Unit 11 - Reading. E11

Warmly welcome teachers and students
to attend my lesson today.


A. Oil
B. Solar energy
C. Electricity
D. Gas
E. Wind energy
MATCH EACH THE FOLLOWING PICTURE
WITH ITS NAME
1
2
3
4
5

Oil
Wind energy
Solar energy
Electricity
What topic do these
words refer to?
Sources of energy

Friday, 29
th
January, 2010
UNIT 11: SOURCES OF ENERGY
LESSON 1: READING

Teacher: Vu Thi Hong Van
Class: 11B4


PRE-READING
windmill
solar panel
Water (dam)
What can you see in each picture?
The wind power
The solar energy
The water power

alternative (a)
nuclear power (n)
windmill (n)
geothermal heat (n)
available (a)
reserve (n)/resource
infinite (a)/unlimited
fossil fuel (n)

Read the passage about some
sources of energy and do the
tasks that follow

alternative - limited - energy - released - exhausted
Task 1: Fill each blank with a
suitable word
1.Six hundred balloons were…………at the ceremony.

2.They are looking for……………methods of making it.
3.People use …………to run machines, heat and cool
their homes.
4. The food in the restaurant is cheap, but the
choice is rather…………
5. Fuel supplies are nearly………
Vp2
adj
noun
adj
adj


alternative - limited - energy - released - exhausted
Task 1: Fill each blank with a
suitable word
1.Six hundred balloons were…………………… at the
ceremony.
2.They are looking for……………… methods of
making it.
3.People use …………… to run machines, heat and
cool their homes.
4. The food in the restaurant is cheap, but the
choice is rather………………
5. Fuel supplies are nearly…………………………
released
alternative
energy
limited
exhausted

Sources of
energy
Advantages Disadvantages
Nuclear
energy
Geothermal
heat
Solar energy
Water power
Wind power
Task 2: Fill in the table

Sources of
energy
Advantages Disadvantages
Nuclear
energy
Geothermal
heat
Solar energy
Water power
Wind power
available
plentiful, clean
, safe
clean, unlimited
clean, infinite
only possible in
some places

only possible during
the day time
expensive
no wind no energy
Task 2: Fill in the table
unlimited
very dangerous

Our major source
of energy
Alternative sources
of energy
The most
potential energy
Work in pairs to summarize the main
points of the passage using the
following cues.

Our major source
of energy
Alternative sources
of energy
The most
potential energy
Fossil fuels
Oil Coal Natural
gas
nuclea
r
energ

y
Geother
mal
heat
Solar
energ
y
Water
energy
Wind
energ
y
Sun
energy
plentiful &
innite
clean
safe
Work in pairs to summarize the main
points of the passage using the
following cues.

Do the exercise on page 126 in the
text book.
Learn vocabulary and prepare the
speaking lesson.


We need energy to live and work. Our major source of (1)
is oil. Oil is (2) kind of fossil fuel. The ………………… ………………

amount of fossil (3) .in the world is (4) …………… ……………
Therefore, we must save it, and at the same time, we must find new
sources of energy. Geothermal heat and nuclear power
are (5) sources of energy. They can give us electricity. Other ……………
alternative (6) .are the sun, waves and water. These sources ………………
are not only (7) and available but also clean and safe ……………………
for the (8) .People should develop and use them …………………………
more and more in the future.
Complete the summary of the reading
passage by lling each blank with a
suitable word from the box

We need energy to live and work. Our major source of (1)
is oil. Oil is (2) kind of fossil fuel. The ………………… ………………
amount of fossil (3) .in the world is (4) …………… ……………
Therefore, we must save it, and at the same time, we must find new
sources of energy. Geothermal heat and nuclear power
are (5) sources of energy. They can give us electricity. Other ……………
alternative (6) .are the sun, waves and water. These sources ………………
are not only (7) and available but also clean and safe ……………………
for the (8) .People should develop and use them …………………………
more and more in the future.
energy
one
fuels
limited
alternative
sources
unlimited
environment

Complete the summary of the reading
passage by lling each blank with a
suitable word from the box