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Upper intermediate (equivalent to CEF level C1)
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This eLesson is about the use of used, or spent, coffee grounds to produce a green biofuel for the future.
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Answer key
1 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 paragraph 3 paragraph 6 paragraph 4 paragraph 2 paragraph 5
T F (the technology needed to manufacture some biofuels can be incredibly expensive) F (Brazil has been using coffee beans, not coffee grounds, for a number of years) T T F (scientists predict that biodiesel from spent coffee grounds will add around 340 million gallons of fuel to the worlds supply; it will never take over the fuel market)
3 Verb combination opt produce limit source 4 1 2 3 4 5 5 1 2 3 4 5 Noun combine option production limitation source Verb derive cultivate appear consume extract Noun derivation cultivation appearance consumption extraction
6 7 8 9 10
6 7 8 9 10
Related websites
The following websites might be useful for either you or your students. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/April/01041102.asp (Article on coffee grounds as biodiesel source) http://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/3238/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee-biodiesel/ (Article on new research into coffee biodiesel) http://www.actionaid.org.uk/campaign/campaign-blog/2013/02/18/biofuels-fuel-for-the-future-orfuelling-hunger (Action Aid article on how biofuels can fuel hunger) http://law.psu.edu/_file/aglaw/Biofuel_Debate.pdf (Article on types and history of biofuels, and legal implications) http://www.economist.com/node/11565647?subjectid=8780295&story_id=11565647 (Article on growing your own energy)
This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanglobal.com It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. Copyright Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013.