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Radiobeitrag von Sarah Whites-Koditschek für NPR

In Wisconsin, Farmers May Soon Be Milking The Profits Of Solar Energy Instead Of Cows

Übungen zum Hörverstehen von Rebecca Kaplan • Juni 2019 Seite 1 von 8

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Beitrag + Transkript: www.npr.org/2019/01/21/687255726/in-wisconsin-farmers-may- soon-be-milking-the-profits-of-solar-energy-instead-of?t=1553589963097

Format: Kurzreportage Dauer: 3:29 Min.

Quelle: NPR – National Public Radio, Inc.

Sendereihe: All Things Considered

Sendetermin: 21.01.2019 • Verfügbarkeit: unbegrenzt

Schlagworte: erneuerbare Energien / Solarenergie / Milchwirtschaft im Wandel / der Mittlere Westen der USA

Sprachniveau: Fortgeschritten; Oberstufe (Ende 10. Klasse bis 13. Klasse) Sprache: Amerikanisches Englisch

│ Photo: Getty Images

Inhalt: Wisconsin im Mittleren Westen der USA ist für seine Milchwirtschaft bekannt. Doch der ökonomische und technische Wandel bringt die Menschen auf neue Ideen. Erneuerbare Energien sollen das Fortbestehen der Höfe sichern. Allerdings ist nicht jeder von den Plänen begeistert, eine der größten Solaranlagen im Mittleren Westen zu bauen … Nutzen Sie diese Kurzreportage zusammen mit unserem passenden Übungsmaterial für Ihren Unterricht. Unsere Aufgaben zu diesem Original-Podcast testen und trainieren effektiv das Hörverstehen im Sprachunterricht.

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In Wisconsin, Farmers May Soon Be Milking The Profits Of Solar Energy Instead Of Cows

Pre-listening

1. What kinds of renewable energies do you know? Write the correct term below the symbol.

a) b) c) d)

________________

2. Where would it be logical to put solar panels and why? Discuss.

(Vocabulary: Solar panels are pieces of equipment that use sun energy to produce electricity.)

3. Put words from the list in the categories below. Not all words will be used, but all the lines should be filled.

farming money government

 ______________

to milk to get milk out of a cow; to get as much as you can out of s.th.

profit the money that you make in business by buying or selling dairy from or having to do with milk

boost s.th. that helps s.o./s.th.

debt money that s.o. has to pay back to s.o.

hog pig

visual connected with seeing to tank to fail

to raise to bring up a child; to breed or grow (animals or plants)

automation the use of machines to do work that used to be done by people soybean a type of bean, used to make tofu and other products

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6. Besides milk cows, what did / do / might the Bishop family have on their farm?

did do might

(in future)

hogs

  

corn

  

soybean

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solar panels

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7. What is a danger for the future of the crops the Bishops now have?

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a) solar energy

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b) automation

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c) debt

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d) dairy

8. The Bishops own about … acres of land.

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a) 650

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b) three

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c) 1,950

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d) 216

9. How much could they earn from the solar project?

• farmers: ___________________________________________________________________

• the county: _________________________________________________________________

10. Tick four things about the project that worry Alan Jewell.

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health problems caused by the panels

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that it might help only some farmers

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the solar panels will change the look of

the landscape

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the county didn’t get enough information

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that the state will make too many new

rules for farmers

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sounds

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traditional farms will disappear

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dangerous materials used in the panels

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