You're right on both points. A third option: The photo might be of a medieval church building, rather than a castle. Some church towers have stairs that curved around the left like that. I suspect that's because they were meant to be peaceful places, with nothing there worth attacking.
Decades ago I played The Minister's Cat at a party. The rule was that everyone's adjective must start with the letter 'A'. But when somebody gets stuck, he's out of the game, and the next player must start the 'B' adjectives, and so on. It's hard to plan ahead because you don't know when somebody will stumble and the letter will change.
Allivymar, You're focusing your eyes on a point between you and the screen (cross-eyed). You need to do the opposite: focus your eyes on a point BEYOND the screen, so that the screen is now between your eyes and that far-away point. Sometimes it helps if you can focus on your own reflection on the screen.
They weren't really asked; they were ordered. Similar to the Japanese soldiers who were ordered to defend Iwo Jima to the death, they knew that there was no going back. To do so would bring shame and repercussions on their parents, siblings, etc. back home. But to die in service to their emperor would be honorable.
The photo might be of a medieval church building, rather than a castle. Some church towers have stairs that curved around the left like that. I suspect that's because they were meant to be peaceful places, with nothing there worth attacking.
Wish I lived in China.
Don't know of any teenagers today who this phrase applies to.
You're focusing your eyes on a point between you and the screen (cross-eyed). You need to do the opposite: focus your eyes on a point BEYOND the screen, so that the screen is now between your eyes and that far-away point. Sometimes it helps if you can focus on your own reflection on the screen.