A Moment of Science (III)
For each of
the following two exercises, (1) read the vocabulary and questions, (2) link
and listen to the audio file, and (3) answer the questions.
(1) Smells and Colors
http://amos.indiana.edu/library/smellcolor.ram
Vocabulary:
| to have
to do with: to be related to demonstration to knock s.o. out to sniff normally practical joker source Good grief! to explode sheet |
yummy brain activity volunteer to associate to match odor intense kinda: 'kind of', somewhat, a bit pardon cynical |
Listening
comprehension questions:
1.Why was Yael a little afraid to help Don with his
demonstration at first?
2. What two things did Don ask Yael to do at the same time?
3. What was the most important difference in the second thing that Don asked
Yael to do?
4. Why did Yael say, "So what?"
5. What practical use of this
data did Don point out?
6. Give an example of this phenomenon from your personal experience.
(2) The Color of the Universe
http://amos.indiana.edu/library/universe.ram
Vocabulary:
| universe studio were anything but beige inspire to delve wonder to conclude Johns Hopkins University to gather detailed data galaxies some of which light years to process this data to break down into optical wavelengths |
prism to analyze to obtain to construct"cosmic spectrum" to represent energy to vary intensity in proportion to nondescript depressed glamorous turquoise it turned out that to calculate to cover up scientific interior decorator |
Listening
comprehension questions:
1. Why is Don complaining about the color of the studio?
2. What state is Johns Hopkins University in?
3. Describe the kind of data scientists collected for this study.
4. How did they further process these data to come to the conclusion they did?
5. Why do you think Don calls beige 'nondescript'?
6. Explain Yael's quip (joke): "At least interior decorators are happy."
Choose more "A Moment of Science" programs from the following index
for more listening practice:
http://amos.indiana.edu/library/audio.html