Pre-reading questions:
I will read each question. Then, please answer them.
講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。
- Do you support the use of renewable energy?
- Do you use renewable energy at home?
Vocabulary:
I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me.
単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。
- percent /per-SENT/
- firm /furm /
- expect /ik-SPEKT/
- operation /op-uh-REY-shuhn/
- climate /KLAY-mit/
[noun] – one part of every 100, or the specified amount of something divided by 100
About 70 percent of the computing company’s revenue comes from business clients.
[noun] – a company or business
She is employed by a local firm that manufactures medical equipment.
[verb] – to think or believe something will happen, or someone will arrive
We were almost expecting you to leave without returning.
[noun] – an act or process of working, doing something, being in action, or having an effect
The construction work will not affect the day-to-day operation of the company.
[noun] – the general weather conditions usually found in a particular place
We plan to move to a warmer climate after we retire.
Article reading:
Please read the whole article. Then, I will check your pronunciation and intonation.
記事を音読しましょう。講師はあなたの発音とイントネーションを確認します。
A new Scottish wind farm is already supplying green electricity to Amazon’s UK operational centers. ScottishPower Renewables created the 50MW, 14-turbine Beinn an Tuirc 3 wind farm on the Kintyre peninsula. Under a Power Purchase Agreement, Amazon will buy 100 percent of its production to power its data centers, corporate offices, and fulfillment hubs. Beinn an Tuirc 3 was ScottishPower’s largest wind farm built without government assistance, according to the firm. It was Amazon’s first operational renewable energy endeavor in the UK, according to the business. “By 2025, Amazon expects to be completely powered by renewable energy, five years ahead of plan,” said John Boumphrey, UK manager. Investing in sustainable energy and aiming to increase efficiency across all of our operations is just one of the many initiatives we’re doing as part of The Climate Pledge to achieve our goal of being carbon-neutral by 2040.” Onshore wind is one of the most cost-effective forms of large-scale power generation, and it will play a key role in Scotland’s future energy mix as we get closer to a net-zero economy.
True or False:
Read the sentences and identify if they are true or false based on the article.
文章を読んで、記事に基づいて正誤を答えましょう。
- A new Scottish wind farm is already supplying green electricity to Amazon’s UK operational centers.
- Amazon will buy 100 percent of ScottishPower Renewables’ production to power its data centers.
- By 2025, Amazon expects to be completely powered by renewable energy.
- The supplying of green technology was Amazon’s first operational renewable energy endeavor in the UK.
- Onshore wind is one of the most cost-effective forms of large-scale power generation.
Fill in the blanks:
Choose the correct word from the table then fill in the blanks.
適切な言葉を選んで空欄を埋めましょう。
| percent | firm | expect | operation | expect |
- Citrus fruits and grapes grow in the Mediterranean __________.
- The bank needed to reduce its workforce by 20 __________.
- She’s just started working for an accounting _________.
- We are _________ a lot of applicants for the job.
- Several printing presses are in _________ at the moment.