Exercices énergies Écosse : anglais en première

Associe chaque mot anglais à sa traduction (a à h).

1. an oil rig
2. a wind turbine
3. an oil field
4. the grid
5. tidal power
6. to decommission
7. crude oil
8. to harness

a. le réseau électrique · b. le pétrole brut · c. une plateforme pétrolière · d. démanteler · e. capter, exploiter · f. une éolienne · g. l’énergie des marées · h. un gisement

Complète avec 1970, 1988, 1999, 2016, 2017, 2045.

1. The Forties oil field was discovered in ___.
2. The Piper Alpha disaster happened in ___.
3. North Sea oil output peaked around ___.
4. Longannet, Scotland’s last coal power station, closed in ___.
5. Hywind, the world’s first floating wind farm, opened in ___.
6. Scotland aims to reach net zero by ___.

Choisis le mot correct.

1. The price of (oil / petrol / gasoline) is quoted in dollars per barrel.
2. The hills near Glasgow are covered with wind (mills / turbines / engines).
3. Scotland is one of the (windiest / most windy / windier) places in Europe.
4. (Renewable energy is / Renewable energies are / A renewable energy is) getting cheaper.
5. Aberdeen is a (Scotch / Scots / Scottish) city.
6. Old platforms must be (decommissioned / discommissioned / uncommissioned).

Réponds par True ou False et justifie avec le texte.

1. Aberdeen was already a major industrial city before oil was found.
2. The oil boom made housing more expensive.
3. Platforms were close to the coast.
4. All the oil fields are now empty.
5. Callum has completely changed his trade.
6. Some oil skills are useful in the wind industry.

Mets les phrases à la voix passive en gardant le temps.

1. Engineers discovered the Brent field in 1971.
2. An explosion destroyed Piper Alpha in 1988.
3. The company built the first floating wind farm off Peterhead.
4. The government has approved a new oil field.
5. They will decommission hundreds of platforms.
6. Communities own some wind turbines on the islands.

Récris chaque phrase avec used to + no longer / now, comme dans l’exemple : Scotland burnt coal. Today it doesn’t. → Scotland used to burn coal, but it no longer does.

1. Miners worked in Fife. Today they don’t.
2. Aberdeen was a fishing town. Today it is an energy city.
3. Highland glens had no electricity. Today they have it.
4. Oil workers welded pipelines. Today some weld turbines.
5. The UK imported little gas. Today it imports a lot.

Réponds en anglais par une phrase complète.

1. What kind of document is this?
2. What does it show?
3. What was the share of renewables in 2000?
4. Describe the trend between 2000 and 2022 with a verb and an adverb.
5. How can a share be « over 100% »?
6. Which source probably explains most of the rise?

Traduis en anglais.

1. Le pétrole a été découvert en mer du Nord en 1970.
2. Aberdeen est devenue la capitale européenne du pétrole.
3. Les éoliennes flottantes peuvent être installées en eau profonde.
4. La production de pétrole baisse depuis la fin des années 1990.
5. Les syndicats réclament une transition juste pour les ouvriers.
6. L’Écosse veut atteindre la neutralité carbone d’ici 2045.

Traduis en français.

1. Fossil fuels must be phased out.
2. The fields are running dry.
3. The country is shifting from oil to wind.
4. Tidal power is predictable, unlike wind.
5. Who should benefit from Scotland’s natural resources?

Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Récris-la correctement.

1. Scotland has many windmills which produce electricity.
2. Oil was discovered in the North Sea since 1970.
3. Renewable energies is becoming cheaper.
4. Offshore wind has been grow fast for ten years.
5. The Piper Alpha disaster has happened in 1988.
6. Many workers have been retrain for the wind industry.

Classe chaque argument : F (for new oil fields) ou A (against).

1. It protects energy security and reduces imports.
2. It sends the wrong signal before 2045.
3. It keeps thousands of skilled jobs in Aberdeen.
4. The money could be invested in offshore wind instead.
5. Oil spills would threaten marine life near Shetland.
6. The UK will still need some gas for decades.

Rédige un paragraphe de 120 à 150 mots : Is Scotland a model for the energy transition? Utilise au moins : used to, un passif, has been + -ing, on the one hand… on the other hand, et trois mots de vocabulaire du cours.

1. Introduis le sujet (pétrole hier, vent aujourd’hui).
2. Donne deux réussites.
3. Donne une limite ou un débat.
4. Conclus par ton opinion nuancée.