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By using a simple fact: far-away things look like they are going slower than close-up things.

通过一个很简单的道理：远处的东西运动起来看起比近处的东西慢。

You may have noticed this when driving: those distant phone poles pass sluggishly¹ while the ones on the road go zooming² by. In a blank white sky, our brains default to a simple strategy: the bigger it looks and the faster it goes, the closer it probably is.

你或许会在开车时有这种感觉：远处的电线杆移动的很慢，而路边的电线杆则移动的很快。在空旷的白色天空中，我们的大脑默认了一个简单的道理：看起来越大、运动的越快的东西，距离我们就越近。

This is a smart way to proceed, and it generally works. Still, our perception can be fouled³ by rare situations in which we find ourselves looking at something far away that nevertheless moves extremely fast, such as an incoming meteor.

这是一个很聪明的方法，而且它通常都会起到作用。然而，在少有的情况下，我们的感知也会出错。例如，我们在看到一些距离很远但移动极快的东西的时候，如一颗靠近的流星。

At thousands of miles an hour, that flaming object speeds across your field of vision, and your brain can easily conclude it must be much closer than it is,maybe even about to abduct⁴ you.

发光的流星以一小时数千公里的速度穿过你的视野，你的大脑很容易觉得它离你比实际距离要近得多。或许它是来绑架你的！

1 sluggishly   

adv.懒惰地；缓慢地

参考例句：

• The river is silted up and the water flows sluggishly. 河道淤塞，水流迟滞。
• Loaded with 870 gallons of gasoline and 40 gallons of oil, the ship moved sluggishly. 飞机载着八百七十加仑汽油和四十加仑机油，缓慢地前进了。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821

2 zooming   

adj.快速上升的v.（飞机、汽车等）急速移动( zoom的过去分词 )；（价格、费用等）急升，猛涨

参考例句：

• Zooming and panning are navigational tools for exploring 2D and 3D information. 缩放和平移是浏览二维和三维信息的导航工具。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Panning and zooming, especially when paired together, create navigation difficulties for users. 对于用户来说，平移和缩放一起使用时，产生了更多的导航困难。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

3 fouled   

v.使污秽( foul的过去式和过去分词 )；弄脏；击球出界；（通常用废物）弄脏

参考例句：

• Blue suit and reddish-brown socks!He had fouled up again. 蓝衣服和红褐色短袜！他又搞错了。
• The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories. 整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。

4 abduct   

vt.诱拐，拐带，绑架

参考例句：

• The police caught the man who tried to abduct the boy for ransom.警察抓住了那个企图拐走这男孩以便勒索赎金的家伙。
• The news that we see those use network abduct children sometimes filled with apprehension.我们有时看到那些利用网络诱拐儿童的新闻都心惊肉跳。