What Do Blind1 People See?盲人能看到什么？

What do blind people see？ It's an interesting question because there are different degrees2 0f blindness. Also， to answer this question， we should know whether a person had sight3 in the past. Here let's talk about three kinds of blind people.

盲人能看到什么？這是一個有趣的問題，因為盲人失明的程度各不不同。另外，要回答這個問題，我們應該知道一個人過去是否有視力。這里我們來談談三種盲人。

Born4 Blind：A person who has never had sight doesn't see.Samuel， who was born blind， tells us that it's wrong to say a blind person sees "black". There is no“black”for that person since he doesn't know what is“white" or other color.“Its just nothing，”he says.

先天性失明：一個從來沒有視力的人是看不見的。天生失明的塞繆爾告訴我們，說盲人看到“黑色”是錯誤的。對這個人來說沒有“黑”，因為他不知道什么是“白”或其他顏色。他說：“就只是虛無一片。”

For a person who can see， it can be helpful to think of it like this： Close one eye and use the open eye to see. What does the closed eye see？ Nothing. If you want to know what a born-blind person can see， try to see with your hand or your feet. It's just nothing.

對于一個能看見的人來說，這樣想可能會有幫助：閉上一只眼睛，用睜開的那只眼睛去看東西。閉上的眼睛看到了什么呢？什么都沒有。如果你想知道一個天生眼盲的人能看到什么，試著用你的手或腳去看。那就是什么都沒有。

Completely5 Blind： People who have lost their sight“see” differently. Some say they see complete darkness. Some people see light or some shapes， colors.Its called CBS6（Charles Bonnet Syndrome）.

完全失明：失去視力的人“看到”的東西不同。有些人說他們看到的是漆黑一片。有些人看到光或一些形狀、顏色。這被稱為CBS（邦納綜合癥）。

Legally7 Blind：A person may see large things and people， but they are out of focus8.A legally blind person may see colors or things in focus when they are in front of something. But other than that， they cannot see colors or all they see is hazy9.

法定失明：法定失明是指一個人可能會看到大的物體和人，但所看到的都是失焦的。一個法定盲人也可能會看到顏色，或者當他們就在某個東西面前時，他們能對焦。但除此之外，他們看不到顏色，或者看到的東西都是模糊的。

Now there comes another interesting question： Do blind people see in their dreams？A person who is bom blind has dreams but doesn't see imagesio. They may feel， listen， and smelln in their dreams. On the other hand， if a person has sight and then loses it，he or she may see something in the dreams.

現在另一個有趣的問題來了：盲人在夢中能看見嗎？先天性失明的人會做夢，但看不到圖像。他們在夢中可以感覺、傾聽和聞到味道。另一方面，如果一個人本來有視力，后來失去了視力，這個人可能在夢中會看到一些東西。

People who are legally blind do see in their dreams. Whether they can see images has something to do with the degrees and the history of blindness. Often， when they saw something in the past， they may

“see”the same images in their dreams. But when they havent seen something before， those new images would not show up in their dreams. For example， someone who has color blindness won't see new colors while dreaming.A dream may be in focus or not. Its all about their history of seen images over time.

法定失明的人確實能在夢中看到。他們是否能看到圖像，與失明的程度和過往經歷有關。通常，當他們以前看過某些東西時，他們可能在夢中“看到”相同的圖像。但當他們從來沒有見過某樣東西時，這些新事物的圖像也不會出現在他們的夢中。例如，色盲癥患者在做夢時看不到新的顏色。做夢時可能可以對焦，也可能無法對焦。這都與他們在過往的經歷中看過的圖像有關。

（英語原文選自：thoughtco.com）