Complete the sentence with the appropriate word



1. Many of these countries are rich in timber and mineral ______________________.

2. ______________________ panels use cells known as photovoltaics.

3. This machine is designed to convert ______________________.

4. The supply of electricity to your home, office or community is performed by _______________.

5. Solar systems are considered to be the most ______________________.

6. These territories have to ______________________ the energy cuts off.

7. New Programme is aimed at __________ the back lands with electric power.

8. The motor is ______________________ at very high speeds.

9. Environmentally friendly ______________________ sources include water and wind power.

10. Electricity is in limited ______________________ in this country.

11. They are at last beginning to invest in ______________________ energy.

12. Searching for new energy recourses was a total ______________________.

13. A new gas central heating system was successfully __________________.

14. The ______ of the batteries is enough to provide several days of electricity.

15. ______________________ is the opposite to exsiccation.

16. The process of keeping something such as a building, machine, or piece of equipment in good condition is called ______________________.

17. Solar Electric Light Fund helped provide ______________ to solar energy.

18. Nowadays we have to come up with very _________________ solutions.

 

OVER TO YOU

E. Present your point of view on the problems and solutions discussed in the unit as if you were:

1) an African speaking about his / her poor life because of energy problem;

2) an African authority calling on the UN to help solve energy problems;

3) a SELF member introducing a new solar power system to African people;

4) an African specialist describing his / her experience in studying solar power systems and working with them;

5) a UN representative focusing peoples' attention on the necessity to solve electricity problem in Africa in order to meet the eight Millennium Goals;

6) other.

 

D. Act out conversations between:

1) a SELF member and an African person interested in buying a solar power unit for home use;

2) a SELF member and an African farmer discussingsolar energy systems: cost, installation and maintenance;

3) a SELF member and the director of an African hospital;

4) a SELF member and an African authority;

5) a SELF member and an African business person;

6) African energy specialists;

7) other.

LISTENING Part 2

 

Keywords

1) marketer; 2) state of mind; 3) rudimentary; 4) solar cooker, high-heat ~; 5) to be convinced; 6) to daily struggle; 7) without the aid of electricity; 8) super intelligent; 9) to experiment with various designs of something; 10) to come up with one's own model; 11) shining satellite dish; 12) to be covered by tin foil aluminum, reflective foil; 13) to transmit heat from the sun to the center point of the dish; 14) magnifying glass; 15) to cause something to burn; 16) boiling, frying, stewing, roasting; 17) the great need for alternative energy; 18) enterprise; 19) to make something feasible and financially stable; 20) inspiration; 21) leading supplier; 22) solar ovens; 23) to be made of wood; 24) to be box-shaped; 25) to channel sun light into a chamber; 26) to have a hard time doing something; 27) incredulous; 28) delicious and succulent; 29) amazing; 30) to afford; 31) to secure funding; 32) to donate; 33) pervasiveness; 34) slum

 

Names: Crosby Menzies, London, Zambia, South Africa, Germany, Johannesburg

Phonetic exercises

Taps

putting, right at the beginning, starting, put it in, totally, it is the President, food is, when it's, that it just, better, put out a, quite often, would (h)ave predicted

Glottalization

it to burn, putting it to, that can burn, that you're gonna, crisp, hard time, that food, food cooked, but Menzies, not many

Omissions

didn't know, and it's totally, and ovens, doesn't seem, and we've done, and gas, most simple, would have predicted

Circle the correct answer

1. When Crosby Menzies worked as a marketer the money was         but his state of mind was          .

a) bad / good; b) bad / bad; c) good / bad; d) good / good

2. Menzies returned to his homeland            years ago.

a) 11; b) 12; c) 10; d) 13

3) On his trip to Zambia Menzies saw                     .

a) rudimentary societies; b) rudimentary cars; c) rudimentary solar cookers; d) professional solar cookers

4. Menzies wanted to               solar cookers.

a) destroy; b) ignore; c) disapprove; d) improve

5. When he began producing solar cookers Menzies knew        about solar energy.

a) nothing; b) everything; c) much d) all the secret information

6. A solar cooker looks like a                          .

a) satellite dish; b) ceramic dish; c) seasoned dish; d) satisfying dish

7.    years later Menzies became a leading supplier of solar cookers in the continent.

a) eighty; b) eight; c) eighteen; d) ten

8. There is reflective foil              of the solar oven.

a) on top; b) on bottom; c) on both sides; d) inside

9. Crosby Menzies sells his cookers to         countries.

a) twenty; b) thirty; c) fourteen; d) forty

10. A solar cooker costs $             each.

a) 114; b) 140; c) 14; d) 40


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