He braked suddenly as a jackrabbit darted into the bright cones of light.

当一只长耳大野兔出现在车灯光圈里时，他突然刹了车。

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When they detect light, rods and cones pass the visual signal from nerve cell to nerve cell to the visual processing part of the brain.

当光线被这些感受器感受到时，杆状和锥状细胞就把视觉信号从一个神经细胞传到另一个神经细胞，一直传送到大脑负责成像处理的区域。

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It gradually destroys the rods and cones that detect light in the retina of the eye. But it does not harm the optic nerve, which transmits electrical impulses from the retina to the brain.

这种病会逐渐破坏视网膜可以感光的视杆和视锥，但是不会损害视觉神经，视觉神经负责将视网膜神经脉冲传递到大脑。

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The hope is that this will prevent crucial light-sensing "cones" inside the retina from degenerating.

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Rods are very sensitive to light, shapes and movements and cones are not as sensitive, but they control the perception of color.

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