EARTH IS DEARER THAN GOLD

READING

Look at the picture.

Brainstorm as many words as you can

related to it. How is the title

related to the picture?

• heavy traffic• busy roads

• traffic pollution• traffic congestion

Which of the problems exist in Bulgaria?

Look at the picture.

Brainstorm as many words as you can

related to it. How is the title

related to the picture?

• crowded cities• smog

• overpopulation• air pollution

Look at the picture.

Brainstorm as many words as you can

related to it. How is the title

related to the picture?

• factories• air pollution

• industrial waste• smoke• filters

• greenhouse gases

Look at the picture.

Brainstorm as many words as you can

related to it. How is the title

related to the picture?

• water shortage• poverty

• Third World• developing countries

Look at the picture.

Brainstorm as many words as you can

related to it. How is the title

related to the picture?

• trees• deforestation• rain forest• loggers

• Where do we get our energy from?• Which are mostly used in our

country?• Which are renewable and which are

non-renewable?

• wood• coal• water• gas• oil• wind• sun

How can we use the solar energy?

run small gadgets create electricity for whole cities

power batteries power grain mills and sawmills

heat water run homes and communities

pump water heat and cool factories

How can we use wind power?

run small gadgets create electricity for whole cities

power batteries power grain mills and sawmills

heat water run homes and communities

pump water heat and cool factories

How can we use hydropower?

run small gadgets create electricity for whole cities

power batteries power grain mills and sawmills

heat water run homes and communities

pump water heat and cool factories

Listen to the speakers and answer the questions

• Write down all key words connected to solar power. How can solar energy be used?

• Write down all key words connected to hydropower. How can hydropower be used?

• safe and clean• does not pollute the environment• cheap , renewable resource

• run small gadgets like calculators• heat water

• heat and cool factories, warehouses• solar batteries

• natural source of energy• streams and rivers• create electricity• build dams

• safe and natural way

• What does the picture show?

• Which of the words can you see in the picture?

fossil fuels generate power

wind power wind farm

nuclear power stations alternative form of energy

wind turbines slim towers rotor blades

unoccupied sites monitor wind direction

• Read the article. Choose from the sentences ( A-H) the one that best fits each gap (1-7).

• Read the article again and list the advantages of wind power. Is wind power used in Bulgaria?

• Homework:

1. Do the quiz in Edmodo2. Study the new words