Why are some people bad at maths? - CrowdScience podcast, BBC World Service – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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Transcripción interactiva y destacados
1.Hello and welcome to Crowdscience from the BBC World Service
2.I’m Anand Jagatia and as you can hear we’re currently surrounded by livestock
3.I want to see if you can work out how many of each animal there are
4.To give you some help, here’s the farmer: Well, I only keep sheep, goats and horses
5.In fact, at the moment they are all sheep bar three, all goats bar four and all horses bar five
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Vocabulario clave (CEFR C1)
experience
B1The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
Example:
"and they work hard, there's just something about maths that they just really find difficult. Was that your experience?"
trigonometry
B2The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and the angles of triangles and the calculations based on them, particularly the trigonometric functions.
Example:
"Some of you excelled... Things finally clicked. Geometry? Tick. Trigonometry? Tick. Calculus? That's easy."
researching
B2To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
Example:
"Okay. So I guess, you know, your job as someone who's researching this is to try and untangle these factors. How would you go about studying that and what some of the work that you've done in that space? "
characteristic
B2A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
Example:
"But identical twins, they are more similar than non-identical twins on every psychological characteristic we studied."
reinforces
B1To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
Example:
"So it's an interesting kind of number. It reinforces this idea that genes and environments are both important, and to a similar extent, in a way. "
intertwined
B2To twine something together.
Example:
"so intertwined, right? Maths is complex. I also view maths learning as building a mental brick"
practical
B2A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
Example:
"Is there practical advice that you can offer to people who might struggle with maths or feel badly about it and want to change their relationship with it? "
philosophy
B1The love of wisdom.
Example:
"The main philosophy in the Finnish education system used to be guarantee the basic skills for all. The four basics, which is about the basic knowledge, basic skills, basic masking experiences and basic mathematical thinking. "
knowledge
B1The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
Example:
"The main philosophy in the Finnish education system used to be guarantee the basic skills for all. The four basics, which is about the basic knowledge, basic skills, basic masking experiences and basic mathematical thinking. "
community
B2A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.
Example:
"So you looked at a specific community who have one of these languages, whereabouts in Australia do they live?"
| Palabra | CEFR | Definición |
|---|---|---|
| experience | B1 | The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. |
| trigonometry | B2 | The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and the angles of triangles and the calculations based on them, particularly the trigonometric functions. |
| researching | B2 | To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently. |
| characteristic | B2 | A distinguishing feature of a person or thing. |
| reinforces | B1 | To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation. |
| intertwined | B2 | To twine something together. |
| practical | B2 | A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability |
| philosophy | B1 | The love of wisdom. |
| knowledge | B1 | The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. |
| community | B2 | A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition. |
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