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？这是一个有趣的问题，因为盲人失明的程度各不不同。另外，要回答这个问题，我们应该知道一个人过去是否有视力。这里我们来谈谈三种盲人。

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：一个从来没有视力的人是看不见的。天生失明的塞缪尔告诉我们，说盲人看到“黑色”是错误的。对这个人来说没有“黑”，因为他不知道什么是“白”或其他颜色。他说：“就只是虚无一片。”

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.

对于一个能看见的人来说，这样想可能会有帮助：闭上一只眼睛，用睁开的那只眼睛去看东西。闭上的眼睛看到了什么呢？什么都没有。如果你想知道一个天生眼盲的人能看到什么，试着用你的手或脚去看。那就是什么都没有。

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：失去视力的人“看到”的东西不同。有些人说他们看到的是漆黑一片。有些人看到光或一些形状、颜色。这被称为CBS（邦纳综合症）。

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会看到大的物体和人，但所看到的都是失焦的。一个法定盲人也可能会看到颜色，或者当他们就在某个东西面前时，他们能对焦。但除此之外，他们看不到颜色，或者看到的东西都是模糊的。

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.

现在另一个有趣的问题来了：盲人在梦中能看见吗？先天性失明的人会做梦，但看不到图像。他们在梦中可以感觉、倾听和闻到味道。另一方面，如果一个人本来有视力，后来失去了视力，这个人可能在梦中会看到一些东西。

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.

法定失明的人确实能在梦中看到。他们是否能看到图像，与失明的程度和过往经历有关。通常，当他们以前看过某些东西时，他们可能在梦中“看到”相同的图像。但当他们从来没有见过某样东西时，这些新事物的图像也不会出现在他们的梦中。例如，色盲症患者在做梦时看不到新的颜色。做梦时可能可以对焦，也可能无法对焦。这都与他们在过往的经历中看过的图像有关。

（英语原文选自：thoughtco.com）