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Pre-reading What does "power" in this title mean?
New Words
○ electricity [ilèktrísati] 電力
|cut [kåt]
←
cut [kôt]...を切る,
･･･の供給をとめる
じゅうでん
charge [tfa:rdz] ･･･を充電する
✓ smartphone (s)
[smártfôun(z)] スマートフォン
○ oil [5il] 石油
○ coal [kóul] 石炭
○ natural gas [nætfaral gés]
天然ガス
ひかく
○ relatively [rélativli] 比較的
✓ release [rilí:s] ・・・を放出する
■ dangerous [déindzaras] 危険な
✓ chemical(s) [kémikal(z)]
化学物質
health [hél0] 健康
fossil fuel(s) [fásl fjù:al(z)]
化石燃料
carbon dioxide
[ka:rban daiáksaid] 二酸化炭素
○ run out of ･･･ を使い果たす
If the electricity were cut for one week, what would
happen to our lives? The lights would be off. Trains
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would stop. We could not charge our smartphones. We
depend on electricity to power most of our daily activities.
How can we make the electricity we need for our future? 5
2 Japan uses a lot of oil, coal, and natural gas to
make electricity. These resources are called “fossil
fuels.” Fossil fuels have some good points. They are
relatively cheap, and they can be used for many things.
However, scientists say that we may run out of fossil 10
fuels in 100 years. There are other problems, too.
Fossil fuels release carbon dioxide and other dangerous
chemicals. They increase global warming and damage
our health.
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In-reading 1 What do we depend on to power our daily
activities?
2 What do fossil fuels release?
●日本の一次エネルギー国内供給の割合
まいぞう
●世界のエネルギー資源の可採年数と確認可採埋蔵量
エネルギーなど
7.8
Other renewable
energy, etc
その他の再生可能
Natural
gas
石油 51年
天然ガス 53年
石炭 153年
Oil 石油
187兆m3
39.7
天然ガス
Water power
23.8
水力 3.3
1兆7,067億
バーレル
Coal 石炭
25.4
資源エネルギー庁 (2016)
106
one hundred and six
TIT
11,393億トン
日本原子力文化財団 (2016)
