English 11 unit 11 Lesson 2 SPEAKING

TASK 2:Talk with your friends about the advantages and disadvantages of using each alternatives source of energy, using the suggestions from Task 1 TOM: I think that wind power can be an[r]

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Biogas Plant

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Geothermal Plant Hydroelectric Dam

Solar Power Nuclear Power Wind Power

LESSON 2

SPEAKING

New words:

1 enormous (adj.) = very big: khổng lồ

2 renewable (adj.)

3 convenient (adj.)

4 available (adj.):

5 plentiful (adj.)

: có thể tái sinh

: không thể tái sinh có sẵn

: tiện lợi : dồi dào

≠

≠ non-renewable

(adj.)

CHECKING: Matching

1.enormous

2.renewable

3.convenient

4.available

5.plentiful

a có sẵn

b tiện lợi

c khổng lồ

d có thể tái sinh

e dồi dào

TASK 1 Read and tick the appropriate box A (for the advantages) or D (for the disadvantages)

A D

1.Fossil fuels will be exhausted within a relatively short

time

2.Geothermal heat is available only in the few places in

the world

3.If the wind does not blow, there is no wind energy

4.Water power provides energy without pollution

5.A nuclear reactor releases radiation which is dangerous

to the environment

6 Solar energy is not only plentiful and unlimited but also

clean and safe

7.It is expensive to build a dam for hydroelectricity

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TASK 2:Talk with your friends about the advantages and disadvantages of using each alternatives source

of energy, using the suggestions from Task 1

TOM : I think that wind power can be an

alternative source of energy.

PETER: Why do you think so?

TOM: Because our major sources of energy are

running out while the wind is abundant and

unlimited

PETER: I know it is also clean and safe to the

environment However, it is not available when there

is no wind.

Words for FOR Words for AGAINST

enormous plentiful

available

clean and safe

unlimited, renewable

convenient

cheap/ simple devices/

technology

dangerous expensive polluted limited, non-renewable harmful

exhausted

S1 : I believe that wind power can be an

alternative source of energy.

S2: Why do you believe so?

S1: Because our major sources of energy are

running out while the wind is abundant and

unlimited

S2: I know it is also clean and safe to the

environment However, it is not available when there

is no wind.

wind power

the wind is abundant and

unlimited

environment

It is not available when there is

no wind.

Solar energy is not only plentiful and unlimited

but also clean and safe.

It’s only be used in sunny

days.

enormous

available

Geothermal Plant

Hydroelectric Dam

GIVING OPINIONS

• I think …

• I believe …

• In my opinion, …

• As for me, …

I think that wind power will be used more and more in the future because the wind

is abundant and unlimited It is also clean and safe to the environment.

_ Practise speaking the conversation again _ Prepare Lesson 3

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