1. Illuminate - to shine light on
in e.g Candles ILLUMINATED the church.
Part of the moon in ILLUMINATED by the sun
2. Making a splash - to get a lot of attention
in e.g Chinese cultural even MAKES A SPLASH in Belarus
Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo MAKES A SPLASH in Vancouver Games.
3. Ethnicity - of or relating to races or large groups of people who have the same customs, religion, origin, etc.
in e.g New York is a melting pot of different ETHNICITIES.
4. Hoax - an act that is meant to trick or deceive people
in e.g The bomb threat is probably a HOAX, but we should still evacuate the building.
5. Ophthalmology - the study of the structure, functions, and diseases of the eye
in e.g She studied OPHTHALMOLOGY at Princeton University.
Does China's Cat-Eyed Boy Really Have Night Vision?
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfEEU1YNL_wAccording to a news reel from China, a young boy there possesses the ability to see in the dark. Like a Siamese cat's, his sky-blue eyes flash neon green when illuminated by a flashlight, and his night vision is good enough to enable him to fill out questionnaires while sitting in a pitch black room — or so say the reporters who visited Nong Yousui in his hometown of Dahua three years ago.
The footage of Nong and his strange-looking eyes originally surfaced in 2009; it got little attention at the time, but is now making a splash all over the Web. If the boy really does have a genetic mutation that confers night vision, then he would be an interesting subject for analysis by vision scientists, evolutionary biologists, and genetic engineers alike — but does he?
In the footage, Nong's teacher claims the boy's eyes flash when shined with a flashlight in the dark, but the reporters don't seem to be able to catch the effect on camera. When Nong's eyes are illuminated in the dark, they appear normal. James Reynolds, a pediatric ophthalmologist at State University of New York in Buffalo, noted, "A video could capture [eyeshine] easily, just like in nature films of leopards at night."
On the other hand, in the footage, the reporters gave Nong a questionnaire to fill out while sitting in a dark room, and they acted surprised by his ability to see and complete the fill-in-the-blank form. Even if he doesn't have cat eyes, he may nevertheless have unusually good night vision, Reynolds said. He could have a rod-rich retina, for example — a retina that contains a higher than usual number of cells involved in light detection. Or the video could be a total hoax.
"It is hard to say what the truth is about this boy," said Dennis Brooks, professor of ophthalmology at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine. "A good ophthalmic examination by a physician ophthalmologist is in order, I think."
