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1. What sources of energy does each picture above refer to?
WIND POWER
SOLAR ENERGY
WATER POWER
2. What do you need energy for ?
To cook, to light, to heat, to run machines, to cool houses …etc.
Unit 11: sources of energy
Period 1: Reading
I. PRE READING:
* Vocabulary:
- Energy (n)
- Fossil fuel (n)
- Exhausted (adj):
- Alternative (adj):
- Nuclear energy (n):
- Geothermal heat (n):
- To release (v):
- Limited (adj):
Năng lượng
= power
Nhiên liệu hóa thạch
Có giới hạn
≠ unlimited
Cạn kiệt
Thay thế
Năng lượng hạt nhân
Địa nhiệt
Thải ra, thả ra
II. WHILE READING:
Task 2. Scan the passage and write down the advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of each alternative source of energy.
unlimited
very dangerous
plentiful, infinite, clean and safe
only possible during the daytime
clean and unlimited
expensive
clean and unlimited
no wind, no energy
available
only possible in few places
Task 3. Play a game
What is our major source of energy?
It’s fossil fuel.

Five sources of energy.
How many sources of energy are mentioned
in the text?
They are nuclear energy, geothermal heat, solar energy, water energy, wind energy.
What are the alternative sources of energy ?
Solar energy has the most potential.
Which source of energy has the most potential ?
III. POST READING