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AngelyBonilla-2020110148-Basic 3 Workbook Units 9
AngelyBonilla-2020110148-Basic 3 Workbook Units 9
AngelyBonilla-2020110148-Basic 3 Workbook Units 9
Unit 9
Saving Energy
Introduction
a. Complete the conversation with the words below.
b. Complete the conditional sentences. Choose from the sentence parts below.
Do Don’t
1. Leave the water running when you wash dishes.
2. Fill your refrigerator with water bottles.
3. Take baths instead of showers.
4. Leave your cell phone charging all night.
5. Use the sun to dry your clothes.
6. Use a thermostat to control the temperature on your air
conditioning.
“You don’t need all the lights on in the kitchen and living
3.
room.”
“How many times do I have to tell you how important it is to
4.
save energy?”
7. “Why don’t you go and relax and I’ll get dinner ready.”
b. Imagine you are Jake. Write an e-mail to a friend explaining the conversation you
had with your mother. What was the conversation about? Why was your mother
upset? How do you plan on changing your behavior?
To: samwest@gigamail.net
From: jake2000@comserve.com
Subject: Hi!
Hi Sam,
I had the worst fight with my mother last night.
Hi Manuel, I had an argument with my mom for leaving the lights on in the patio,
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but I left them like that because I'm afraid everything will be dark,
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I'll try to get used to sleeping in the dark and I won't leave the lights on after from today.
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True False
1. The customer wants to buy a new washing machine.
2. The customer asks for an affordable machine.
3. The salesclerk shows the customer an energy-efficient machine.
4. The machine does not have a short wash.
a train station
a dance club
a gym
an airport
b. Number the sentences about how we can create kinetic energy in the correct order.
1 a. The turbine creates electricity.
4 b. When people use these special machines, they turn a turbine.
2 c. These gyms have special stationary bikes, treadmills, or other exercise machines.
3 d. This electricity then helps power the gym.
6 e. At the gym, everyone is in motion.
5 f. Some gyms decided to use this energy to create power.
2. When we change something into a different form, we convert/ power/ unplug it.
3. A treadmill/ turbine/ display is an engine that has blades that spin to create energy.
4. We call energy that comes from movement kinetic/ dance/ power energy.
5. A turbine/ treadmill/ dance floor is an exercise machine that allows you to run while
staying in one place.
d. Explain to a partner how people can make their own kinetic energy.
Renewable Energy
a. Do you remember the lecture from the computer lesson? Read about a third kind
of renewable energy and answer the questions below.
Geothermal energy
b. Which type of renewable energy do you think is the most useful? Discuss with
a partner.