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UNIT 10- ENERGY
SOURCES
LESSON 1- GETTING STARTED
Types of energy sources

What are Lan and her father talking
about?

•A. Energy
•B. Sources
•C. Energy sources

Types of energy sources

Lan: Hi, Dad.
Mr. Tan: Lan, what are you doing? It's pretty late now.
Lan: I'm doing a project on energy sources. But I don't quite understand what
energy is.
Mr. Tan: Well, it's power that we use to provide us with light, heat or electricity.
Lan: Oh. Where does it come from?
Mr. Tan: It comes from many different sources like coal, oil, natural gas.... We
call them non-renewable sources.
Lan: Can it come from the sun, wind or water too?
Mr. Tan: Yes, it can. We call those types of energy renewable sources because
we cannot run out of them. Renewable means we can easily replace them.
Lan: I get it now.
Mr. Tan: You know, some types of energy are cheap and easy to use, but others
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are more expensive and harder to find…

3.Read
theenergy
conversation
Types of
sourcesagain and answer the following questions:

Lan: Hi, Dad.
Mr. Tan: Lan, what are you doing? It's
pretty late now.
Lan: I'm doing a project on energy sources.
But I don't quite understand what energy is.
Mr. Tan: Well, it's power that we use to
provide us with light, heat or electricity.
Lan: Oh. Where does it come from?
Mr. Tan: It comes from many different
sources like coal, oil, natural gas.... We call
them non-renewable sources.
Lan: Can it come from the sun, wind or
water too?
Mr. Tan: Yes, it can. We call those types of
energy renewable sources because we
cannot run out of them. Renewable means
we can easily replace them.
Lan: I get it now.
Mr. Tan: You know, some types of energy
are cheap and easy to use, but others are

1. What is Lan doing?

2. What does energy mean?

3. Where does energy come from?

4. What are renewable sources?

4. Complete each of the sentences with
the correct word from the conversation.
1. When energy comes from wind, we call it __________energy.
2. Energy is ___________that we use to provide us with light,
heat or electricity.
3. When energy comes from the__________, wind and water, we
call it renewable energy.
4. We cannot _________ out of renewable energy.
5. Some types of energy are _________and easy to use.

Types of energy sources

Lan: Hi, Dad.
Mr. Tan: Lan, what are you doing? It's pretty late now.
Lan: I'm doing a project on energy sources. But I don't quite understand what
energy is.
Mr. Tan: Well, it's power that we use to provide us with light, heat or electricity.
Lan: Oh. Where does it come from?
Mr. Tan: It comes from many different sources like coal, oil, natural gas.... We
call them non-renewable sources.
Lan: Can it come from the sun, wind or water too?
Mr. Tan: Yes, it can. We call those types of energy renewable sources because
we cannot run out of them. Renewable means we can easily replace them.
Lan: I get it now.
Mr. Tan: You know, some types of energy are cheap and easy to use, but others
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are more expensive and harder to find…

Vocabulary
energy source (np)/ˈenədʒi/ /sɔːs/:
electricity (n) /ɪˌlekˈtrɪsəti/:
non- renewable source (np) /ˌnɒn rɪˈnjuːəbl/ /sɔːs/:
renewable source (np): /rɪˈnjuːəbl/ /sɔːs/:
To run out of:
To replace /rɪˈpleɪs/:

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Vocabulary checking
energy source (np): nguồn năng lượng
electricity (n): điện
non- renewable source (np): nguồn không tái tạo
renewable source (np): nguồn tái tạo
To run out of: cạn kiệt
To replace: thay thế

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Group discussion
wind
sun

coal
oil

water
natural gas

1. What is the best source of energy?
2. Why do you think it is the best one?
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Home assignments:
- Do exercise A3 in workbook.
- Review vocabulary
 

THANK YOU!