Vocabulary notes Babylonia – Babilónia

define v – meghatároz

dot, point – pont

volume – mennyiség, terület

Egypt – Egyiptom

extend v – terjed

improve v – javít

indefinitely – korlátlanul

include v – beleért, tartalmaz

idea – eszme, ötlet

intriguing – érdekes

mark v – jegyez

location – elhelyezés, telepítés

relation – kapcsolat, viszony

ruler – vonalzó

pyramid – piramis

shape – alak, forma

segment – rész

refer (to) v – hivatkozik, vonatkozik

B.C. – időzámításunk előtt

spread v – elterjed

Egyptians were mostly concerned with – az egyiptomiakat főképp ... érdekelte

points are commonly referred to – általában a pontok …utalnak

put into a logical sequence – logikai sorrendbe állítani

think of a point as – képzeljenek el egy pontot mint…

Exercises

I. Answer the following questions on the text:

1. What countries are considered to be the motherland of geometry?

2. What were the Egyptians mostly concerned with?

3. Where did the knowledge of Egyptians spread to?

4. Who put into a logical sequence all the known facts about Greek geometry?

5. What studies does today geometry include?

6. What is the most fundamental idea in the study of geometry?

7. How do we represent a point in writing?

8. How are points commonly referred to?

9. What will you get if you mark two points and by using a ruler draw a straight line?

10. What do we mean by the word "line"?

II. According to the text are the following statements true or false? If you think they are false, say why. Begin your statements with:

“I’m afraid you are wrong”, “As far as I know”, “I don’t think so.”

1. Geometry is an old subject.

2. Geometry began in England.

3. Egyptians were mostly concerned with the practical use of geometry.

4. Geometry includes only the study of the shape and size of objects.

5. The idea of a point is a fundamental in geometry.

6. One can feel, see, move or hold a point.

7. A line segment includes its endpoints.

III. Ask questions using the question words in brackets. Translate the given sentences.

1. By applying your knowledge of geometry you can locate the point in the plane (how?)

2. In measuring the volume of an object one must be very careful. (when?)

3. We discussed improving the shape of the model. (what?)

4. Imagining the shape of the earth is easy. (what?)

5. We cannot draw a complete picture of cosmic space without knowing the dimensions of the Sun. (why?)

6. In naming geometric objects we often use capital letters. (when?)

7. Drawing a straight line in one direction gives you a one way extension. (why?)

8. Instead of being moved to the right the dot is moved to the left. (where?)

9. The researchers expected being included in the experimental group. (who?)

IV. Find in the text the following words and word combinations. Guess their meanings. Make up your own sentences with them.

practical ways, to define a volume, to be concerned with, everyday problems, to spread to, intriguing, the known facts, to put into a logical sequence, relations between objects, the fundamental idea, to define, instead, to represent, to be referred to, capital letters, a line segment, a complete picture, to agree