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Oral comprehension

1) Read the following statements, listen to the reporter and choose the right ones. Correct the
wrong ones.
a) Water and sun are the only alternative forms of renewable energy.
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b) The wind farm has become the most common alternative power source in the UK.
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c) There are more and more wind farms in the British Isles.
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d) The one shown here is twenty years old.

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e) There are 20,000 turbines in this farm.

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f) And they produce electricity for 100 homes.

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g) When the wind isnt blowing they dont generate electricity.

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2) Write sentences with the appropriate information.

- The wind / blow / all the time : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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- The turbines / run / (?) % of the time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- they start running / wind / blows / (?) meters per second. --------------------------------------------------------
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- wind power is part of the energy mix with -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- a turbine consists of ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- a tower is made of -------------------------. This one is -------------------------------- meters high.
- the nacelle and blades are made of -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- the nacelle houses ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- the blades here are -------------------------------- meters long.
- the turbine provides ------------------------------------- of ------------------------------------ energy
- the energy / transport / cable / transformer
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3) What does the interviewee think about the look of the turbines?
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