in art and literature for a long period of time. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet demonstrates his supposed madness in his exchange with Polonius by telling him that he can see a camel in the sky.
科学家已经对 Pareidolia 开展研究，这种现象长久存在于艺术与文学作品之中。在莎士比亚的 Hamlet《哈姆雷特》里，哈姆雷特和波洛尼厄斯对话，声称自己在天上看见了一头骆驼，以此表现他所谓的疯癫。
Until now, it has been unclear as to why the brain processes visualsignals and represents them in our mind as human faces. However, researchers from the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney have tried evaluating thisphenomenon.
直到现在，我们还不清楚为什么大脑处理视觉的信号时，会在脑海中将其解读成人脸。不过，悉尼大学心理学院的研究人员尝试研究这一现象。
The facial recognition response happens fast, only taking a few hundred milliseconds. From an evolutionaryperspective, the researchers suggest that the benefit of "never missing a face" outweighs the error where lifeless objects are seen as faces. Despite knowing that the object you are seeing is not a human face, theperception of a face stays.
识别人脸的反应速度很快，仅需几百毫秒。从进化的视角来看，研究人员提出：“绝不漏掉人脸” 带来的生存收益大于把无生命的物体看成人脸这个错误。即便你知道眼前物体并不是人脸，那种感知感受依然存在。
The researchers set out to investigate whether a detected pareidolia face would be cast off as a false detection or be analysed for a facial expression. The study participants were presented series of faces and asked to rate each face expression on a scale from angry to happy. Additionally, they found that bias often seen when judging human faces exist in the analysis of the pareidolia faces.
研究人员着手探究：大脑识别出错视形成的人脸后，是直接判定为误报，还是会进一步分析它的面部表情。研究参与者会看到一系列图像，并且要按照从愤怒到开心的等级给每一张 “脸” 的表情打分。此外他们发现，人们判断真实人脸时常见的偏见，在分析这类错视人脸时同样存在。
So, the next time that you see an angry tree, don’t be surprised and remember it’s not personal.
所以下次当你看见一棵 “面露怒色” 的树时，不必惊讶，记住这并不是它真的带有情绪。
生词 & 短语（严格按照文中首次出现顺序）
- cupboard /ˈkʌbəd/n. 橱柜，壁柜
高考例句：She keeps all her cups in the wooden cupboard. 文中语境：your cupboard looks sad - Pareidolia /ˌpærɪˈdəʊliə/n. 空想性错视
高考例句：Pareidolia explains why people see faces in clouds. 文中语境：Pareidolia refers to the tendency... - tendency /ˈtendənsi/n. 倾向，趋势
高考例句：There is a tendency for young people to choose online shopping. 文中语境：the tendency to impose a meaningful interpretation - impose /ɪmˈpəʊz/v. 强加；强制推行
高考例句：We should not impose our ideas on others. 文中语境：impose a meaningful interpretation on an unclear stimulus - stimulus /ˈstɪmjələs/n. 刺激物；刺激（复数 stimuli）
高考例句：The reward acts as a powerful stimulus for students. 文中语境：an unclear stimulus - symptom /ˈsɪmptəm/n. 症状；征兆
高考例句：Headache is a common symptom of this illness. 文中语境：considered a symptom of mental disorder - investigate /ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪt/v. 调查，研究
高考例句：Scientists investigate the cause of natural disasters. 文中语境：Pareidolia has been investigated by scientists - visual /ˈvɪʒuəl/adj. 视觉的
高考例句：The book uses visual materials to help students learn. 文中语境：the brain processes visual signals - phenomenon /fəˈnɒmɪnən/n. 现象（复数 phenomena）
高考例句：This strange phenomenon has attracted scientists’ attention. 文中语境：evaluating this phenomenon - millisecond /ˈmɪlisekənd/n. 毫秒
高考例句：The computer can react in a few milliseconds. 文中语境：only taking a few hundred milliseconds - evolutionary /ˌiːvəˈluːʃənri/adj. 进化的
高考例句：Scientists study the evolutionary development of species. 文中语境：From an evolutionary perspective - perspective /pəˈspektɪv/n. 视角，观点
高考例句：We should look at the problem from a different perspective. 文中语境：From an evolutionary perspective - outweigh /ˌaʊtˈweɪ/v. 大于，超过
高考例句：The advantages of the plan outweigh its risks. 文中语境：the benefit … outweighs the error - lifeless /ˈlaɪfləs/adj. 无生命的；无生气的
高考例句：The surface of the moon is dry and lifeless. 文中语境：lifeless objects are seen as faces - perception /pəˈsepʃn/n. 感知，知觉
高考例句：Colour can change our perception of space. 文中语境：the perception of a face stays - bias /ˈbaɪəs/n. 偏见，成见
高考例句：We should avoid bias when making judgements. 文中语境：bias often seen when judging human faces
原文重读
You've stopped at a cafe on your way to work, and next thing you know, your latte foam is staring at you. You've had the same furniture for years, but today your cupboardlooks sad. You're lying in the park with your friends, and now Jesus is floating by in the clouds—are they seeing him too?!
Why do we see human faces everywhere?
Pareidoliarefers to the tendencyto imposea meaningful interpretation on an unclear stimulus, making one see an object, shape or pattern as a familiar form. It was once considered asymptomof mental disorder, but it is now viewed as a normal human tendency.
Pareidolia has been investigatedby scientists and has been present in art and literature for a long period of time. In Shakespeare’sHamlet, Hamlet demonstrates his supposed madness in his exchange with Polonius by telling him that he can see a camel in the sky.
Until now, it has been unclear as to why the brain processes visual signals and represents them in our mind as human faces. However, researchers from the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney have tried evaluating this phenomenon.
The facial recognition response happens fast, only taking a few hundred milliseconds. From an evolutionaryperspective, the researchers suggest that the benefit of "never missing a face" outweighsthe error wherelifelessobjects are seen as faces. Despite knowing that the object you are seeing is not a human face, the perceptionof a face stays.
The researchers set out to investigate whether a detected pareidolia face would be cast off as a false detection or be analysed for a facial expression. The study participants were presented series of faces and asked to rate each face expression on a scale from angry to happy. Additionally, they found that biasoften seen when judging human faces exist in the analysis of the pareidolia faces.
So, the next time that you see an angry tree, don’t be surprised and remember it’s not personal.
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