Tuesday's Assignment

Welcome back from the Victoria Day weekend! This week, we'll be having a look at environmental issues, including land use and transportation.

Here are your tasks:

1. Listen to this video, from 45:05 to 45:23. 
1. First listen at normal speed. 
2. Then play it at half-speed. 
3. Check your transcript with two partners before publishing. Make sure to include these instructions. (Answers below)
4. Practise reading your the transcript aloud, checking it with the original video, and then record it on chirbit.com.
5. Discuss with your partners the following:
1. What was most difficult about this exercise?
2. What surprises/lessons did you pick up?
2. Read this article, and identify all the passive verbs. Discuss each use with a partner.
3. Role play: Riding in a Carpool

Transcript:

Well, I'm pro-solar. I have solar panels on the roof of my house. I'll address your issue on wind ...

To replace the coal-fired fleet in the United States, 300 gigawatts, with wind energy would require land area the size of Italy. Power density of wind energy is 1 watt per square metre. You don't have to like my math. You don't have to ... But this is math. It's physics.