Read the following passage and do the tasks below.
Câu hỏi :
Read the following passage and do the tasks below.
1 Donnachadh McCarthy takes environmental issues very seriously. As an eco-auditor he gives advice to people and companies on how to make their homes and offices more eco-friendly. As an author he writes books that persuade readers to have a greener lifestyle, and he is often a speaker on environmental issues at different conferences.
2 Yet, he doesn’t believe words are enough: he would like to lead by example. This is why he turned his home in central London into a place where he can prove he lives by the green principles which he promotes. His Victorian house from the 1840s was equipped with different environmentally friendly devices to become first a zero-carbon house (same amount of co, in and out) and later on carbon-negative (less CO2 out than in).
3 How is this possible? First of all, he is very careful to use alternative energy sources like wind and sun wherever possible. Heating in the house is provided by a wood burner that is powered by waste wood near his house. Hot water comes from a solar water heating system from the roof and his toilet only uses rainwater. Water is not wasted in his home. While the average British household consumes 160 litres of tap water a day, he only uses 26 litres.
4 The same level of attention is given to household waste in his house. With thorough recycling he only needed one bin for the whole of last year and even this one bin was not full.
5 He does not misuse electricity either. Donnachadh McCarthy does not buy any from outside sources because he generates his own ‘green’ electricity with the solar electric panels on his roof. In fact, he produces so much that the national system pays him for the extra amount.
(Solutions Intermediate - Workbook)
Choose the most suitable heading (A-G) for each paragraph. There are two extra heading you do not need.
Paragraph 1 _____________
A - You can give it a try!
Paragraph 2_____________
B - Providing a good model to follow
Paragraph 3_____________
C - Throw it out - are you sure?
Paragraph 4_____________
D - How to build a green house
Paragraph 5_____________
E - A man of many talents
F - No bills to pay
G - Watch your step
Read the following passage and do the tasks below.
1 Donnachadh McCarthy takes environmental issues very seriously. As an eco-auditor he gives advice to people and companies on how to make their homes and offices more eco-friendly. As an author he writes books that persuade readers to have a greener lifestyle, and he is often a speaker on environmental issues at different conferences.
2 Yet, he doesn’t believe words are enough: he would like to lead by example. This is why he turned his home in central London into a place where he can prove he lives by the green principles which he promotes. His Victorian house from the 1840s was equipped with different environmentally friendly devices to become first a zero-carbon house (same amount of co, in and out) and later on carbon-negative (less CO2 out than in).
3 How is this possible? First of all, he is very careful to use alternative energy sources like wind and sun wherever possible. Heating in the house is provided by a wood burner that is powered by waste wood near his house. Hot water comes from a solar water heating system from the roof and his toilet only uses rainwater. Water is not wasted in his home. While the average British household consumes 160 litres of tap water a day, he only uses 26 litres.
4 The same level of attention is given to household waste in his house. With thorough recycling he only needed one bin for the whole of last year and even this one bin was not full.
5 He does not misuse electricity either. Donnachadh McCarthy does not buy any from outside sources because he generates his own ‘green’ electricity with the solar electric panels on his roof. In fact, he produces so much that the national system pays him for the extra amount.
(Solutions Intermediate - Workbook)
Choose the most suitable heading (A-G) for each paragraph. There are two extra heading you do not need.
|
Paragraph 1 _____________ |
A - You can give it a try! |
|
Paragraph 2_____________ |
B - Providing a good model to follow |
|
Paragraph 3_____________ |
C - Throw it out - are you sure? |
|
Paragraph 4_____________ |
D - How to build a green house |
|
Paragraph 5_____________ |
E - A man of many talents |
|
|
F - No bills to pay |
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|
G - Watch your step |
* Đáp án
* Hướng dẫn giải
1. Đáp án: E - A man of many talents
Dịch nghĩa câu hỏi: Người đàn ông với rất nhiều tài năng
Giải thích: Đoạn 1 giới thiệu Donnachadh McCarthy - một người đàn ông có nhiều tài năng với vai trò là một kiểm sát viên về sinh thái (thông tin ở câu 2 đoạn 1: “As an eco-auditor he gives advice to [...]”), và còn là một tác giả viết sách về lối sống thân thiện với môi trường (thông tin ở câu 3 đoạn 1: “As an author he writes books that persuade readers to have a
greener lifestyle [...].”
2. Đáp án: B - Providing a good model to follow
Dịch nghĩa câu hỏi: Cung cấp một mẫu chuẩn để theo
Giải thích: Đoạn 2 nói về việc ông Donnachadh McCarthy biến căn nhà mình thành một ngôi nhà xanh, thân thiện với môi trường, để làm gương cho mọi người và để mọi người nghe theo lời khuyên của ông. Thông tin ở câu thứ hai của đoạn 2: “Yet, he doesn’t believe words are enough: he would like to lead by example. [...]”
3. Đáp án: D - How to build a green house
Dịch nghĩa câu hỏi: Cách tạo nên một ngôi nhà xanh
Giải thích: Đoạn 3 đi sâu vào đề cập các cách để tạo ra một ngôi nhà xanh thân thiện với môi trường:
- sử dụng năng lượng thay thế (câu 2 đoạn 3: “[...] use alternative energy sources like wind and sun wherever possible.”)
- sử dụng gỗ thải để cho việc sưởi ấm (câu 3 đoạn 3: “Heating in the house is provided by a wood burner that is powered by waste wood [...].”
- Lấy nước nóng từ hệ thống sưởi ấm nước bằng năng lượng mặt trời từ mái nhà (câu 4 đoạn 3: “Hot water comes from a solar water heating system from the roof [...]”
- Lấy nước mưa để sử dụng trong nhà vệ sinh (câu 4 đoạn 3: “[...] his toilet only uses rainwater.”)
4. Đáp án: C - Throw it out - are you sure?
Dịch nghĩa câu hỏi: Vứt nó đi - bạn chắc không?
Giải thích: Đoạn 4 nhắc tới việc ông Donnachadh McCarthy tái chế rác thải, thông tin ở câu 2 của đoạn 4: “With thorough recycling he only needed one bin for the whole of last year and even this one bin was not full.”
5. Đáp án: F - No bills to pay
Dịch nghĩa câu hỏi: Không có hóa đơn nào phải trả
Giải thích: Thông tin ở câu cuối đoạn 5: “[...] he produces so much that the national system pays him for the extra amount.” Thay vì phải trả hóa đơn tiền điện, thậm chí ông Donnachadh McCarthy còn được trả tiền vì tạo ra quá nhiều năng lượng điện.
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