unit 11: sources of energy. look at these pictures
Post on 16-Dec-2015
214 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
READING
Unit 11: Sources of energy
Look at these picturesWarm up
Use pictures above to complete these sentences:
1. We use ______ to turn turbines.
2. We use ______ to run machine, cars, motorbikes.
3. We use ______ to make electricity.
=> 1. Wind power
2. oil/ petrol
3. coal , wind/ water/sun power
Warm up
1. What is our major source of energy ?
2. Is this major source limited ? Why ?
3. How many sources of energy are mentioned
in the text ?
4. Which one do you think is the alternative
source of energy ?
Guided questions
Vocabularies:
- Alternative (adj): that can be used instead of
something else: thay thế.
Ex: There is a vegetarian alternative on the menu every day.
- Reserve (n): supply of something that is kept to
be used if it is needed: sự dự trữ.
Ex: $10 million in cash reserves.
- Infinite (adj): very great; impossible to measure
=> syn: boundless: vô tận
Ex: An infinite variety of plants .
- To exhaust (v): to run out of, to weaken, to empty:
làm kiệt quệ => synonym: exhausted
Ex: A full day's teaching exhausts me.
- Release (v): let sb/sth free: phóng thích
Ex: Large amounts of energy are released by the sun
everyday.
- Limited (adj): not very great in amount or extent:
có hạn.
Ex: We are doing our best with the limited resources
available.
Statements True False
1. Our major sources of energy, fossil fuels are limited and exhausted.
2. There are six alternative sources of energy mentioned in the passage.
3. Geothermal heat is available every where in the world.
4. Alternative sources have both advantages and disadvantages.
5. The potential of alternative sources of energy is enormous.
Task 1: True or False statements
Work in pairs and read the text silently then
answer the guided questions.
1- What is our major source of energy ?
2- Is this major source limited ? Why ?
3- How many sources of energy are mentioned in
the text?
4- Which one do you think is the most potential
energy of all the alternative sources of energy?
Answers:
1. Our major source of energy is fossil fuels (oil, coal,
natural gas).
2. Yes, It is limited. Because our demand is increasing
very quickly and fossil fuels will be exhausted within
a relative short time.
3. They are fossil fuels, nuclear energy, geothermal
heat, solar energy, wind power, water power.
4. I think solar energy is the most potential energy of
all the alternative sources of energy.
Sources of energy
Advantages Disadvantages
Nuclear power
Solar energy
Water power
Wind power
Geothermal heat
Task 2: Table completion
Possibleavailable
unlimited very dangerous
plentiful, infinite, clean, safe
possible in the day time
clean and unlimited
expensive
No wind => no energy
clean and unlimited
Complete the summary of the reading passage by filling each blank with a suitable word. We need energy to live and work. Our major source of energy comes from (1)________. It consists of (2)________, oil and (3)________. These sources are running out so people develop (4)________ sources such as solar energy, (5)________, water power, (6)________, and geothermal (7)________. All of them have advantages and disadvantages.
Task 3: Gap - filing
The advantage of solar energy is that it is not only
plentiful and (8)________ but also clean and safe.
Geothermal heat and nuclear power are
(9)_________ sources of energy. They give us
electricity. Besides they are (10)________.Answers: 1. fossil fuels 6. wind energy
2. coal 7. heat 3. natural gas 8. infinite 4. new 9. alternative 5. nuclear energy 10. dangerous
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!
top related