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Myeongsik Baek What Can Eyeballs Do? E ng l i s h
Book Information
What Can Eyeballs Do? (눈은 보기만 할까?) THE BOOK IN MY LIFE Publishing corp. / 2013 / 39 p. / ISBN 9788997980314 For further information, please visit: http://library.klti.or.kr/node/772 This sample translation was produced with support from LTI Korea. Please contact the LTI Korea Library for further information. library@klti.or.kr
What Can Eyeballs Do? Written and Illustrated by Baek Myeongsik
PDF pg.3 Baek Myeongsik author and illustrator Born on Ganghwado Island in Gyeonggi-do Province, Baek majored in Western painting in college. He worked as the chief editor of a magazine, but now dedicates his time to drawing pictures for books, periodicals, and newsletters in various fields. Baek says he is happiest when working on children’s books. His illustration work can be seen in Dandelion Nature Story, Reading Demon, among others. He both authored and illustrated Kimchi Family, Delicious Books series, Steam School series, Eating Natural series, and more. He has won the Kid’s Hankook Ilbo Illustrator Award, Joongang Advertisement Award, and Seoul Illustrator Award. Prof. Kim Jung-gon Professor Kim studied medicine at Seoul National University and continued his studies abroad at State University of New York. He is now a professor at the Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University.
Human Science Picture Book ○ 1 What Can Eyeballs Do? Author and illustrator Baek Myeongsik | Edited by Kim Jung-gon 1st Edition Printed on March 25, 2013 | 1st Edition Published on April 10, 2013 Chief Publisher Jo Gi-ryeong | Published by The Book in My Life | Registration Number 102315
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Publisher Address 3F Samwun Building, 385-39, Mangwon-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul Telephone +82-335-0449, 0445 (editor) | Fax +82-2-6499-1165 Email bookinmylife@naver.com | Website http://cafe.naver.com/thebookinmylife Editor Han So-won | Chief Editor Lee Eun-ah | Production Director Hwang Yun-jin | Production Kim Ji-yeon, Son Yun-jin, Gang Gil-ju, Jo Il-hyun, Kim Su-ryeong, Lee Chaeryeong, Lee Da-gyeom Editorial Designer Han Eun-gyeong, Shim Jae-won | Marketing by Kim Sang-suk ISBN 978-89-97980-31-4 74400 ISBN 978-89-97980-30-7 (series) Retail price on back cover Misprinted books will be exchanged at point of purchase. The Cataloging in Publication of this book can be found on the e-CIP website at http://www.nl.go.kr/ecip or on KOLIS-NET at http://www.nl.go.kr/kolisnet. (CIP number: CIP2013001627)
Human Science Picture Book ○ 1 What Can Eyeballs Do? Author and illustrator Baek Myeongsik | Edited by Kim Jung-gon The Book of My Life
Wow, it’s so dark in here! I can’t see a thing. No matter how hard I try to see, there is nothing. This feels horrible! I’m scared!
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Is anyone there?
Whoa! Now I can see! The lights are back on. Now I can see everything. I am your eyeballs. Without me, you can’t see a thing.
What do I look like? I am round like a jawbreaker.
Retina Crystalline Lens The eye is very similar to a camera. Film Lens
Communicate with your eyes!
Everyone’s eyes are unique. Some say they are the windows to a person’s soul. They give away what you are feeling, too. (word bubbles - clockwise) What a sight! What is that?
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How suspicious. Boo! I’m sad! Ack! That’s great! 4 When it’s bright, your iris grows, while your pupil becomes smaller! Iris Pupil Have you ever stepped into a dark room and had trouble seeing? That’s because your pupils were unable to grow large fast enough to capture more light. But not to worry! Stop, blink a few times, and wait. The pupils will grow larger, allowing it to capture more light. You will be able to see again. When it’s dark, your iris becomes smaller while your pupil becomes larger!
Iris The lens is thick The lens becomes thicker when you are looking at something close. The lens becomes thinner when focusing far away.
Have you ever cried when you were very happy or very sad? Did you know that tears have a job too? They sweep away small pieces of dust and even little bugs from our eyes. Without tears, you wouldn’t even be able to move your eyeballs!
Tears are made in the lachrymal glands. Lachrymal gland The eyeball has to stay clean!
There are parts of the body that are there to protect the eyes. What are they? The eyebrows and eyelashes of course!
The eyebrows prevent sweat from rolling down the forehead and into your eyes. The eyelashes stop small dust and bugs from touching your eyeballs. A healthy person has about 200 hairs in one eyebrow. Each eyebrow hair is replaced every three to five months. Let’s play somewhere else. Time to clean. Old eyelash I’m going away now.
The eyes do more than just see things. Try spreading your arms to your sides and balancing on one foot with your eyes closed. Can you do it? It’s very hard. Without sight, it becomes very difficult to keep your balance. I can’t stand still! I’m dizzy.
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Some eyes are unable to see things that are far away. That is called nearsightedness. Others can only see things that are far away, while close things look fuzzy. This is called farsightedness. Everything looks fuzzy! People become nearsighted or farsighted because the optic nerve is unable to focus on objects. When that happens, people need to wear glasses to see properly. My eyes are spinning! Glasses direct light to the optic nerve, helping the eyes focus and see better. Wow! I can see again!
With farsighted eyes, the image focuses behind the retina. Farsighted people have thinner lenses than people with normal eyes. Retina Lens The image should fall on the retina The crystalline lens looks like a bulging lens. The image forms before the retina in nearsighted eyes. Nearsighted people have thicker lenses than people with normal eyes.
Wow, an ostrich can see a fly? What animal do you think has the best eyesight? It is said that people with good vision have eyesight of 2.0. An ostrich’s eyesight is about 25.
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Can you imagine? That means it will be able spot a small grain on the tip of your finger 100 meters away! Bugs have eyes too! I can see in the dark.
I can see long distances! Hey sloth, there’s a fly buzzing around your head! I have good eyesight too! What do you mean I’m albino? Do all rabbits have red eyes? Not really. Some rabbits don’t have red eyes. Rabbits with red eyes don’t have any pigments. We call them albino. There are no pigments to hide the small blood vessels traveling through the eyes. That’s why they look red.
I have eyelids. I can only tell if it is bright or dark. I can keep my eyes open under water. Each animal has eyes that are unique to their habitat and needs. I can see everything besides the back of my head. I have no eyelids. My eyes look like honeycomb.
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Something’s moving! Bats live in dark, damp caves and are as good as blind. But instead, they can make special noises that bounce off the walls. They can tell how far the wall is by detecting these sounds. Fish don’t have eyelids, so they sleep with their eyes open. Dogs and cows do not see color. The reason why a bull charges at the red cape is because of the movement. Snakes have eyes that are like high-tech infrared cameras. They hunt by detecting the body heat that radiates from their prey. I don’t like how it’s moving!
Ever notice the crusty things you find in the corners of your eyes when you wake up? Those are called rheum, or sleep. It forms when harmful things touch the surface of the eyes, or when dead cells or dust collects in the corner of the eyes. In other words, it is waste that comes out of your eyes. But if there is too much too often, your eyes may not be in good shape. When that happens, it is important to go to a doctor for a checkup right away.
We humans blink about 15-20 times a minute. Blinking when the eyes are tired or dry helps coat the eyeballs with tears, making them feel better. We tend to blink more when our brain is tired. The brain works very hard while we are awake. No wonder it gets tired sometimes. Just a simple blink helps the brain take a break.
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Wow! That means I blink 20,000 times a day. That’s a lot!
The brain needs to rest too.
So that’s what visual cells look like. Rod cells (detect light and shade) Cone cells (detect color) Optic nerve fiber Light / retina / optic nerve The retina is covered with little optic nerves. The optic nerves are either shaped like a cone or rod. The cone cells detect color while the rod cells detect light and shade.
What numbers are these? Color Blindness Test I can’t see! When the cone cells fail to detect color, the eye becomes colorblind. When the rod cells don’t work, you may get hesperanopia, or night-blindness.
If your eyes are burning and red, you may have caught an eye disease. The most common eye disease is conjunctivitis or pink–eye, caused by a virus. It is also called “Apollo” because there was an outbreak around the time Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Eye disease is easily transmitted to others.
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Swimming pools are a common place to pick up eye disease, so be careful. Certain plants, mites, dust, and pollen are known to cause an allergic reaction in the eyes. I like it here. Ooh, it’s all sticky! Wee! 10 Apollo 11 There’s a pink-eye epidemic on Earth. Beware pink-eye Contact lens cleaner Now I know I’m safe.
Eyesight cannot be restored once it’s damaged. So if you want to see well for a long time, take good care of your eyes. First off, always read in an upright position. Don’t sit too close to your television or computer screen. Eat healthy food that is good for your eyes. Take walks in the forest where the air is fresh. Look out into green fields or the ocean. And don’t forget, the best thing you can do for your eyes is to stay healthy.