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Book · October 021 citations reads 35,829 authorsBog'liq 4 PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH12) _______
(water)
wind turbines and in effect function in the same
way, except tidal currents turn the turbines rather than wind. Whilst the installation of Tidal Stream
Systems is a
13) _______
(consider)
civil engineering undertaking they are meant to have less of an
environmental impact than the other
14) _______
(alter)
.
iv
Read the following short texts each line of which contains deliberate grammar
mistakes. Find eleven mistakes and correct them.
Energy Saving Bulbs.
If the average UK family will swap 3 normal 100watt traditional bulbs for
20watt energy saving bulbs they prevent 120kg of CO2 being released into the atmosphere. Each
bulb would save its owner £9 per a year or £100 over its lifetime. The accumulative effect of cost
savings look like this, taken in concert with other savings, could really add up to a quite substantial
amount.
Green Gadgets.
5% or 300kg of a households average carbon dioxide emissions are a result of
gadgets like set top boxes, mobile phone chargers be left on standby. Why not turn them off? In the
UK, an average family would save over £37 per year: enough from a slap up pizza dinner!
Increasingly manufacturers are designing these devices with eco-friendly functions, and leave out
unnecessary environmentally unfriendly functions such as the dreaded standby. More that 6 million
electrical items are binned every year in the UK, and it is estimated that over half could repair.
Obviously, a reconditioned appliance requires more less energy to bring it back into use, than to
rebuild from scratch.
v
Give the synonyms of the following words:
Impact, substantial, considerable, to yield, to combat, to strive, option, on a large scale, to
enlarge, to utilize, to accumulate, obviously.
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