Стр.94-95 Модуль 5 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 8 класс

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5e Overcoming the odds

Vocabulary

Achievements

1 Listen & say. Which would you most like to achieve in the future?

get a degree

invent something to improve peopletasks lives

pass your driving test

establish a successful business

win a scholarship to a college/university

learn to speak a foreign language

take part in a charity project

win a sports competition

do well in your exams/ a test

Itaskd like to win a scholarship to a university and get a Law degree.

Reading

2 Look at the picture and the title of the article. Which of the things in Ex. 1 do you think William Kamkwamba has achieved? Listen and read to find out.

The boy Who Harnessed the wind

Every night, William Kamkwamba’s sisters would huddle around the fain: light of a kerosene lamp to read and study in the hope of a better future. Tha: was before their brother, who was only fourteen at the time, built windmills that brought electricity to his village of Masitala in Malawi, Africa. Now, this self-taught inventor is setting his sights even higher, aiming to light up an entire country!

It all began with the famine of 2001 when food was so scarce in Malawi that ten thousand people died of starvation. William’s family survived on just one meal a day, but they didn’t have enough money to afford the $80-a-year tuition fees for Williamtasks school. Forced to drop out, he refused to give up and carried on his education from textbooks in the small local library. There he learnt all about electricity and motors, but it was the cover of one book in particular that truly captured his imagination. It showed windmills. “With a windmill, I could stay awake at night reading instead of going to bed at seven with the rest of Malawi." William realised, “We’d finally release ourselves from the troubles of darkness and hunger.”

He set about building one from an old bicycle and pieces of scrap metal from tractors. Ignoring the other villagers (including his mother), who thought he was crazy, over two months he managed to assemble a 5-metre high windmill that supplied enough power to light four small light bulbs. In a country where only 2% of the population has access to electricity, this was like a miracle! Villagers came from ail around to see the ‘electric wind’. With the addition of another windmill that helped irrigate his father’s crops. William was transforming his village through renewable energy all by himself. News of the boy who built windmilis spread through blogs and newspaper articles. Bryan Mealer, an American journalist, had spent five years in Africa when he heard about William. He immediately knew that this was the story that he had been waiting for and in 2009. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. was published. Soon, influential people started to see that William was a real asset to his country and before long, he was invited to speak at conferences, he had documentaries made about him and universities abroad were offering him scholarships.

William is currently studying for a degree in America, but he plans to return home with more ideas to help his village. Thanks to generous donations. Masitala now has clean drinking water and solar panels. William also finished a project to build new classrooms for his old primary school which is equipped with laptops that run on energy from his windmills. He still worries about his mother, though: “I haven’t solved the problem of firewood. Each day, my mother has no choice but to walk three hours to collect a handful of wood to cook the family meal.” It’s a walk that gets longer every day as Malawi loses about 500 sq kilometres of forest every year due to illegal deforestation. Experiments with solar ovens made out of tinfoil haven’t quite worked out yet, so for the moment William has turned to a more hands-on method - planting more trees.

William Kamkwamba might not have the solution for everything just yet, but he’s a shining example of all that can be achieved when just one person dreams of a better world.

Check these words

huddle, faint, kerosene lamp, self-taught inventor, set onetasks sights high, famine, scarce, starvation, tuition fees, drop out, truly, capture, windmill, scrap metal, ignore, light bulb, have access to, miracle, irrigate, renewable energy, influential, real asset, scholarship, generous, donation, due to, tinfoil, hands-on method, shining example

3 а) Read again. Say what focus each question has, then choose the correct answers (1,2, 3 or 4). Justify your choices.

1 William and his sisters used kerosene lamps because it was the only light source they had.

A electricity was cut off at night.

В it was the only light source they had.

C it helped save electricity.

D they enjoyed reading at night.

2 Why did William leave school?

A He needed to work to help feed his family.

В He dropped out through lack of interest.

C He couldntaskt pay for his lessons.

D He was able to get a better education at the library.

3 In little more than 8 weeks, William managed to produce small amounts of electricity for his village.

A produce small amounts of electricity for his village.

В provide two per cent of his countrytasks electricity.

C build windmills all around his village.

D end the villagerstask food and money problems.

4 How did Bryan Mealer hear about William?

A In a book written by an American journalist.

В At a conference he was invited to.

C From various reports in blogs and articles.

D In a documentary that was made about him.

5 In paragraph 4, taskassettask is used to show that William could be of good use to his country.

A had impressed some important people.

В was an excellent public speaker.

C could be of good use to his country.

D would do very well at university.

6 At the moment, William is studying at a foreign university.

A installing solar panels in his village.

В building new classrooms at his old school.

C collecting donations for his projects.

D studying at a foreign university.

7 Williamtasks mother has to walk great distances daily.

A cook with a solar oven.

В plant trees for firewood.

C walk great distances daily.

D prepare only one meal a day.

8 The writertasks purpose is to relate an inspiring story.

A advertise Williamtasks inventions.

В relate an inspiring story.

C encourage others to become inventors.

D promote a book.

b) Match the words in bold to their meanings: spare, caught, at present, bright, intending, stop, was made known, lack of food.

4 Choose the correct words. Check in your dictionary. Make sentences using the words you dontaskt choose.

1 Sam dropped out of university because he couldntaskt afford the high tuition fees.

2 After failing several times to get into university, Jim was ready to give up.

3 A picture of a windmill on the cover of a book captured Williamtasks imagination.

4 Kerosene lamps provide a faint light.

5 They survive on one meal a day.

6 Solar panels supply power to Masitala.

7 William was offered scholarships.

8 William is a shining example of what one person can do.

Grammar

Special introductory verbs

5 Use these verbs to report the sentences: promise, suggest, complain, deny, remind, offer, apologise, explain.

1 "Itaskll help you with your essay," she said.

2 "Why dontaskt you study for a degree?" he said.

3 "My history lecturer is so boring!" Ann said.

4 "I didntaskt cheat in the exam," Phil told me.

5 "Dontaskt forget to hand in your essay today," Ann told Jane.

6 "Would you like to share my book?" he said.

7 "Itaskm sorry I copied your work," Bill told her.

8 "I was late because I missed my bus," he said.

Speaking & Writing.

6 Tell the class four things that impressed you from the text.

7 Think! Imagine you are William. You have just put together the windmill and are about to test if it will light the bulbs. Write a few sentences describing your feelings. Tell the class.