Cover of the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Communication 5 for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs. Which of the things from the box below can you see in the photos?
  2. For the types of energy production in the box above, think of.

Answer

a)

  1. wind farm
  2. oil rig
  3. nuclear power station

b)

  • oil rig → jobs for the area; accidents on the rig
  • wind farm → clean energy; birds sometimes fly into the blades
  • solar panels → cheap energy
  • hydroelectric dam → creates jobs; displacement of local communities and wildlife
  • nuclear power station → can produce enough energy for the whole town or area; problems with waste disposal