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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。
- Have you ever seen smoke coming from a factory?
- Have you heard of machines that help clean the air?
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。
- power plant /POW-er plant/
- send /send/
- site /sahyt/
- cement /si-MENT/
- expensive /ik-SPEN-siv/
[noun] – a place where electricity is made for homes, schools, or businesses
The new power plant uses wind to make electricity for the city.
[verb] – to cause something to go from one place to another
The machine sends clean water to all the houses in the village.
[noun] – a place where something happens or is built
There are many building sites near my school.
[noun] – a gray powder used to build things like roads or buildings
They used cement to fix the broken sidewalk.
[adjective] – costing a lot of money
The new phone is too expensive for me to buy.
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。
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a new method that helps reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂), a gas that causes the Earth to get hotter. Power plants and factories use this system to take CO₂ from other gases and put it deep in the ground. Some places store it in rocks or underground water areas. In Texas, one company said it sends carbon almost two miles under the ground. In 2023, 45 carbon capture sites worked around the world. Together, they took away 50 million metric tons of CO₂. But this is very small compared to the 37.8 billion tons of CO₂ made by energy use, says the International Energy Agency.Some people say this method can help clean industries like cement and steel. But others say it is very expensive and does not work well. One group said most sites only catch 60 percent of the CO₂. Also, 75 percent is used to help get more oil, not stored. A gas leak in Illinois near clean water made leaders stop carbon storage in that area. Some people support this idea if there is help with money. Others want more focus on clean energy.
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。
- Carbon capture and storage helps reduce carbon dioxide.
- The carbon capture and storage system puts carbon dioxide in the sky.
- Some places store carbon in water under the ground.
- A company in Texas puts carbon on top of a mountain.
- In 2023, only 10 sites were used for carbon capture.
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。
| power plants | sends | site | cement | expensive |
- The workers visited the new park ______ before starting the project.
- That hotel looks nice, but it is very ______ to stay there.
- The workers mixed sand and ______ to make strong blocks.
- The system ______ waste gas into a special tank for cleaning.
- Old ______ that use coal can make the air dirty.