3. Present simple and continuous, present continuous for future.
Exercise 1- Complete the text. Put the sentences in the right gaps.
Beaming Electricity from Space
The Vision Launch giant solar panels into orbit and send limitless clean energy
back to Earth
The Plan By 2030, Japan___________________________________ from
polluting coal plants. The idea______________________________________ orbit
above the equator, where and soak up the sun 24 hours a day and
___________________________________ arrays in 2030. Transmitters mounted
on the satellites would convert the solar energy into microwave energy and beam it
down to terrestrial receiving stations. Equipped with massive antennas measuring
two miles across,_____________________________________ in 2035 —enough
to power 500,000 homes. That's twice as much as a typical coal-fired plant, and
without any of the greenhouse emissions.
Putting solar panels in space has one obvious advantage: It's never cloudy 22,000
miles up. On average, there's 8 to 10 times as much sunlight available in space as
there is on Earth, where atmosphere and weather get in the way. Now, with
satellite____________________________ and energy bills rising (already double
what they were in 2005),_______________________________ the idea.
1.- Launch costs dropping
2.- Each station producing one gigawatt of electricity
3.- Is to send satellites into geostationary
4.- Researchers are finally warming
5.- Is the first with a futuristic view
6.- Hopes to pull its power from the heavens instead of
7.- They are unfurling 1.5-mile-long solar
4. Present simple and continuous, present continuous for future.
Work in groups of three and discuss the meaning of the next words
Exercise 2- Look at the poster and discuss with the class the changes in the
environment, which you think will be the problems or benefits of this?
Exercise 3- How you imagine the future? Write a text where you explain the
problems in the environment and give some possible solutions remember use
“Present Continuous to talk about the future”.
Example: We are not recycling enough paper until the next year. You can use
the words given in the box for help you.
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Greenhouse, climatic change, pollution, acid rain, carbon dioxide, deforestation
eco-friendly, ecological, endangered species, ozone layer, recycling, reforestation
solar energy, wind power.
