- •Unit 1: Fractals
- •Identify the stressed sound in each word as in the example.
- •Put the following words into the corresponding column according to the sound of the adjective or regular past ‘ed’.
- •Organize the information from the text in the form of a mind map or a flow chart. For example, types properties
- •Fractals
- •Work in pairs and see if you can remember the following words and phrases. Take turns to ask each other. Use the Mini-dictionary (unit 1) if necessary.
- •In the text, find one example of the passive infinitive, five examples of verbs in the passive voice.
- •Explain the meaning of the words and phrases below.
- •Find the words in the text which match the following definitions.
- •Match the words and phrases (1-10) from the text with their definitions (a-j).
- •Fill the gaps in the sentences with the correct words from the text. The first letter has been given.
- •Fill the gaps with the words given below.
- •Find and cross out extra words in the text. There are 10 unnecessary words.
- •Match the words in the left-hand column with the words in the right-hand column to make phrases from the text. Use each word only once. Translate the collocations into Ukrainian.
- •Put the phrases and words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences. The first word of each sentence starts with the capital letter.
- •Fill in the gaps with a suitable preposition.
- •Work in pairs. Look through the applications if fractal analysis below and put them into the corresponding row of the chart.
- •Put the words in brackets into the correct form.
- •One of the underlined parts of a sentence contains a mistake. Find it and correct.
- •Rewrite the sentences using the passive voice where possible. Omit the agent where it can be omitted.
- •. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive form.
- •Fill in ‘by’ or ‘with’.
- •Help your friend to translate the following sentences into English.
- •Discuss the following questions in small groups or pairs.
- •Prepare a short two-minute presentation for your classmates on one of the topics below. You may use the information from the unit or do some research on the Internet.
- •Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian for your friend’s poster.
- •Using the information from this unit and further reading section write your own short wiki entry about fractals. (up to 200 words).
- •Do the quiz to find out how much you found out about fractals. (Problem-Solving, unit 1)
- •Fractals
- •Fractal patterns spotted in the quantum realm
- •Fractals in the biological sciences
- •The common prepositions in english.
- •Passive voice
Put the words in brackets into the correct form.
Brownian 1) … (move) of particles, the ups and downs of the stock market, the spread of epidemics as well as the 2) … (destroy) paths of forest fires are all examples of 3) … (chaotic) in nature, with invisible, fractal order lurking underneath.
In
the past 10 to 20 years, researchers in psychology have been finding
4)
….
(increase)
examples of fractal patterns across each of the domains of
psychology including 5)
… (intend)
behaviors, 6)
… (vision)
search, and speech patterns.
Fractal dynamics afford language its 7) … (remark) flexibility – the ability for a limited number of words and grammatical rules to enjoy unlimited 8) … (combine).
Fractal analysis, the 9) … (model) of data by fractals, consists of methods to assign a fractal dimension and other fractal 10) … (characterize) to a signal, dataset or object which may be sound, images, molecules, networks or other data.
One of the underlined parts of a sentence contains a mistake. Find it and correct.
Fractal geometry had permeated many areas of science, such as astrophysics, biological sciences, and has become one of the most important techniques in computer graphics.
Although fractal geometry is closely connected with computer techniques, some people had worked on fractals long after the invention of computers.
Both chemically-formed crystals and ice and frost crystals are breathtaking examples of fractals nature.
As
fractal surfaces in three
dimension
Euclidean space, mountains typically
have
dimensions around
2.2.Mandelbrot's fractal geometry replaces Euclidian geometry which is dominating our mathematical thinking for thousands of years.
If a hurricane is a chaotic system, then the wreckage strewn in its path is it fractal pattern.
Nowadays, computer-generating fractal art, and the software to generate it, are widely available on the Internet.
A simple mathematical formula: z -> z^2 + c now named after its inventor and is called the Mandelbrot set.
Nobody really knows how many stars actually glitter in our skies, but did you ever wonder how they were formed and ultimately found their home in the Universe?
It was Mandelbrot, for instance, who when investigating economics first discovered that seemingly random market price fluctuations can be followed a hidden mathematical order over time.
Rewrite the sentences using the passive voice where possible. Omit the agent where it can be omitted.
Radio waves have carried a man's voice to Earth from the surface of the moon, but gamma rays can fatally damage our DNA.
Who wrote "One Hundred Years of Solitude?"
Do they pay their workers on time?
They heard her complaining about the new timetable.
You should have booked the tickets weeks ago.
They
are going to give him a promotion.Fractals will always attract human beings.
Before the development of fractal geometry, scientists regarded Nature as noisy Euclidean geometry.
The Italian mathematician Guiseppe Peano first proposed the most famous of space-filling curves in 1890.
Architects use the typical measurement techniques of fractal geometry to analyse the structure of buildings.
Trees
and ferns are fractal in nature and we can model them on a computer
by using a recursive algorithm.People are cutting down rainforests in the Amazon.
We can produce many beautiful designs that resemble natural patterns using the Koch recursion.
