Complete the sentence with the appropriate word
1. We need to clarify the __________________ and objectives of the project.
2. The wind is __________________.
3. It’s not a problem for him to __________________ the page in social network.
4. Humans generate about 12 trillion watts, or 12 terawatts, from __________fuels.
5. They urgently need the __________________for road construction.
6. The government has failed to __________________ its election promises.
7. Google engineers have created a sample SWF pre-loader to help __________________ your implementation for new games.
8. Download Google Toolbar today to try these tools and __________________ your web browsing experience.
9. We offer a wide range of goods at very __________________ prices.
10. Their work involves __________________ accuracy.
11. They withstand vibrations, shocks, moisture and temperature __________________.
12. How __________________ are these statistics?
13. The winds __________________ through a valley.
14. The dollar dropped in _____________ on the foreign exchange markets last week.
15. £1.5 million is being spent on __________________ security procedures.
16. The minimum __________________ for this fund is 1000.
17. That is what __________________ me, Mr Dermott.
18. Skyscrapers __________________ above the city streets.
OVER TO YOU
E. Present your point of view on the problems and solutions discussed in the unit as if you were:
1) wind power expert making a conclusion about the utility of the project;
2) Carlo persuading the wind power expert to launch the project;
3) meteorologist talking about the natural wonder of Lake Turkana;
4) a skeptical Kenya's government member who regrets that he / she has not supported the project;
5) a specialist talking about all technical details of the project;
6) an African nomadic group member;
7) other.
F. Act out conversations between:
1) two Kenyans talking about the new wind power plant;
2) a corrupted government member and Carlo;
3) two government members talking about the new power plant project (one – corrupted, another – honest);
4) Carlo and his partner discussing the future of the project and profits;
5) other.
UNIT 4
Energy of biomass
LISTENING
Keywords
| 1) veteran; 2) aid workers; 3) to establish a legacy foundation; 4) biomass briquettes; 5) variety of biodegradable material; 6) grass, straw, potato and banana peels; 7) agricultural combustible residues; 8) human garbage; 9) rice husks, peanut shells; 10) carbon inferences; 11) to be ground up and mashed together; 12) shredded waste; 13) to be pounded; 14) doughnuts; 15) charcoal; 16) metal hand-operated presses; 17) to churn out a briquette; 18) to be bound up to something; 19) labor-intensive; 20) viable alternative; 21) resistance; 22) smoky, polluting carbon smoke; 23) a fortune = large sum of money; 24) to give somebody an escape from intense poverty; 25) to establish successful small businesses; | 26) to spin off from something; 27) to have a PhD in one's fingertips; 28) innovative; 29) to add; 30) recipe; 31) eucalyptus; 32) to keep away mosquitoes; 33) to remain overwhelmingly male-dominated; 34) to get quite upset; 35) to earn money; 36) to become powered through something; 37) to recall; 38) workshop; 39) to demonstrate remarkable ingenuity; 40) leaves and bark from neem trees; 41) to compress; 42) at a very low temperature, to keep the temperature down; 43) to retain the aromas, wonderful-smelling aroma; 44) praise; 45) to release the potential; 46) to exist |
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Names: Richard and Joy Stanley, chapatis (=pancakes) and nyama choma (=barbecued meat), Tanzania, Mali, Johannesburg
Phonetic exercises
Taps
residues, a little bit of, production, briquette or not, taught us, mosquitoes, adding, made a, briquette and says, what are you doing
Glottalization
to help people, that burn, it will, briquette, bound up, they get, about will, isn'(t) it going, briquette making, importan(t), good briquette or, about using, but most,toilet paper, briquette producers
Omissions
veteran, combustible, and leaves, almost all, two and a half and four, cents, gonna (going to), isn't it going, important thing, and Richard
Circle the correct answer
1. Briquettes are made of peels.
a) tomato and banana; b) potato and orange; c) potato and banana; d) orange and banana
2. Briquettes are made of .
a) agricultural waste; b) human garbage; c) industrial waste; d) toilet paper
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3) Ready-made briquettes look like .
a) large peanuts; b) small doughnuts; c) large doughnuts; d) small peanuts
4. Metal hand-operated presses allow to churn out a briquette every .
a) 30 second; b) 30 minutes; c) 40 seconds; d) 40 minutes
5. A briquette costs US cents.
a) two; b) four; c) two – four; d) two and a half – four
6. Briquette makers earn up to US dollars .
a) 9 / a month; b) 10 / a day; c) 9 / a day; d) 9 / an hour
7. African are especially good at making briquettes.
a) men; b) women; c) children; d) teenagers
8. African women use eucalyptus to .
a) keep away diseases; b) keep away mosquitoes; c) attract mosquitoes; d) attract their men
9. Most African societies are -dominated.
a) mafia; b) female; c) male; d) mail
10. Through making briquettes African women become more .
a) powerful; b) tired; c) beautiful; d) aggressive
11. In Mali people compress briquettes using .
a) hot water; b) cold air; c) cold water; d) hot air
12. Briquettes made of neem tree have .
a) wonderful aroma; b) more smoke; c) insects inside; d) high cost
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