E2School Lesson 2: Practise Your Writing

Results are loaded Lesson 2: Practise Your Writing Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Writing a summary Summarising a text is not only a great way to review useful language, but it's a skill you'll need in language tests, tertiary study and of course, in the workforce. The trick is to take the main ideas of the text and put them in your own words. Click Next to see the reading text again and have a go at writing your own summary. When you're happy (or stuck!), click on the sample to compare your work. Return to Video Back Viewing 1 of 3 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 1 of 3 Results are loading Lesson 2: Practise Your Writing Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Vertical Farming: Balancing production and energy usage A Throughout the 20th century, our food supply increased dramatically. This was because of better farming techniques and more investment. However, as the world’s population continues to grow, experts predict that food production will need to increase even more. By 2050, developed countries will need about 70% more food and developing nations will need 50% more. B How can it be done? One option is vertical farming. Rather than growing food outside, vertical farming is mainly indoors, or on the outside of skyscrapers. These farms are often in warehouses or empty caves where humans can control the lighting, climate, humidity and temperature. Water consumption can also be minimised by using nutrients . C Although vertical farming allows producers to utilise space and water more efficiently , and increase the total number of crops they harvest each year, this farming process demands significantly more energy. In contrast to traditional farming, vertical farming requires ten to twenty times more energy per square meter of soil. Therefore, some have argued that large scale adoption of vertical farming will add to the problem of excessive energy consumption. D On the one hand, future populations all over the world will struggle to feed themselves without a dramatic increase in food supply, but on the other hand, as a global community , steps need to be taken to curb energy use and the associated pollution . Return to Video Writing Summarise the reading text in your own words. 5 0 words maximum. Return to Video Normal Quote Code Header 1 Header 2 Header 3 Header 4 Header 5 Header 6 Arial Courier New Helvetica Background Color Transparent Select Foreground Color Reset to default Select 1 x 1 Words: 0 Characters : 0 Save Edit Return to Video Sample Vertical farming may be able to help countries produce the extra food they need to survive, but it also takes more energy than traditional farming. The new technology may be able to help food production meet growing demand worldwide. Word Count: 39 Back Viewing 2 of 3 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 2 of 3 × Insert Link Text to display To what URL should this link go? Open in new window × Insert Image Select from files Image URL 100% 50% 25% × Insert Video Video URL (YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Instagram, DailyMotion, Youku or Spotlightr) × Help ENTER Insert Paragraph SHIFT+ENTE Results are loaded Lesson 2: Practise Your Writing Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Super! What else are you going to write today? How can you use your new language in everyday life? Click Close and go on to the Collocations section . Return to Video Back Viewing 3 of 3 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 3 of 3 × Insert Link Text to display To what URL should this link go? Open in new window × Insert Image Select from files Image URL 100% 50% 25% × Insert Video Video URL (YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Instagram, DailyMotion, Youku or Spotlightr) × Help ENTER Insert Paragraph SHIFT+ENTER Insert Paragraph CTRL+Z Undoes the last command CTRL+Y Redoes the last command TAB Tab SHIFT+TAB Untab CTRL+B Set a bold style CTRL+I Set a italic style CTRL+U Set a underline style CTRL+SHIFT+S Set a strikethrough style CTRL+BACKSLASH Clean a style CTRL+SHIFT+L Set left align CTRL+SHIFT+E Set center align CTRL+SHIFT+R Set right align CTRL+SHIFT+J Set full align CTRL+SHIFT+NUM7 Toggle unordered list CTRL+SHIFT+NUM8 Toggle ordered list CTRL+LEFTBRACKET Outdent on current paragraph CTRL+RIGHTBRACKET Indent on current paragraph CTRL+NUM0 Change current block's format as a paragraph(P tag) CTRL+NUM1 Change current block's format as H1 CTRL+NUM2 Change current block's format as H2 CTRL+NUM3 Change current block's format as H3 CTRL+NUM4 Change current block's format as H4 CTRL+NUM5 Change current block's format as H5 CTRL+NUM6 Change current block's format as H6 CTRL+ENTER Insert horizontal rule CTRL+K Show Link Dialog Summernote 0.8.11 · Project · Issues