Chapter 9 Gorillas in Our Midst

Chapter 9 Gorillas in
Our Midst
真ん中のゴリラ
Words Usage
 The human eye is amazing, but also limited.
驚くような
 We only see what we need to see, for
みる必要があるもの
example, when we look for an empty seat on a
探す
bus but don’t see our friend.
Words Usage
 Our eye is like a camera.
 Light comes in/ and hits the back of the eye,/ making
an unclear image./
 But our brain combines/ the images from each eye/
and produces/ a colorful, smooth movie of the world
around us. /
Words Usage
 When we watch an active basketball scene,/ our eyes
send/ a huge amount of information/
莫大な量の
to our brain. /
 However,/ our brain cannot follow /all the images, /and
so it looks for one thing,/
making us blind to other things./
 見えない様にする
Words Usage
 For example,/ we filmed /a basketball
撮影した
practice/ ― and then /this happened!/ Could anyone miss
that?/

A group watches the film, /but is told /to count the number of
times/ the players in yellow/ pass
回数
黄色の選手
the ball /to each other. /
 They can/ ignore the players in blue. /
 Will counting the passes/ make their brains miss the gorilla?/
Words Usage
 Most of the group counted /the correct
〜のほとんど
正確な数
number of passes,/ but only five of them/ saw something
unusual!/
奇妙なもの
 The majority didn’t see the gorilla.
大多数
 When they watch the same film again/ without worrying about
the passes/ and the gorilla appears, /they “can’t believe/ their
eyes.”/
Words Usage
 They were so busy counting/ that their brains missed/
seeing the gorilla. /
 We don’t see some things/because our brain processes/
only a limited amount of
限られた量
information at one time./

一度に
 Let’s look inside/ the bus again./
 Did you see the gorilla the first time?

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