105 Get together in small groups and come up with some unique tips on how to save energy. Share them with your class and vote on the best ideas. Example: People should only change their underwear every other day in order to save energy and water for washing them. You can wear them the regular way on day one and inside-out on day two! Paired activity: Study the prompts for three paired activities below. How do they differ with regard to the context (setting, topic, aim) of the discussions? Roll the dice to find out which task you should do. If you throw a 1 or 2, do task A, if you throw a 3 or 4, do task B, if you throw a 5 or 6, do task C. After doing the paired activity, discuss with other pairs which task was the easiest/most interesting one to do. WRITING 8 SPEAKING 9 a b internet air conditioning water heating space heating lighting motion sensor lights in corridors LED lighting in the school building solar panels on the roof temperature sensors your own suggestion vacuum cleaner dishwasher refrigerator stove washing machine A You are taking part in an international youth conference on saving energy. The chairperson of the conference wants to find out in which areas of life teenagers might be most willing to reduce their daily use of energy in the home. You and your partner have 10 minutes to discuss the suggestions on the right and to speculate where teenagers could imagine saving energy. Agree on three. Savvier Energy is an international organisation wanting to subsidise an energy-saving project with €2,000 at your school. Your class has been chosen to recommend the kind of energy-saving project that should be subsidised. You have 10 minutes to discuss with a partner the ideas listed on the right and to make a clear recommendation for which kind of project the €2,000 could be used. C Your English class is discussing the use of home appliances in Austria. Your English language assistant wants to know which of the appliances listed on the right are considered a must-have by most Austrians. Discuss them with a partner and rank them from 1 to 5 according to their importance for most Austrians (1 = most important). B Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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