Activity based on a video by The Economist

1. Ravagedby an earthquake ☐ 
Impoverished andwithout alternatives ☐
One of many tentative steps ☐
Technology that will shapethe future ☐
Groundbreaking energy system ☐
The country'snational gridhasn't made it to the town ☐
Could provide a template forothers ☐
When you have no incumbentsystem it is actually a
wonderfulopportunity
☐
Build the models that can spinoff and scale ☐
A growing pressure to phaseout fossil fuels ☐
All the morereason forthose whoprofit in finding
waysto...
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Cullman, Alabama is hometo Apel Steel ☐
If the power goes out in this facility ☐
The world's first off-gridsolarpowered industrial
factory
☐
No longer reliantuponthe grid ☐
How to make hay when the sun isn't shining (pun
based on the saying: make hay whilethe sun shines).
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...Technology that's being rolledoutas a consumer
product
☐
Highlighting much more than the launchof a new
product
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Boldclaims(1) pointedto(2)areinvention to the way
we power the world
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Still inits infancy,this technology already enables Apl
Steel to run its operations
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It needs another game-changing technologicalleap ☐
So we have a very thin coating on this conventional
piece of glass
☐
Solar energy is now on the brink ofbeing properly
competitive
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Instructions:
1) Duringthevideo:tickthe sentences as you hear them.
2) Once we'veviewedthe video:in pairs, infer the meaning of the words in bold from the context.
3) Speaking:answerthe followingquestions:
-Do youthink that these new solar technologies, in particular the glass coating, will succeed in phasing out
fossil fuels? How?When? Where?
-Specialists in the video aver that it is easier to implement solar energy when there is no incumbent system.
What should be done when an existing grid is already operating?
-Can youthink of other improvements in the energy sector to reduce costs and, ultimately, prevent global
warming?
Based on the followingvideo by The Economist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-m9OR9vcaM