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小編我昨天收到了夏天的電費單。

電費比我想像的還便宜很多。

最主要的原因是之前的房客是很愛吹冷氣的外國人。

所以我們的用電量比去年的同期間少了52%。

而政府的鼓勵節源計畫幫我們扣了三百多塊的電費。

節源真的是省錢的好方法喔。

今天就來聽聽一個好發明如何幫貧困的人們解決問題 + 節源 + 省錢。

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(一)  重點單字

1.  Ingenious  [adj.]  =  巧妙的、足智多謀的、善於創造的

2.  Slum  [n.]  =  貧民窟、陋巷

3.  Obstacle  [n.]  =  障礙物、妨礙

4.  Insignificant  [adj.]  =  微小的、無意義的、不重要的

5.  Virtually  [adv.]  =  差不多、幾乎

6.  Necessity  [n.]  =  需要、必要性、必需品

7.  Essentially  [adv.]  =  基本上、實質上

8.  Algae  [n.]  =  水藻、海藻、.

9.  Refract  [v.]  =  折射.

10.  Economical  [adj.]  =  經濟的、節約的

11.  Watt  [n.]  =  (燈泡的)瓦

(二)  聽力填空題

1.  So you mean an invention that uses __________ and __________ ?

2.  So Kate McGeown says that even at 11 o'clock in the morning, the Menayis family home is virtually __________ __________ .

3.  But this is a good example of using the phrase __________ is the mother of __________ .

4.  And once the sun __________ through the bottle, the effect of the water means it is __________ – or spread out – across the room.

5.  Although I ___________ to make it work you need one important __________ .

(三)  聽力問答題

1.  How many people live in the slums in the Philippines ? How many of those people live in the capital city ?

2.  Why don't the people in the slums use normal lights ?

3.  Why do they need to add bleach to the water in the bottles ?

(四)  討論題

Do you know any other energy-saving inventions ?

Here's a website to give you some ideas.

http://www.ecorazzi.com/2011/03/08/top-10-unusual-green-inventions