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What comes to your mind when you hear the words “alternative energy”? Write at least three things.

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Na kaj pomisliš, ko slišiš besedno zvezo “alternativna energija”? Napiši vsaj tri besede.

Hint

ecological energy, renewable energy, clean energy, solar panels, wind mills, electric cars, cheap electricity, no electricity bills

Discuss the answers with your school friend.
Did you write the same words? Did you write similar words?
Do you agree with each other? Explain your answer.

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Pogovori se s sošolcem/sošolko. Sta napisala iste besede? Sta napisala podobne besede? Pojasni svoj odgovor. Se strinjata drug z drugim? Utemeljita svoje mnenje.

Suggestion

Student A: I wrote solar panels on the first line because I think they are very popular and a lot of homes have them. What did you write on the first line?

Student B: I wrote electric cars. I agree with you that solar panels are widely used nowadays. But the first thing that came to my mind was an electric car because in my family we spend a lot of time driving from one place to another. It would be great if we could afford to buy an electric car and this would be great for the environment.

Student A: I also wrote electric cars but I didn’t write it on the first line. What about your second suggestion? I thought about writing “green energy” because…

Our kids asked one hundred 15-55 year old people the same question: What comes to your mind when you hear the words 'alternative energy'? Here are their answers. Are you surprised? Do you agree with them? Talk them over with your schoolmate.

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Naši otroci so vprašali sto ljudi, starih od 15 do 55 let: Na kaj pomislite, ko slišite besedno zvezo “alternativna energija”? Tukaj so njihovi odgovori. Si presenečen/a? Se strinjaš z njimi? Pogovori se s sošolcem/sošolko.

Write a short report how people answered the question. Use the data from the graph.

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Napiši kratko poročilo o tem, kako so akentiranci odgovarjali na vprašanje. Uporabi podatke iz grafa.

Help

95 people out of 100 wrote that when they hear ‘alternative energy’ they think of ecological energy. The second most frequent answer was ‘renewable energy’, which was written by 87 people out of 100. The third most common answer to what ‘alternative energy’ mean was ‘solar panels’. More than half the people said that they think of windmills, and almost half the people said that they think of electric cars. Some people also thought of cheap electricity, no electricity bills and clean energy when they heard the words ‘alternative energy’.