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Open Ended

How are you? Any questions?

Conan

CNN 5

By Evan M.

Which countries do you think produce a lot of oil, and which ones do you think consume a lot of oil?

​1) USA
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Russia

​1) USA
2) China
3) India
4) Russia
5) Japan

​What do you know about the term "carbon-neutral"?

​What do you know about the term "carbon-neutral"?

カーボンニュートラル / 炭素中立

Carbon neutral means to balance the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere with an equivalent amount removed.

Vocabulary

Listening

Listening Questions

Multiple Choice

According to this news report, what does Masdar City claim to be?

• Carbon-neutral

• The most ambitious city in the UAE

• One of the world's most sustainable cities

• The world's leader in carbon-capture technology

Multiple Choice

What does the reporter say might hold the key to achieving a carbon-neutral world?

• The world's oceans

• Carbon-capture equipment on the sea floor

• The atmosphere

• Sustainable building design

Multiple Choice

What do the researchers do with the CO2 that they capture?

• Store it on barges

• Sell it commercially

• Put it in the ocean

• Send it into the atmosphere

Multiple Choice

What stage of development had this carbon-capture technology reached at the time of this news report?

• It was only being done in lab experiments

• It was being used in a proof-of-concept project on a barge

• It was being developed in a large project on land

• It was already commercially available

Reading

Section One

With its unique buildings, a mixture of Arabic design and modern technologies, Masdar City,...

...on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi in the UAE, claims to be among the most sustainable in the world.

...on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi in the UAE, claims to be among the most sustainable in the world. 主張する

He says he finished his homework.

He claims he finished his homework.

Asa claims to be busy whenever it's time for bed.

S claims to _______

Open Ended

"Claims" example sentence

"I see the world making a statement, saying we're going to be carbon-neutral."

"That's one of the most ambitious targets that the globe has ever set together."

少年よ、大志を抱け
Boys, be ambitious

Ambitious:
野心的
向上心がある
意欲的

My most ambitious target/goal is _______.

Open Ended

My most ambitious target is __________.

"That's one of the most ambitious targets that the globe has ever set together."

It's our oceans that could hold the key to achieving that carbon-neutral target.

"So, the ocean stores approximately 150 times more carbon dioxide than the atmosphere...

...So, our process removes carbon dioxide form the atmosphere by leveraging the power of the ocean to naturally absorb carbon dioxide from the air."

海は大気の約１５０倍の量の二酸化炭素を保持できますよ。よって、私たちが開発している処理システムは、大気から二酸化炭素を除去します海が持つ力を活用することで空気から二酸化炭素を自然に吸収する。

Subject + X times more + (adjective/adverb) + than B

This phone is three times more expensive than that phone.

She reads ten times more books than her brother.

A cheetah runs five times more quickly than a horse.

Open Ended

Subject + X times more + (adjective/adverb) + than B

Subject + X times as + (adjective/adverb) + as B.

The phone is three times more expensive than that one.

The phone is three times as expensive as that one.

"So, the ocean stores approximately 150 times more carbon dioxide than the atmosphere...

Section Two

In scientific experiments, they pulled seawater through a mesh of beakers and test tubes. The aim was to separate CO2 from the seawater.

It's called carbon-capture technology.

Carbon Capture Technology

...the CO2 and water are separated. The CO2, now trapped in solid form, are pumped back into the ocean...

Section Three

...what began as a simple lab experiment has evolved into a proof-of-concept project on this 100-foot barge.

We envision (思い描く)the next step to be a process that's about 100 times the size of this...

...it could go a long way (大いに役立つ)to achieving the global target of being carbon-neutral by 2050.

_____ goes a long way (大いに役立つ) to ______

Open Ended

_____ goes a long way (大いに役立つ) to ______

Multiple Choice

The ocean naturally absorbs carbon dioxide from the air.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Scientists have nowhere to store the CO2 they are removing from seawater.

• True

• False

Presentation

True or False

Your school's building is going to be rebuilt by the year 2030, and all the students have been encouraged to submit ideas for a carbon-neutral design.