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Developing English Compet encies f or Grade XII of Nat ural and Social Science Programmes
Listening Text 2 Questions 11–13
Listening Text 3 Questions 14–15
Chapter 4 It’s a Great Story
Activity 2
1. Come on you can do it. Just this once. 2. How can I persuade you to participate in
the story writing contest? 3. Just believe in yourself. I know you can do
your best. 4. You’re not going to let me down, are you?
5. Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll do better this time.
6. I don’t think it is a good idea. 7. I don’t particularly like your story.
8. I hope you will do it better next time. 9. I don’t think you should do that.
10. I wish all the best for you.
Activity 3
Doni : Hi, Andra. How are you? Andra : Doni What a surprise I’m
À
ne, thanks. How about you?
Doni : I’m OK and you know ...? I won the short story contest.
Andra :
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Thats great. Congratulations. Doni : Thank
you. Andra : Actually I also sent my short story for
he contest. But
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I failed miserably. Doni :
3
That’s too bad. But don’t worry about it. All you need is a little more practise.
Why dont you send your short stories to a newspaper or magazine?
Andra : Yeah,
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Ill consider that. But, as a matter of fact, I’m pessimistic that my story will be
accepted for the newspaper or magazine. Doni : Come on.
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Don’t give up Andra : OK.
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Ill try to send my short stories to the newspaper. Anyway, Im thinking of
maybe stopping writing short stories. Doni :
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I don’t think you should do it. Andra : Thank you for telling me.
Doni :
9
I do hope that your story will be published in a newspaper or magazine.
Andra :
10
Well, I hope that so.
Act
ivity 5
1. Ryan : I have decided not to accept the
scholarship. 2.
Sandy : I think you should try to come to the speech competition. You speak
English
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uently though. 3.
Cindy : I cant do it. The competition will be tough this year.
Nuclear energy is the name given to energy that is produced from changes in
nuclei, the small, heavy centres of atoms. The advantages of nuclear energy are
that it produces a large amount of useful energy from a very small amount of fuel
and does not produces gases contributing to the greenhouse effect. The disadvantages
are that the nuclear waste is very dif
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cult to stored safety.
It is very dif
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cult and expensive to amke an old nuclear reactor safe and there is always
a small chance of serious accident if something goes wrong.
Adapted from
King
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sher Science Encyclopedia, 1997
The sun also provides the energy stored in fossil fuels. Coals, petroleum, and natural
gas are fossil fuels. Fossil fuels come from the remains and
ancient plants and animals over millions of years ago.
These are what happened: 1. Hundreds of millions of years ago,
before people live on earth, trees and other plants absorbed energy from the
Sun, just as they do today. 2. Animals ate plants and smaller animals.
3. After the plants and animals died, they slowly became buried deeper
underground. 4. After millions of years, they turned into
coal and petroleum. Although the buried prehistoric plants
and animals changed form over time, they still stored energy.
When we burn fossil fuels today, the stored energy from the Sun is released in the
form of heat. The heat produced warm to our homes and other building and also
electricity for our lights and appliances.
Adapted from King
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sher Science Encyclopedia, 1997
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