When you were a child, did you ever look up at the sky and see a cloud that looked like a teddy bear or a battleship? This is an example of a phenomenon called pareidolia. It happens when our brains try to make sense of unclear images by viewing them as something meaningful or familiar. One of the most famous examples of pareidolia is the Face on Mars photo. In 1976, a picture of the surface of the planet Mars was taken. It showed a pile of rocks that looked like a human head.
當你還是小孩的時候，是否曾仰望天空，看見一朵貌似泰迪熊或戰艦的雲呢？這是一種被稱為空想性錯視現象的例子。當我們的大腦試圖理解不清楚的影像時，會將其視為某種有意義或熟悉的事物。其中最著名的空想性錯視例子之一是火星上有人臉的照片。1976 年，有一張火星表面的照片被拍攝下來。這張照片顯示一堆看起來像人頭的岩石。
生活必備字詞：
make sense of... 理解……
familiar a. 熟悉的
pile n. 堆，疊
a pile of... 一堆∕疊……
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本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見十月號。
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