UNIT 4LESSON 4

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SECTION 1: SETTING THE CONTEXT Welcome to Unit 4 lesson 4! We have been learning about renewable sources and energy resources. Let’s practice what we have learned.

1. Let’s review vocabulary! Write down the name of these pictures associated with the unit.

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2. Pick three pictures from activity N°1 and write a sentence related with the unit context for each one. See the example given.

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Word Sentence

1 Climate change

We need to take action to stop climate change.

3. Read the following sentences and pay special attention to the underlined words. Then, write a sentence about advantages of using some types of energy by using the connectors given.

a) Even though the rays of the sun are readily available, there are still some disadvantages.

b) Provided that we have salty water available, we can distil or desalinate it. However, the main disadvantage is that it is still an expensive process.

c) Although these technologies are really interesting, there is still a serious problem: they are not available on a large scale.

Advantage Connector

Sentence

Wind energy is cost effective.

Although Although wind energy is cost effective, lots of birds could die.

Solar energy is expensive to install.

Although

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Hydro energy is widely available.

Even though

Biomass energy is renewable and uses organic materials.

However

(Source: Generic Pictures from google and original material)SECTION 2:  LET’S PRACTICE 

4. Read the article and answer the questions a to e.

Dubai´s Sustainable CityDiamond, the company behind Dubai’s Sustainable City, wants to build eco-friendly communities in the United Arab Emirates and export those projects to the rest of the world.

Navid Abdalah, the general manager, said that if the project is successfully implemented, it will play a key role in establishing Dubai as one of the most sustainable cities in the world by 2020. Speaking at the Canadian University of Dubai, he said: “If the Sustainable City project is successful, it will allow people to see an example of how sustainable living can benefit residents, communities and businesses, and that it can be repeated all over the region and all over the world”. If Abdalah’s predictions are right, the Government could get interested in building other sustainable cities in the country.

The community will include a school, a university, a planetarium, a country club and a community center with malls, and coffee shops. Also, the community will have a ‘green belt’ with 20,000 trees, a long water canal, a solar park, and water management system that will be recycled 100 per cent of waste water.

Thanks to this innovative project, the Dubai Municipality recently formed a special committee for sustainability to study other green initiatives.

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“The biggest challenge here and in other countries is that the residents can benefit from living in a green community. Our target is to keep the residents for a long time. Building green doesn’t need to be expensive as it is possible to find ways to reduce costs to around those of traditional construction”.

When people asked Navid Abdalah how this could be done, he said: “Investigate different elements in the design. Investigate everything: from energy-saving, air conditioning units, to the direction of the sun and the predominant wind direction.”

(Source: Text and image taken from 2nd Graders Teacher’s Book)a) What is Diamond? Why do you think an article has been written about it?

b) Describe Diamond’s project.

c) Why is this project important for the future?

d) In what ways has the initiative affected Dubai’s community?

e) Do you think this project could be implemented in your city? Why?

5. Read the article again and check the sentences or paragraph that best summarizes the text.

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a) ____ This article talks about a company which has interesting and successful projects. It also gives information about the interview to its general manager, who explained how they developed their last project.

b) ____ This article talks about a company’s green initiative of building eco-friendly communities that promote sustainable life in Dubai. In an interview to the general manager, he mentioned that the future success of this project could be an example to be imitated in the rest of the world.

c) ____ This article describes an interview to the general manager of a famous company. In this interview, the man gives some useful tips to build a green community.

(Source: Taken from 2nd Graders Teacher’s Book)

6. Read and analyze the information in the box. Then, read each statement and decide whether it represents an advantage or a disadvantage of renewable energy.

Renewable energy: forms of energy that can be produced as quickly as they are used, such as wind and solar power. At present only a small proportion of the world’s energy needs come from alternative and renewable energy sources.

Non-renewable energy: form of energy which does not exist in unrestricted supply; such as fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

a) _________________ It is renewable and therefore sustainable, so it will never run out.

b) _________________ It is difficult to generate the quantities of electricity that are as large as those produced by traditional fossil fuel generators.

c) _________________ It is very expensive because it is a new technology and has an extremely large capital cost.

d) _________________ Its facilities generally require less maintenance than traditional generators.

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e) _________________ It produces little or no waste products such as carbon dioxide or other chemical pollutants, so it has minimal impact on the environment.

f) _________________ It often relies on the weather for its source of power. Hydro generators need rain to fill dams to supply flowing water. Wind turbines need wind to turn the blades, and solar collectors need clear skies and sunshine to collect heat and make electricity.

g) _________________ Renewable energy projects can bring economic benefits to many regional areas.

(Source: Adapted from 2nd Graders Teacher’s Book)

SECTION 3: LET’S CONSTRUCT AND APPLY OUR KNOWLEDGE 

7. Now, you are going to write a short paragraph expressing predictions for the future of energy resources.

Example: Experts predict that renewable energy, such as: geothermal power, bio-fuels or tidal power will be used more and more in the future. As a result, the use of fossil fuels will be greatly challenged.

a) Think about any interesting information related to future predictions of energy resources (renewable and non-renewable). Organize the information in a diagram.

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b) Use the previous information to write sentences. Then put the sentences together into a paragraph.

(Source: Taken from 2nd Graders Teacher’s Book)c) Revise your first draft and make all the changes it

needs. Use the editor’s marks to check.

d) Write a final version of the paragraph in the space provided.

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(Source: Image taken from non-commercial google pictures and activities taken from 2nd Graders Teacher’s Book)

SECTION 4: SPONGE ACTIVITY 

8. Look up the following images about pollution and label them with the correct name in the box. Give some ideas of how you can help to solve these problems. Follow the example.

PROBLEM IDEAS

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AIR POLLUTION – LAND POLLUTION – WATER POLLUTION – NOISE POLLUTION – VISUAL POLLUTION

Create signs of “no noise” and put them around my neighbourhood.

NOISE POLLUTION

(Source: Image taken from non-commercial google pictures and original activities)

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SECTION 5: PICTIONARY

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(Source: images taken from Google generic images)

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