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
Work in pairs. Which of the things from the box below can you see in the photos?
For the types of energy production in the box above, think of.
Answer
a)
wind farm
oil rig
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