Aprende inglés con energía de plantas

30 julio 2015

¿Podría tu jardín generar energía eléctrica? Mira el video y aprende nuevo vocabulario.

Transcripción en inglés

Could your garden power your mobile phone?

Scientists at Cambridge University are investigating how plants can give us sustainable energy.

They do this by collecting electrons released naturally by plants and turning them into electricity. You can even create your own algae solar panel.

But a lot of work needs to be done to make the process more efficient.

(Original story: BBC Click)

Vocabulario

power

(aquí como verbo) generar energía

investigating

(están) investigando

sustainable energy

energía sustentable

electrons

electrones

solar panel

panel solar

Ejercicios

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

power (verb) / investigating / sustainable energy / electrons / solar panel

1. A bus _________ by cow manure has set a land speed record for a regular bus by driving at 77mph.

Reading Buses' "Bus Hound" was recorded doing a lap speed of 76.785mph (123.57 km/h) at Bedford's Millbrook Proving Ground.

2. "If the _________, those tiny planets of the atomic systems, were induced to combine with the nuclei in the hydrogen the horsepower liberated would be 120 times greater still. There is no question among scientists that this gigantic source of energy exists. "

3. Archaeologists are _________ a mound of burnt material eroding from a cliff on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset.

4. "The Renaissance Dam project represents a source of development for the millions of Ethiopia's citizens through producing green and _________, but for their brothers living on the banks of that very Nile in Egypt, and who approximately equal them in numbers, it represents a source of concern and worry," he said.

5. His family watch television, his six children do their homework without candles. There is no need for expensive kerosene lamps - all because of a single _________ on his tin roof.

"When we started using the solar panels, life changed in a good way," says Mr Lodio.

Respuestas

1. A bus powered by cow manure has set a land speed record for a regular bus by driving at 77mph.

Reading Buses' "Bus Hound" was recorded doing a lap speed of 76.785mph (123.57 km/h) at Bedford's Millbrook Proving Ground.

Source: Reading bus powered by cow poo ‘breaks record’

2. "If the electrons, those tiny planets of the atomic systems, were induced to combine with the nuclei in the hydrogen the horsepower liberated would be 120 times greater still. There is no question among scientists that this gigantic source of energy exists. "

Source: Winston Churchill and his wartime passion for science

3. Archaeologists are investigating a mound of burnt material eroding from a cliff on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset.

Source: Dorset Jurassic Coast 'Bronze Age' mound investigated

4. "The Renaissance Dam project represents a source of development for the millions of Ethiopia's citizens through producing green and sustainable energy, but for their brothers living on the banks of that very Nile in Egypt, and who approximately equal them in numbers, it represents a source of concern and worry," he said.

Source: Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan sign deal to end Nile dispute

5. His family watch television, his six children do their homework without candles. There is no need for expensive kerosene lamps - all because of a single solar panel on his tin roof.