22nd March 2013

| Episode 91 |

Earth Hour Switch Off

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Contents Pages

Part 1 | Warm Ups

Odd-One-Out Page 3

Brainstorm Page 3

Running Costs Page 3 - 4

Quiz |Earth Hour Page 4

Part 2 | Before Listening / Reading

Which Sentence, Which Paragraph? Page 5

True or False Page 5

Vocabulary | Synonyms Page 5

Part 3 | Listening / Reading

The News Story Page 6

What Do You Think..? Page 6

Part 4 | After Listening / Reading

Q & A Page 7

A & Q Page 7

Part 5 | Extra Stuff

Extra English I Page 8

7 to Chinwag Page 8

Writing Activity Page 9

And Finally….

Did You Know? Page 9

TV Links Page 10

The Answers Pages 10-12

| A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast.

| A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習。

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[201303-05] The World Switches Off for an Hour | March 22nd 2013

| PART 1 | Warm Ups |

Warm Up | 1 Odd 1 Out

Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three?

Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later.

a) Charge b) Expensive c) Price d) Cost

My Reason… _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

Warm Up | 2 Brainstorm

How many different words can you connect to the word in the box?

Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this?

|Electricity|

Warm Up | 3 Running Costs

Look at the list of items below.

How much do they cost to use for one year in electricity?

Match the correct price with each item! One has been done for you!

1: Charge iPhone 7: Television

2: Swimming Pool Pump 8: Vacuum Cleaner H

3: Air-Conditioner* 9: Aquarium

4: Home Computer 10: Home Dryer

5: Home Spa 11: Coffee Maker

6: Freezer 12: Microwave *Average monthly use per house

￥94 - $1 ￥121 – €1 ￥143 - £1 ￥100 - ₩1,716 ￥100 - R$2.

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The Price of Electricity | Home Appliances

Match the correct price below with the item from page 3. Each cost is how

much the home appliance use in electricity per year.

All the prices are in Japanese Yen (￥).

A: ￥707 E: ￥12,000 I: ￥5,600 B: ￥17,000 F: ￥5,600 J: ￥1,300 C: ￥4,340 G: ￥43 K: ￥20,000 D: ￥8,000 H:317 L: ￥3,200

Warm Up | 4 | A1 Quiz

Read the questions about UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world.

Remember if you don’t know – use the internet to help or GUESS!

1: What day is Earth Hour in 2013 a: March 23rd b: March 27th C: March 31st

2: What time did Earth Hour finish? a: 08:30 b: 18:30 c: 20:30

3: What year did Earth Hour start? a: 2007 b: 2010 c: 2013

4: Approximately how many cities around the world joined Earth Hour 2013? a: 7,000 b: 8,000 c: 9,000

5: Which international environmental organisation started Earth Hour? a: UNICEF. b: W.W.F. c: Greenpeace

6: Which city was the first to host an Earth Hour Switch Off? a: New York b: Sydney c: Rio de Janeiro

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E1: Which city in Asia could visitors peddle a bike to generate electricity? a: Beijing b: Taipei c: Tokyo

E2: What is the slogan of Earth Hour? I will, ______________________

E3: Which cities are ‘switched off’ in the photo below?

a: __________b: ___________c:__________

a: b: c:

END OF PART 1

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| PART 2 | Before Listening |

Pre-Listening / Reading | 1 Which Sentence – Which Paragraph?

Each of the 4 sentences below is the first sentence from four different paragraphs in the news story.

Which sentence do you think comes from which paragraph?

A. The first Earth Hour was held in Sydney in 2007 with two million people

turning off their lights for one hour to support reducing electricity use.

B. Starting at 8:30pm local time, the Earth Hour Switch Off is a symbolic show of

support against climate change

C. The seventh Earth Hour was marked this week as people, towns and cities

around the world switched off electrical items for one hour in the evening.

D. However Earth Hour has received some criticism for not actually doing

anything to reduce electrical use around the world.

Paragraph 1: ___ Paragraph 2: ___ Paragraph 3: ___ Paragraph 4: ___

Pre-Listening / Reading | 2 | A2 True or False

Read the headline of News Story ~ The World Switches Off

Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 – 5 are True or False!

1: Earth Hour started at 20:30. [T] [F]

2: The Sydney Opera House will glow ‘green’. [T] [F]

3: WWE is an international environmental organisation. [T] [F]

4: Earth Day started in 2007. [T] [F]

5: Al Jazeera is a news organisation. [T] [F]

Pre-Listening / Reading | 3 Antonyms

A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Story.

1: Celebrated 6: Organisation A: Switched Off F: Low-Cost

2: Turned Off 7: Criticism B: Emblematic G: Revelled

3: Iconic 8: Reduce C: Centre H: Group

4: Consumers 9: Cheap D: Famous I: Customers

5: Symbolic 10: Heart E: Blame J: Shrink

END OF PART 2

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| PART 3 | Listening |

Listening / Reading | | Listening The World Switches Off

Find the Mistakes | Help

Find the mistakes. There are 10 errors in the text, circle the mistakes. Listen / Read the rest of the sentence to help with your understanding.

The World Switches Off The eighth Earth Hour was celebrated this week as people, towns and cities

around the world switched off electrical items for one hour in the evening.

Hundreds of millions of people turned off their electricity and some of the most

iconic buildings around the globe dimmed their lights. From the Eiffel Tower in

Paris, via the Empire State Building in New York to the Opera House in Sydney –

cities that are some of the biggest consumers of electricity joined in.

Starting at 8:30pm local time, the Earth Hour Switch Off is a symbolic show of

support for climate change. The movement which is organised by the World

Wildlife Federation (WWF) has now become a truly global event, supported by

people on every continent. Dermot O’Gorman who is the head of the WWF told Al

Jazeera Sport, “Earth Hour has become a tradition across the world; it’s now an organic,

people-powered movement – which is fantastic”.

However Earth Hour has received some criticism for not actually doing anything

to reduce electrical use around the earth. Economist Ross McKitrick has said that

cheap electricity has been terrible for modern life and Earth Hour is worthless.

Others such as author Bjørn Lomborg, has said that Earth Hour should promote

solar energy as that would help the environment less.

The first Earth Hour was held in Sydney in 2007 with two billion people turning

off their lights for one hour to support reducing electrical use. The Australian city

continues to be at the heart of the movement with many of Sydney’s restaurants

also joining in by using candles to light diners’ tables. Additionally, this year

Sydney’s iconic Opera House will glow ‘pink’ so as to encourage people to use

greener home appliances like LED light bulbs.

Wrong Word | 10 Mistakes

1 To 6 To 2 To 7 To 3 To against 8 To 4 To 9 billion To 5 To 10 To

END OF PART 3

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| PART 4 | After Listening |

Post-Listening / Reading | 1 | A3 Q & A

How much can you remember from News Story?

Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer.

If you can’t remember any answers, guess!

1: What time does Earth Hour start? 2: What is the name of the French tower in the news story?

__________________________ 3: What does W.W.F. mean?

_ 4: What news channel is in the news story? ________ 5: How many capital cities are in the news story? __________________________ 6: What colour will Sydney Opera House be during Earth Hour? __________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E1: What is the name of the building in New York in the news story? __________________________________________

E2: How many people ‘switched off’ in Sydney in 2007? ________________ _____

Post-Reading | 2 A & Q

How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one!

[A1] Seven hours. [Q] _____________________________?

[A2] WWF [Q] _____________________________?

[A3] Dermot O’Gorman [Q] _____________________________?

[A4] Sydney. [Q] _____________________________?

[A5] Green. [Q] _____________________________?

END OF PART 4

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| PART 5 | Extra Stuff |

English Extra I Phrasal Verbs - OFF

Phrasal Verbs are words in English that join a VERB + PREPOSITION / ADVERB together.

Example 1: Take off in an aeroplane = to leave the ground.

Take off my jacket = to remove something you wear.

Phrasal Verbs usually have more than ONE situation they can be used. The rest of the information in the sentence explains the situation.

Exercise: The news story uses two of Phrasal Verbs ending in OFF. Look at the phrasal verbs in the box and choose the correct phrasal verb for the space in each sentence.

Switch Off Turn Off Get Off Cut Off Lay Off Put Off Switched Off Turned Off Got Off Cut Off Laid Off Put Off

1: Make sure you __________ off the lights before going to bed.

2: Sara __________ off watching her boyfriend win tennis match.

3: The factory closed, so Marco had no job because he was __________ off.

4: I was talking on the phone when the line went dead – I was __________ off.

5: Chris wanted to play golf, but he was __________ off by the heavy rain.

6: Tim crashed his bike because he wasn’t looking– he had __________ off.

7: The satnav told me to __________ off the road next to the café, but I’m not sure.

8: After I left hospital my doctor told me to __________ off eating sugary foods.

9: Dana was __________ off from buying the house as the floors were rotting.

10: The TV was on went I got home, Kara hadn’t ___________ off.

11: We __________ off the tram at A-Bomb Dome Stop near Honkawa-Cho.

12: Because of the heavy snow, the roads were closed and I was __________ off.

7 to Chinwag Energy Saving

ENW Podcast Topic | The World Switches Off

Ask / Answer the questions below on this week’s ENW Podcast Topic!

1: What did you think when you read this week’s topic title? 2: What do you think of when you think about ‘green’? 3: Do you try to save electricity? How? 4: What things do you do to try and reduce waste? Why? 5: Do you think Earth Hour is a good idea? Why? 6: Should airplane tickets include carbon footprint tax? Why? 7: Do you plug in your mobile phone overnight? Why?

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Writing No Power!

Imagine you will switch off all your electricity for one week What would you do? How would you wash your clothes? Cook food? What would you do for light? What would you miss the most? Why? Do you think everyone should ‘switch off’ for 1 week every year? Why?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

END OF PART 5

And Finally | X & Z | A4 Did You Know…?

That x: ______ is considered to be the city that uses the most electricity in the world! The Japanese metropolitan area is home to around 35 million people and uses around 925.5 billion kWh a day in electricity! However the city has introduced energy saving light bulbs in train stations and government buildings. The latest energy saving step is to reduce the number of vending machines in z: _____ by 25%!

The End

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Visual | TV Links

Russia Today | (Russia) 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVpjywuSIMY [3:09]

Earth Hour 2013

Earth Hour | (Worldwide) 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UywrjnOaUE [3:01] Earth Hour 2013

Earth Hour TV | (Worldwide) 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wiHozvJxEw [1:01]

Earth Hour 2013

Podcast | Key

| A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast.

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Warm Up 1 | Odd-1-Out

B – Not an a word for cost A / C / D – All other words mean ‘price’

Warm Up 3 |

1: G 4: C 7: L 10: F 2: E 5: B 8: H 11: A 3: K 6: I 9: D 12: J

Warm Up 4 | Quiz

1 –A 2 – C 3 – a 4 – A 5 – B 6 – B

E1 – C E2 – I Will if You Will E3 – A: Sydney/B: Rome/C: London

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Jumbled Sentences

C – B – D - A

True or False

1 – T 2 – T 3 – F 4 – F 5 – T Synonyms

1 – G 2 – A 3 – D 4 – I 5 – B

6 – H 7 – E 8 – J 9 – F 10 – C

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Answers | Part 3 Listening

The World Switches Off

The seventh Earth Hour was celebrated this week as people, towns and cities around the world

switched off electrical items for one hour in the evening. Hundreds of millions of people turned

off their electricity and some of the most iconic buildings around the globe dimmed their lights.

From the Eiffel Tower in Paris, via the Empire State Building in New York to the Opera House in

Sydney – some of the biggest consumers of electricity took part.

Starting at 8:30pm local time, the Earth Hour Switch Off is a symbolic show of support against

climate change. The movement which is organised by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has now

become a truly global event, supported by people on every continent. Dermot O’Gorman who is

the head of the WWF told Al Jazeera News, “Earth Day has become a tradition across the world; it’s

now an organic, people-powered movement – which is fantastic”.

However Earth Hour has received some criticism for not actually doing anything to reduce

electrical use around the world. Economist Ross McKitrick has said that cheap electricity has been

fantastic for modern life and Earth Hour is worthless. Others such as author Bjørn Lomborg, has

said that Earth Hour should promote solar energy as that would help the environment more.

The first Earth Hour was held in Sydney in 2007 with two million people turning off their lights

for one hour to support reducing electrical use. The Australian city continues to be at the heart of

the movement with many of Sydney’s restaurants also joining in by using candles to light diners’

tables. Additionally, this year Sydney’s iconic Opera House will glow ‘green’ so as to encourage

people to use greener home appliances like LED light bulbs.

Answers | Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading

Q & A

1 – 8:30pm 5 – One - Paris 2 – Eiffel 6 – Green 3 – World Wildlife Fund E1 – New York

4 – Al Jazeera News E2 – 2 million

A & Q | Example Questions

A1 – How many years has Earth Hour been going on for? A2 – What is World Wildlife Fund usually known as? A3 – Who is the head of the World Wildlife Fund? A4 – What Australian city started Earth Hour? A5 – What iconic Sydney building will be coloured green?

English Extra

1 – Switch 4 – Cut 7 – Turn 10 – Turned 2 – Got 5 – Put 8 – Lay 11 – Got 3 – Laid 6 – Switched 9 – Put 12 – Cut

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And Finally X & Z

X – Tokyo / Z – Tokyo

Extra Bit

Earth Hour 2013 Around the World

References Episode 90

MAIN PHOTOS: http://www.earthhour.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_hour http://www.xe.com/ http://blog.opower.com/2012/09/how-much-does-it-cost-to-charge-an-iphone-5-a-thought-provokingly-modest-0-41year/

http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/howmuch.html http://www.wisegeek.com/what-countries-consume-the-most-electricity.htm http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/mar/22/earth-hour-switch-off-lights http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/whats-the-electricity-forecast-for-tokyo-today/ http://www.smh.com.au/environment/earth-hour/sydney-turns-off-for-earth-hour-20130324-2gnsg.html http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia-pacific/2013/03/2013323163430396927.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/03/201332393916363218.html http://www.earthsite.org/ http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/topic/wwf/