Номер 1, страница 48 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс (spotlight) учебник Ваулина, Дули

Illusions

1 Look at the optical illusions and answer the questions. Check with your partner. Did you both see everything in the same way?

1 How many faces can you see in picture A?

2 How many dogs are in picture B -

2, 3 or 4?

3 What do you see in picture C - an elderly couple, a vase or two people: one playing the guitar and the other listening?

Just an ILLUSION

If you stand at the end of a train track and look down it, what do you see? The further down the tracks you look the closer the two tracks seem to be. Eventually, they appear to touch, 1) ..... . Our eyes are simply playing tricks on us.

So, why don't our eyes always see the world as it really is? Well, simply because seeing is a complicated process! Our eyes work together with our brain to 'understand' what we are seeing. Because our eyes take in images all day long, our brain tries to help us to make them simpler 2) ..... . Our brain then 'learns' how to see things in a certain way, 3) ..... ! When we watch TV, for example, our brain has learnt to see movement, but in reality we are seeing a series of individual images very quickly. This is why we can have so much fun with optical illusions! Our brain 'sees' things that aren't really there, 4) ..... .

Optical illusions can teach us some important lessons about life. Firstly, there may be more to a situation than we see at first, just as we may see one thing when we first look at a picture, 5) ..... . Also, there is often more than one way to see things. It's okay if you and your friends have a different opinion about something, for example. You are just seeing things in a different way, that's all!

Illusions

1 Look at the optical illusions and answer the questions. Check with your partner. Did you both see everything in the same way?

1 How many faces can you see in picture A?

2 How many dogs are in picture B - 2, 3 or 4?

3 What do you see in picture C - an elderly couple, a vase or two people: one playing the guitar and the other listening?