Lee
atentamente este interesante artículo acerca de la necesidad de
energía en el mundo y cuáles son los recursos de dónde obtenerla.
Completa luego el ejercicio de lecto-comprensión.
Energy
is very important in modern life. People use energy to run machines,
heat and cool their homes, cook, give light, and transport people and
products from place to place. Most energy nowadays comes from fossil
fuels - petroleum, coal, and natural gas. However, burning fossil fuels
causes pollution. Also, if we don't find new kinds of energy, we will
use up all the fossil fuels in the twenty-first century. Scientists are
working to find other kinds of energy for the future. What might these
sources of energy be?
Energy
from the wind
All
over the world, people use the power of the wind. It turns windmills and
moves sailboats. It is a clean source of energy, and there are lots of
it. Unfortunately, if the wind does not blow, there is no wind energy.
Energy
from water
When
water moves from a high place to a lower place, it makes energy to
create electricity. In Brittany, France, for example, waterpower
produces enough energy to light a town of 40,000 people. Waterpower
gives energy without pollution, but people have to build dams to use
this energy, and building dams is really expensive.
Energy
from the earth
There
is heat in rocks under the earth. Scientists use this heat to make
geothermal energy. San Francisco gets half of the energy it needs from
geothermal power. This kind of energy is cheap, but it is possible only
in a few places in the world - The Geysers in California, for
example.
Energy
from the sun
Solar
panels on the roofs of houses and buildings can turn energy from the sun
into electricity. These panels can create enough energy to heat an
entire house. Solar power is clean and there is a lot of it in sunny
places. But when the weather is bad, there is no sunlight for this kind
of energy.
AQUÍ
ESTOY !!! ESTE GLOSARIO BILINGÜE TE VA A AYUDAR... run machines:
(hacer) funcionar las máquinas; heat =/= cool: calentar
=/= enfriar, refrescar; give
light = to light: iluminar,
dar luz; from place to place: de un lugar a otro; most:
la mayor parte de, la mayoría; come from: provenir de; fossil
fuel: combustible fósil; petroleum:
petróleo; coal: carbón; however: sin embargo, no
obstante; burning: el quemado, la combustión de; pollution:
polución; kinds = sorts: tipos, variedades; use up =
exhaust: agotar; sources: fuentes, orígenes; all
over the world: en todo el mundo; wind
energy: energía eólica,
del viento; windmill: molino de viento; sailboat:
barco a vela; clean =/= dirty: limpio =/= sucio; blow:
soplar; lower: inferior;
without: sin; dam: dique, represa; expensive
=/= cheap: caro =/= barato, económico; heat: calor; rock:
roca; geothermal: geotérmico; geyser: géiser; roof:
techo (exterior); turn ... into: convertir ... en; create
= generate: crear, generar; entire = full: completo,
entero; sunlight: luz solar.
Activity
62: Este es un ejercicio de LECTO-COMPRENSION sobre el artículo
anterior. Después de leerlo con atención, selecciona de los
menúes las VENTAJAS y DESVENTAJAS para cada tipo de energía.
Verifica luego las respuestas correctas ...
1
WIND
POWER
Advantage
Disadvantage
2
WATERPOWER
Advantage
Disadvantage
3
GEOTHERMAL
POWER
Advantage
Disadvantage
4
SOLAR
POWER
Advantage
Disadvantage
¡FELICITACIONES!
Acabas de finalizar la
LECCION 10
del curso Intermedio.
Antes de comenzar la Unidad
11 (curso Intermedio Alto) sugerimos que realices el Segundo Test que revisa
las Unidades 6 a 10 de este curso. Si consideras que te
encuentras en condiciones de realizar el test en estos
momentos, PULSA
AQUÍ para
comenzarlo.
