After text activity

I. Reading exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:

biomass, biofuel, coppicing, biodisel, motor vehicle, carbon sinking effect, low tech, eco-friendly, arable land, food crops, processing, cutting, chipping, pelleting, timber, landfill, end-user, combustion, hogging, biodiversity, pelleted wood burners

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1. What is “biomass”?

2. Where are the biomass methods particularly useful?

3. Which is the most practical way of generating biofuels?

4. What are the underlying disadvantages of biomass implementation?

Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:

Biomass is	planting fast-growing trees and cutting them back every few years, allowing further growth to occur.
Coppicing is	in use in the UK.
Pelleted wood burners are likely to increase	a biofuel derived from plants which are harvested and suitably processed for burning.
The prospect of a new, cleanish, renewable energy source is likely to appeal	to government and farmers alike.

The speaking module

II. Speaking exercises:

Exercise 1. Describe biomass, carbon sinking effect, processing, chipping, timber, landfill using the suggested words and expressions as in example:

biomass dry, weight, living, matter, include, stored food, present, species, population, express, terms, given, area, volume, habitat. Example: The dry weight of living matter, including stored food, present in a species population and expressed in terms of a given area or volume of the habitat.

carbon sinking effect effect, some, extensive, quantity, carbon, absorb

chipping process, reducing, large, pieces, wood, chips.

timber wood, use, building, carpentry, joinery.

landfill special, place, territory, various, waste, garbage, take, keep

Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers:

1. Question: _________________________________________?

Answer: Other names commonly associated with the biomass technique are Coppicing and Energy Fuel.

2. Question: __________________________________________________ ?

Answer: Biomass methods are basically low tech.

3. Question: ___________________________________________________?

Answer: Another method is to grow suitable green plants from which liquid vegetable oil can be extracted.

The writing module

III. Writing exercises:

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suggested words:

If, in, would, one, most, to, such as, few

____this process was developed fully____ the UK, it could become a major agricultural industry and ______be capable of meeting a significant proportion of the current electrical demands. ______of the ______practical ways of generating biofuels is _____plant fast-growing trees, ______ willow, and cut them back every _____years, allowing further growth to occur.

Exercise 2. Fill in the table with words and expressions from the text:

	processes	machines	fuels
Example: Talking about biofuels we mean	-	-	biodisel, methanol and ethanol.
One of the most practical ways of generating biofuels is referred to as
Ethanol and methanol are mainly applicable to
Burning biomass is more eco-friendly than burning

Exercise 3. Compose a story on one of the topics (up to 100 words):

“Biomass as a Biofuel”

“Advantages of Biomass Implementation”

“Disadvantages of Biomass Implementation”