ENGLISH V

UNIT 1
ENGINEERING IN HISTORY.
THE HISTORY OF ENGINEERING

UNIT I - MODULE II - ORAL COMMUNICATION

Here you will find biographies of very important men in science and engineering in
the world.
Listen to the following tracks and answer the questions based on what you have
listened to:

Biography 1.Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

Listen to Track No. 1 and then select the correct answer to the questions based
on what you have listened to.

1. According to the listening which is not true about Leonardo Davinci’s job
A. He was a musician.
B. He was a chemist.
C. He was a writer.
D. He was a painter.

2. According to the article, he can be better described:

A. as a Very wise man.
B. as a very religious man.
C. as a archetype of the Renaissance man.
D. as a funny man

3. According to the lecture, what kind of job did he find when he flew to Venice in 1499
A. As a painter.
B. As a scientist.
C. As an engineer.
D. As a waiter.
4. According to the listening, a s a civil engineer, he produced
A. A building.
B. A bridge drawing.
C. A reservoir.
D. A car

Listen to track 2, and then select the best answer according to what you have
heard.

Galileo Galilei

1. What is the main topic of the lecture?

A. Galileo's lifestyle.
B. Galileo's achievements.
C. Galileo's jobs.
D. Galileo's appreciations.

2. Why is he considered as a father?

A. Because he was a very noble man
B. Because he was an intelligent man.
C. Because he was the former of many sciences.
D. Because he had many children

3. According to the lecture, the resulted between the inertial systems in

classical mechanics was denoted as.
A. The La Place’s transformation.
B. The Galilean transformation.
C. The Fourier’s transformation.
D. The Galileo’s transformation.

4. According to the lecture, Galileo's major role can be inferred to be in.

A. Music.
B. Scientific revolution
C. Discoveries.
D. Inventions
Listen to track and answer the questions based on the reading.

Blaise Pascal

1. According to the lecture, it can be inferred that Pascal did not have many
classmates because.
A. he was a very shy boy.
B. he hated having friends
C. he probably did not go to school.
D. people did not like him a lot.

2. According to scientific method, it can be inferred that Pascal.

A. loved it.
B. supported it.
C. was against it.
D. created it.

3. Which of the following is true about Pascal?

A. He helped his family to make headways.
B. He constructed the mechanical calculator.
C. He created two major areas of research.
D. He helped create two major areas of research.

4. As a result of having experimented with barometers, it can be inferred that Pascal

A. loved barometers
B. was not happy with the results he
obtained.
C. disliked barometers.
D. was not happy with the theories at that time.
Isaac Newton

1. He is considered one of the most influential men in human history because of

A. his talent
B. his discoveries.
C. his 1687 publication.
D. his determination.

2. According to the lecture which of his work lasted for over three centuries?
A. His prism observations
B. The three laws of motion.
C. The generalized binomial theorem.
D. His practical reflecting telescope.

3. According to the lecture, he could observe that a prism

A. is a very interesting object.
B. composes white light into many colors.
C. decomposes with light into many colors.
D. absorbs many colors into others

4. According to the lecture, it can be inferred that Newton's work are ……. for some
engineering students of Antioquia university
A. their greatest dreams.
B. one of their worst nightmares.
C. an awesome passion.
D. a fancy hobby.