How fractals can help you understand the universe | BBC Ideas – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.What do galaxies, cloud formations, your nervous system, mountain ranges and all have in common
2.They all contain never ending patterns known as fractals
3.A classic example of a fractal in nature is broccoli - in that the whole stalk is a similar version of one of its branches
4.So cut off one piece and you're left with a smaller version of the entire broccoli
5.Snowflakes are another example
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
coastlines
A2The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast.
Example:
"mountain ranges and coastlines all have in common?"
explanation
B2The act or process of explaining.
Example:
"and fractals offer a fascinating explanation"
self-replicating
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"why nature continuously creates new, self-replicating"
structure
A2A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
Example:
"yet unique structures and how the smallest things in existence"
existence
B2The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
Example:
"yet unique structures and how the smallest things in existence"
mandlebrot
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Mandlebrot had been fascinated by discoveries of mathematicians"
mathematicians
B1An expert on mathematics.
Example:
"Mandlebrot had been fascinated by discoveries of mathematicians"
experiments
B1A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.
Example:
"Experiments such as Georg Cantor's discovery"
discovery
A2Something discovered.
Example:
"Experiments such as Georg Cantor's discovery"
resulting
A2To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
Example:
"resulting in his own set of numbers."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| coastlines | A2 | The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. |
| explanation | B2 | The act or process of explaining. |
| self-replicating | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| structure | A2 | A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts. |
| existence | B2 | The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood. |
| mandlebrot | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| mathematicians | B1 | An expert on mathematics. |
| experiments | B1 | A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried. |
| discovery | A2 | Something discovered. |
| resulting | A2 | To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor. |
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