Angličtina pro matematiky I
Course materials and homework week I.
The History of Mathematics - BBC doc (part1)
Listen to and watch the video, then fill in the missing expressions in the statements.
1) In his studies of maths, the speaker is especially interested in …………..
2) Give examples of patterns and sequences which occur in the world. ……………………………………………………………………………
3) The most basic concepts of maths are …………………………………..
4) Also animals understand …………………………………………………
5) People around the Nile river started to settle around …………………….
6) The most important event in Egypt was ………………………………….
7) People used this event for …………………………………………………
8) People of Egypt needed to calculate or measure…………………………..
9) Egyptians used their ………………. for measurements.
10) It was important to know the area of farmer´ s land so that it could be ………..
11) The first numbers in history were …………………………………………….
12) They used a ……………….. number system because they used their 10 fingers.
13) There was, however, no concept of a ……………………………………………
14) Million minus 1 has …………….. characters in total.
15) The ………………………………… is the most important mathematical document form ancient Egypt.
16) The speaker demonstrates how to calculate ……………………………………..
17) The interesting thing is that the second number is described in …………………..
The History of Mathematics - BBC doc (part1) KEY
Listen to and watch the video, then fill in the missing expressions in the statements.
18) In his studies of maths, the speaker is especially interested in …patterns..
19) Give examples of patterns and sequences which occur in the world. …day-night, birds, landscapes……………………………………
20) The most basic concepts of maths are ……………space and quantity………..
21) Also animals understand …………a sense of number………
22) People around the Nile river started to settle around ……… 6 000 B.C.…….
23) The most important event in Egypt was ………the flooding of the Nile……….
24) People used this event for ………………counting days from the last flooding...……
25) People of Egypt needed to calculate or measure……areas of land……………………..
26) Egyptians used their ……body…………. for measurements.
27) It was important to know the area of farmer´ s land so that it could be …taxed……..
28) The first numbers in history were ……………hieroglyphs……………….
29) They used a ………decimal.. number system because they used their 10 fingers.
30) There was, however, no concept of a ……………place value……………
31) Million minus 1 has ………54…….. characters in total.
32) The …………Rhine Mathematical Papyrus… is the most important mathematical document form ancient Egypt.
33) The speaker demonstrates how to calculate …………6x3…………..
34) The interesting thing is that the second number is described in ………binary system..
Syllabus and important data for JAM01
Eva Čoupková, coupkova@sci.muni.cz
Office hours: Tue: 1.15 - 2 p.m. Kotlářská 1st floor
(General information, Mathematics)
Course materials and homework:
Topics ESP: 1) Mental Arithmetic, Listening: The History of Maths
Part 1
2) Properties and Shapes, Listening: The History of
Maths 2
3) Location, angles, Listening: Introduction to Angles
4) Structure, Operations on numbers, Listening:
The History of Maths 5
5) Measurement I., Solids, Listening: How to calculate a
square root
6) Function and Ability, Listening: The History of
Maths 13
7) Trigonometric functions, Listening: The History of
Maths 14
8) Approximations, Listening: The History of Maths 17
9) Quadratic equations, Listening: The History of Maths 18
10) Ratio and Proportion, Listening: The History of
Maths 19
11) Probability, Frequency, Listening: First
Fundamental theorem of calculus
12) Credit test
Topics EAP: 1) Studying at University, Introductions
2) Student Life
3) Studying and Exams
4) Accommodation
5) British and American Universities, Admission to UNI
6) Masaryk University
7) Systems compared the UK and the USA
8) Academic courses, University degrees
9) Study and learning vocabulary
10) Borrowing books, library
11) Grammar review
12) Credit test