LESSON 2: SPEAKING
Designed and performed by Pham Phu Dung - February 2008 -
Warmer: What are the pictures about?
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Biogas Plant
Hydroelectric Dam
Solar Power

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Geothermal Plant
Nuclear Power Station
Windmills
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
Choose and make a tick ( ) in A for advantages and D for disadvantages

Fossil fuels will be exhausted with a relatively short time.
2. Geothermal heat is available in a few places in the world.
3. If the wind does not blow, there is no wind energy.
4. Water power provides energy without pollution.
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A
Task 1
Choose and make a tick ( ) in A for advantages and D for disadvantages

5. A nuclear reactor releases radium which is dangerous to the environment.
6. Solar energy is not only plentiful and unlimited but also clean and safe.
4. It is expensive to build a dam for hydroeclectricity.
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A
Task 1
Talk with your friends about the advantages and disadvantages of using each alternatives source of energy, using the suggestions from Task 1
A: I think that wind power can be an alternative source of energy.
B: Why do you think so?
A: Because our major sources of energy are running out while the wind is abundant and unlimited.
B: I know it is also clean and safe to the environment. However, it is not available when there is no wind.
Task 2:
A. I believe that wind power can be an alternative source of energy.
B. Why do you believe so?
Thank you for listening
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