Explore listening: Renewable energy You are going to listen to a podcast about renewable energy. First, you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, answer the questions (1–8) using a maximum of four words. Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. After the second listening, you will have 45 seconds to check your answers. 35 19 4r585e 0 What part of energy generation does Marc’s company specialise in? 1 Which renewable energy does Marc’s team mostly work in? 2 What does Marc need financial specialists for? 3 What can households do if they produce more energy with wind than they need? 4 Why do big spaces have to be covered with solar panels in the UK? 5 What happens when hot underground water under pressure reaches the surface in a geothermal plant? 6 What is turned into energy in a biomass power plant? 7 What type of power plant is usually built on a large scale? 8 What new project is Mark particularly excited about? project management Media task. In pairs, go online and find out what renewable energy sources are used in Austria. Can you find out where your electricity provider gets the energy from? Compare your findings in class. 36 Explore reading: Views on personality Read the introduction to a book about personality, Please understand me II by American psychologist David Keirsey. Which do you think was the original title of this section of the book? A The influence of Sigmund Freud on 20th-century psychology C Temperament theory: Lost and found B A short history of psychology 37 a The idea that people are born with very different innate temperaments or tendencies is very old. It was first proposed by Hippocrates around 370 BC and the Roman doctor, Galen, developed the idea around 190 AD. The idea continued in medicine, philosophy and literature up until the 19th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, however, another idea was proposed – the idea that people are born without innate natural tendencies or preferences. Ivan Pavlov, a Russian scientist, said that behaviour was the product of a simple mechanical response to stimulation, and he claimed to have demonstrated this with his famous experiments on dogs. John Watson, the first American behaviourist, claimed he could form a child in any way that he wanted by ‘conditioning’ it to behave in a particular manner. Alongside behaviourism, many investigators at the beginning of the 20th century also believed that people were fundamentally alike and shared the same basic motive for everything they do. Sigmund Freud claimed we are all driven from inside by instinct and although many of his colleagues and followers disagreed with him on other points, most of them kept the idea of a single underlying motivation for our actions. In 1920, a Swiss doctor named Carl Jung disagreed fundamentally with Freud. In his book Psychological Types, he wrote that people are different in essential ways. He said that we have a natural, innate inclination 37 Language skills Extras Explore 3 Success Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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