Transcript unit3_ch9_math-and-music

Math and Music:
What’s the Connection?
Divided (into)
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Ex. After the war, the country is divided into 3
states.
We divided the building into 4 small
apartment.
She divided the her birthday cake into small
pieces.
Meaning: to separate/cut/make the whole
into small pieces or parts.
Equal
• Adjective
• Ex. All the humanity are equal to Allah no
difference between them but only by more
worship and religiousness.
• There is an equal number of boys and girls in
the class.
• Meaning: having the same quantity, size, value
or measure as another.
Fraction
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• Noun
Ex. The water covers three on four of the
whole earth and it express the fraction ¾ .
Only small fraction of a bank’s total deposits
will be withdrawn at anytime.
She hesitate for a fraction of a second.
Meaning: a small part or amount of thing
forming the whole.
Pattern
• Noun
• Ex. The murder all seems to follow a similar
pattern in committing the crime.
• This system sets the pattern for others to
follow.
• Meaning: the regular way in which something
happens or is done.
Coincidence
• Noun
• What a coincidence! I didn’t expect to see you
here.
• I met the person we talked about the next day,
is it a coincidence?
• Meaning: an event that might have been
arranged although it is an accident.
Sequence
• Noun
• Ex. The police describes the sequence of the
crime leading up to the robbery.
• When you want to write a paragraph about
history, try to put events in sequence from
which happen first to which happen last.
• Meaning: the arrangement in which things
follow in logical order or pattern.
Similarity
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Ex. The report highlights the similarity
between the two groups.
She bears a similarity to her mother in
appearance and behavior.
Can you find the only similarity between these
two boys.
Meaning: the state of being like somebody/
something but not exactly the same.
Beat
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• Noun/ verb
Ex. He made several loud beats on the drum.
This music has a strong beat.
The conductor set the beat.
We beat the competitor.
She beat the table with her pen.
Ex. (noun) a series of regular blow to something/
the rhythm unit in a piece of music.
(verb) hit repeatedly, to defeat somebody in a
game or competition.
Musical Instrument
• Noun
• Ex. Some schools teach its students to play
musical instrument.
• Drum and guitar are two types of musical
instruments.
• Meaning: the object used to produce musical
sound like piano, drum and violin
Musical Note
• Ex. Musicians use musical notes to make
sharp, natural and flat notes in their songs.
• Musicians learn to use musical notes in special
schools.
Meaning: are marks and symbols used by
musicians to present relation and pitch of
sounds.
Retire
• Ex. She retired and got divorced when she was
55 years old.
• After long years at work, he finally retired.
• Meaning: to leave work.