مکالمه ی فعالانه قسمت ب

ACTIVE SPEAKING / PART B

DREAMS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

Srinivasa believed he had discovered 17 new equations.

What did Srinivasa believe? Srinivasa believed he had discovered 17 new equations.

Srinivasa had a hunch how these equations behaved.

What did Srinivasa have a hunch about? Srinivasa had a hunch about how these equations behaved.

Sadly, he died before he could prove their purpose. He was 32.

What happened before he could prove their purpose? He died before he could prove their purpose. How old was he? He was 32.

Srinivasa Ramanujan was a man ahead of his time.

Was Srinivasa a man behind his time? No, Srinivasa wasn’t a man behind his time. Srinivasa was a man ahead of his time.

In 2002, more than 80 years after his death, mathematicians finally made sense of his equations.

When did mathematicians finally make sense of his equations?

Mathematicians finally made sense of his equations in 2002.

Scientists now use his findings to understand and measure black holes.

What do scientists use his findings to understand and measure? Scientists use his findings to understand and measure black holes.

Srinivasa’s claim is not so strange.

Is Srinivasa’s claim strange? No, Srinivasa’s claim is not strange.

Human beings have long thought of dreams as messages from the divine.

What have human beings long thought of? Human beings have long thought of dreams as messages from the divine.

In ancient Greece, they even had a God of dreams. His name was Morpheus.

What kind of god did they have in ancient Greece? They had a God of dreams in ancient Greece. What was his name? His name was Morpheus.

The Greeks said that when a person was in the arms of Morpheus, they would enjoy a sound sleep.

What kind of sleep would a person enjoy when they were in the arms of Morpheus? A person would enjoy a sound sleep when they were in the arms of Morpheus.

They could also dream about the future.

What could they also dream about? They could also dream about the future.

Morpheus was said to appear in the dreams of mortals in any form he desired.

How did Morpheus appear in the dreams of mortals? Morpheus appeared in the dreams of mortals in any form he desired.

He possessed the ability to send divine messages to humankind.

Did he possess the ability to send divine messages to animal kind or humankind? He possessed the ability to send divine messages to humankind.

Google co-founder Larry Page is all too familiar with the power of dreams.

What is Google co-founder Larry Page all too familiar with? Google cofounder Larry Page is all too familiar with the power of dreams.

The dot-com billionaire once said, “When a really great dream shows up, grab it!” What did the dot-com billionaire once say? The dot-com billionaire once said, “When a really great dream shows up, grab it!” Page is speaking from experience.

What is Page speaking from? Page is speaking from experience.

The idea for the Google search engine which made him famous came to him in his sleep.

How did the idea for the Google search engine come to him? The idea for the Google search engine came to him in his sleep. What did it make him? It made him famous.

As a 22-year-old student at Stanford University in the 1990s Page had a vivid dream.

Did Page have a boring dream when he was at Stanford University in the 1990s? No, Page didn’t have a boring dream when he was at Stanford University in the 1990s. Page had a vivid dream when he was at Stanford in the 1990s.

Upon waking, he immediately wrote down what he had dreamt.

When did he write down what he had dreamt? Upon waking, he wrote down what he had dreamt.

During the dream Page had somehow managed to download the entire World Wide Web but just kept the links.

What had Page managed to download during the dream? Page had managed to download the entire World Wide Web during the dream. What did he keep? He kept just the links.

The algorithm inspired by this dream would go on to become the search engine known as Google.

What would the algorithm inspired by this dream go on to become? The algorithm inspired by this dream would go on to become the search engine known as Google.

The idea of harnessing the power of our dreams is as old as the hills.

Is the idea of harnessing the power of the sun as old as the hills? No, the idea of harnessing the power of the sun isn’t as old as the hills. The idea of harnessing the power of our dreams is as old as the hills.

Sleeping on a problem is a familiar expression.

What is a familiar expression? Sleeping on a problem is a familiar expression.

It means that hopefully when we awake, we’ll have a solution to our dilemma.

What will hopefully happen when we awake? We will hopefully have a solution to our dilemma when we awake.

Arianna Huffington points out how it works in her book, ‘The Sleep Revolution.’ Who points out how it works in her book? Arianna Huffington points out how it works in her book.

“During sleep, the neurons of the brain are reorganized, so we see new patterns.” What are reorganized during sleep? The neurons of the brain are reorganized during sleep.

“We see solutions, where before we could only see obstacles.” What could we only see before? We could only see obstacles before.

When Einstein was a young man, he had a peculiar dream.

What did Albert Einstein have? Albert Einstein had a peculiar dream. Was it when he was a young man or an old man? It was when he was a young man.

He was wandering in the misty mountains of the Alps one beautiful Spring morning.

Where was he wandering one beautiful Spring morning? He was wandering in the misty mountains of the Alps one beautiful Spring morning.

As he strolled alongside a mountain stream, he stumbled across a breathtaking view.

Where did he stroll? He strolled alongside a mountain stream. What did he stumble across? He stumbled across a breathtaking view.