Номер 1, страница 211 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Лапицкая, Демченко

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The pleasures of imagination

After Paul Bloom¹

How do Americans spend their leisure time? The answer might surprise you. The most common activity is not eating, drinking alcohol, or taking drugs. It is not socializing with friends, participating in sports, or relaxing with the family. Our main leisure activity is participating in experiences that we know are not real. When we are free to do whatever we want, we turn to (обращаемся к) the imagination – to worlds created by others, as with books, movies (films), video games, and television (over four hours a day for the average American), or to worlds we ourselves create, as when daydreaming² and fantasizing ['fœntœsaizɪn]. While citizens (граждане) of other countries might watch less television, research in England and the rest of Europe finds a similar fascination with the unreal.

Surely we would be better off doing more practical things – eating and drinking, developing relationships with the surrounding people, building homes, and teaching our children. Instead, 2-year-olds pretend (притворяются) to be lions, students stay up all night playing video games, young parents hide from their little kids to read novels...

well off – 1. rich, or having enough money to live well 2. in a good situation, or very lucky

What is the solution to this puzzle? One solution to this puzzle might be Reality Lite¹ – a useful substitute² when the real pleasure is unavailable, too risky, or too much work.

Often we experience ourselves as the main character of an imaginary event, described in a book or shown in a film. In other words, we get transported. But how? Through visual effects, the pictures that we see while watching films or playing video games, through the power of the WORD, used by authors. They can create the illusion [ɪ'lu:z(ə)n] of running around shooting aliens, or doing tricks on a skateboard, that fools a part of us into thinking that we, ourselves, are acting.

Besides, we have information that people lack in real life. We know what’s going to happen, or what the other characters think, because we see them in different situations, we always follow them. WE become the main characters with their complex relationships and conflict around love, family, wealth (богатство), and status.

This fight makes the main characters to take action, and through this action we become part of a different life, very fast and full of adventures. Together with the main characters we learn something new from their experiences, and together with them we become different – better, stronger, cleverer, wiser.

Together with the main character, we might suffer the loss of our dearest and nearest. But to stop the pain we simply wake up from our dreams and jump back to Earth. What can be more pleasant and exciting?

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Ответ:

The title "The pleasures of imagination" refers to the enjoyment people get from engaging in experiences that are not real. The text explains that a primary leisure activity is to turn to worlds created by imagination, such as those in books, movies, and video games. This provides a form of pleasure because it allows people to experience different lives, adventures, and emotions as a "Reality Lite" — a safer, less risky substitute for real-life experiences. People can become the main characters, learn and grow with them, and escape the pain by simply returning to reality, which is described as a pleasant and exciting process.

Перевод:

Заголовок «Удовольствия воображения» относится к наслаждению, которое люди получают от участия в нереальных событиях. В тексте объясняется, что основное занятие в свободное время — это обращение к мирам, созданным воображением, таким как миры книг, фильмов и видеоигр. Это доставляет удовольствие, потому что позволяет людям проживать другие жизни, переживать приключения и эмоции в виде «облегченной реальности» (Reality Lite) — более безопасной и менее рискованной замены реальным переживаниям. Люди могут становиться главными героями, учиться и расти вместе с ними, а также избегать боли, просто возвращаясь в реальность, что описывается как приятный и захватывающий процесс.