C. Answer the questions to the text
1. What invitation did Richard Stanley receive? Was he enthusiastic about it? Why? / Why not?
2. What did he decide to do? What was the reaction of government officials to that?
3. What did the women have in their sacks? What were those made of? How are they processed? What do they look like?
4. What did an old woman demand?
5. What demonstration did the old woman make?
6. Why did the old woman ask for the conference documents? What was the organizer's reaction?
7. What presses are used for making briquettes and why?
8. How much do briquettes cost? What makes them cheaper? How many of them does a typical African family use? What do they go for?
9. What advantages of briquettes do African people see after the demonstrations?
10. Can African people become rich selling briquettes? What is the economic effect of that money?
11. How creative are African women with briquette production?
12. What is the example of African women and men ingenuity? How does it influence people's health?
13. What is the principle of low pressure press work?
14. How big is the network of briquette producers?
15. What have Africans producing briquettes done for themselves?
D. True or False? (Use the facts and the keywords from the text to prove and specify your viewpoint)
1. Richard Stanley gave a bland power-point presentation about the energy of biomass at the Conference.
2. The old woman talked to government officials from the stage.
3. None of the officials were impressed by the biomass fuel shown by an old woman.
4. Metal and presses for making briquettes are produced in Africa.
5. Briquettes making is a technology-intensive production.
6. Before demonstrations people are a little skeptical and ask questions about the effectiveness of the briquettes.
7. Conserving the environment is task # 1 for African people.
8. African men get irritated because making briquettes gives power to women.
9. The Stanleys are rather shy as far as speaking about the results of their work.
10. Richard Stanley needed to form the potential in Africa first and then started working.
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
Choose the word closest in meaning to a boldfaced one
| 1) waste | A supply | B litter | C paper |
| 2) combustible | A flammable | B water | C gas |
| 3) shred | A mix | B unite | C grind |
| 4) supply | A fund | B lack | C whorehouse |
| 5) ratchet | A tooth | B plain | C sharp |
| 6) viable | A payable | B workable | C visible |
| 7) resistance | A blocking | B importance | C stability |
| 8) smoky | A flammable | B burning | C icy |
| 9) burn | A fire | B grease | C smolder |
| 10) ignite | A burn | B spread | C litter |
| 11) prevent | A start | B avert | C check |
| 12) deplete | A drain | B cause | C foster |
| 13) substantial | A rude | B drain | C massive |
| 14) remarkable | A unimportant | B important | C rude |
| 15) ingenuity | A inventiveness | B cleverness | C intelligence |
| 16) scientific | A objective | B target | C subjective |
| 17) compact | A solid | B compass | C integral |
| 18) integral | A solid | B essential | C unimportant |
| 19) foster | A boost | B clinch | C advance |
| 20) enrich | A enhance | B power | C pull |
| 21) acknowledge | A know | B approve | C praise |
|
|
|
Choose the word opposite in meaning to a boldfaced one
| 1) waste | A litter | B garbage | C possessions |
| 2) combustible | A nonexplosive | B firework | C gas |
| 3) shred | A chop | B combine | C slice |
| 4) supply | A demand | B delivery | C debt |
| 5) ratchet | A sharp | B handy | C automatic |
| 6) viable | A impossible | B valid | C simple |
| 7) resistance | A eloquence | B compliance | C hardness |
| 8) smoky | A light | B unpolluted | C polluted |
| 9) burn | A extinguish | B light | C fire |
| 10) ignite | A freeze | B snow | C cool |
| 11) prevent | A obtain | B allow | C stop |
| 12) deplete | A grow | B decrease | C demand |
| 13) substantial | A small | B little | C huge |
| 14) remarkable | A sophisticated | B difficult | C average |
| 15) ingenuity | A inability | B ability | C power |
| 16) scientific | A scholastic | B artistic | C artificial |
| 17) compact | A full | B overdone | C empty |
| 18) integral | A nonessential | B important | C strong |
| 19) foster | A boost | B cease | C light |
| 20) enrich | A worsen | B boost | C grant |
| 21) acknowledge | A sophisticate | B simplify | C disapprove |
|
|
|
Complete each sentence with a word from the box
| compact | waste | resistance |
| integral | combustible | smoky |
| foster | shred | burning |
| enriched | supply | ignited |
| substantial | ratchet | prevent |
| remarkable | viable | depleted |
1. A limited oil ______________________ has made gas prices rise.
2. The present system is simply no longer ______________________.
3. ______________________ presses are useful for making waste briquettes.
4. There's not a ______________________ of evidence to support his claim.
5. Nationalism and religion are a highly ______________________ mix.
6. 65 million _____________________ fluorescent light bulbs were sold last year.
7. Unless the company can raise ___________ investments, they will be in trouble.
8. The campaign increased efficiency and reduced ______________________.
9. There seemed to be a ______________________ flavor.
10. Regular cleaning may help ______________________infection.
11. The scene isn't really ______________________ to the plot.
12. A fire was ______________________ in the hearth.
13. The fire was ______________________ by a spark from an electrical fault.
14. Doing volunteer work has ______________________ my life.
15. Vitamin C helps build ______________________ to infection.
16. This approach will _______________ an understanding of environmental issues.
17. Wars in the region have ______________________ the country's food supplies.
18. It's _________________ that no one has complained about this system before.
Дата добавления: 2019-02-12; просмотров: 242; Мы поможем в написании вашей работы! |
Мы поможем в написании ваших работ!