Ecodriving

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• Unit 4 Lesson 5 (4th form Arts)

Designed presented by Mr Ammar Boualleg
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• Match the pictures with the headlines.

Watch this video first
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• After watching the video match the pictures with
  the headlines.

1 Global warming
2 Greenhouse effect
3 Deforestation
4 Endangered species
5 Ozone depletion
6 Carbon dioxide
7 Melting polar ice
A
B
C
D
F
G
E
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Answers
Green house effect

• Global warming

Deforestation
Carbon dioxide
Endangered species
Ozone depletion
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• Now can you explain these expressions?

Environment
Reduce Reuse Recycle
Go green
Think globally, act locally
Decrease pollution
Greenpeace activists
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• Whose responsibility is it to protect the
  environment?

The government?
The public?
Industry?
Greenpeace activists?
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Read the following excerpt and say whether you
agree with it. Justify your answer.
- Saving Energy in the home or office need not be
difficult or expensive.
- Saving energy is not just good for people's
pockets. It is good for the environment.
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• Watch this video then complete the unfinished
  words.

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• Read these cheap and simple tips about energy
  saving and complete the unfinished words.

Read these cheap and simple tips about energy
saving and complete the unfinished words. Each
dot stands for a letter.
Answers
1-heating 2-energy 3-warm 4-off 5-leave
6-washing 7-shower 8-waste 9-bright 10-down
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• Read the text and answer the following questions

What is ecodriving?
-Eco driving is a term used to describe energy
efficient use of vehicles. It i s a great and
easy way to reduce fuel consumption from road
transport so that less fuel is used to travel the
same distance.
-Ecodriving represents a driving culture which
suits to modern engines and makes best use of
advanced vehicle technologies. Eco driving offers
numerous benefits, including GHG emissions
reductions, fuel cost savings, as well as greater
safety and comfort.
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• Read again and Choose the correct alternative.

a- The text is targeted at -the
authorities -the car owners -the petrol
station owners
b- The text aims at -warning people against the
dangers of CO2 -advising people not to use
cars -providing tips for driving
Answers
a the car owners
b providing tips for driving
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• Paraphrase the following expressions. Focus on
  the words in bold type.

a- around 32,000 people in the UK die prematurely
as a result of poor air quality.
b- ecodriving tips
c- Driving at 85 mph
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• Match the words with their synonyms.

Matching exercise
Answers
discharge outpouring ejection
emission
effectively
efficiently
regularly softly
smoothly
sparingly
prudently cautiously
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• GRAMMAR FOCUS

Read the following sentence from the excerpt.
If we all did this we would save enough
electricity to power two thirds of the street
lighting in the UK.
According to the sentence, are all people doing
what they should be doing? What is used to
express this?
If

Simple past

would

infinitive
Conditional 2

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• GRAMMAR FOCUS

What does the following sentence express?
- Saving Energy in the home or office need not be
difficult or expensive.
a- necessity
b- absence of necessity
c- advice and recommendation
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• GRAMMAR FOCUS

Determine whether the action expressed by the
main verbs
a- definitely happened. b- possibly happened. c-
definitely didn't happen.
1) You could have been earlier if you had
hurried. 2) You might have been away when I rang
you up. 3) She needn't have used a dictionary. 4)
You must have run all the way. 5) They ought to
have been more careful. 6) That letter should
have been posted yesterday. 7) You needn't have
shouted. 8) You shouldn't have thrown it away. 9)
He may have left a message he always does. 10)
The boys should have stayed at home.
1c, 2b , 3a , 4b , 5c , 6c , 7a , 8a ,
9b , 10c
Answers
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• GRAMMAR FOCUS

Use the bracketed modals below to fill in the
blanks (should, needn't, must, can, mustn't,
will, can't, ought to, may)
Warning hospitals _____________ damage your
health! Studies in the UK show that people just
don't wash their hands as much as they
_____________ . Dr Andrew Hay points out that a
doctor visiting 20 patients _____________
possibly wash his hands after each bedside visit.
There isn't much equipment, but you
_____________ do a lot with a side room and a
pair of gloves.
Answers
can, should, cant, can
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• DEVELOP YOUR ARTISTIC SKILLS

Homework
In groups, select some tips and SHAPE them into a
leaflet on energy saving. Remember to make your
leaflet as attractive and as persuasive as
possible.
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