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A MATHEMATICIAN’S PROBLEM John Smith (JS) is talking to Zhao Yang (ZY) about a mathematician who interests him. Part 1 JS: Do you know that we’ve been studying Euler in maths? ZY: Who is he? I’ve never heard of him. JS: Well, he was a famous mathematician in the eighteenth century. He revised all the pure mathematics that was know in his day. ZY: That probably wasn’t very much. JS: You’re wrong there. He wrote more than any other mathematician before or since. ZY: Really! Well, what did he do? JS: He introduced a lot of symbols into mathematics such as pi and the terms sine and cosine. ZY: Wow! JS: And he did half of this work when he was blind. ZY: How did he do that? JS: He told his ideas to someone else who wrote them down. Part 2 ZY: What were his achievements? JS: He introduced a new branch of mathematics called topology. It helps you understand things by using diagrams. The subway map is a good example. It doesn’t tell you distances but it shows how stations connect together. ZY: How did he start topology? JS: Well, in 1735 he was inspired by a problem in the city of Konigsberg where he lived. Look at the map in your book. Konigsberg had a river running through it.. The centre is an island. As the river passes the island. It breaks into two parts. Seven bridges were built over the river. Euler wondered if you could walk around the city so that you cross each bridge only once. ZY: Let me try that. It sounds quite simple to me. JS: Let me try that. It sounds quite simple to me. JS: Try, but it’s not easy as it looks. disappointed \ discouraged A broken heart polluted water an injured person crowded people \ buses Revision Past Participle Feeling Shout out your feelings club pleased \ delighted excited terrified \ frightened puzzled surprised astonished satisfied worried Act out your feelings Pre-listening What job do they do? They are astronauts What personality is needed? ……. Can they make such great achievements just on their own There are a lot of gr