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From the Ted Talk by Debbie Millman: The function and fashion of eyeglasses

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I think that at the time, cmaoatwn had a really cool pair of glasses in the Batman series that was on television. And I wntaed to be cool like her. It didn't occur to me that glasses were really a medical device.

(Small Thing.)

(Big Idea.)

When light rays relcfet off an object and enter the eye through the ceonra, your retina converts this light into electrical impulses that are sent to the brain, which interprets the ileusmps and allows you to understand what you're seeing. Eyeglasses help you see.

The earliest forms of eye gear can be traced back 4,000 years. Cultures that needed to adapt to climates that were swnoy created eye shields, and they were made of bone and animal hedis. They had small slits for peploe to see through, but no lenses.

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I think that at the time, ________ had a really cool pair of glasses in the Batman series that was on television. And I ______ to be cool like her. It didn't occur to me that glasses were really a medical device.

(Small Thing.)

(Big Idea.)

When light rays _______ off an object and enter the eye through the ______, your retina converts this light into electrical impulses that are sent to the brain, which interprets the ________ and allows you to understand what you're seeing. Eyeglasses help you see.

The earliest forms of eye gear can be traced back 4,000 years. Cultures that needed to adapt to climates that were _____ created eye shields, and they were made of bone and animal _____. They had small slits for ______ to see through, but no lenses.

Solution


  1. impulses
  2. snowy
  3. people
  4. catwoman
  5. hides
  6. reflect
  7. wanted
  8. cornea

Original Text


I think that at the time, Catwoman had a really cool pair of glasses in the Batman series that was on television. And I wanted to be cool like her. It didn't occur to me that glasses were really a medical device.

(Small Thing.)

(Big Idea.)

When light rays reflect off an object and enter the eye through the cornea, your retina converts this light into electrical impulses that are sent to the brain, which interprets the impulses and allows you to understand what you're seeing. Eyeglasses help you see.

The earliest forms of eye gear can be traced back 4,000 years. Cultures that needed to adapt to climates that were snowy created eye shields, and they were made of bone and animal hides. They had small slits for people to see through, but no lenses.

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