Classe : 2nd CD

I- INFORMATIONS GÉNÉRALES

II- COMPETENCES A EVALUER

Compétence disciplinaire n°2: Réagir à un texte ou support multimédia.

Compétence disciplinaire n°3: Produire un texte ou support de type particulier.

A- Réaction à un texte ou support multimédia

Contexte: Les sources d’énergie et leur exploitation constituent des menaces sur

l’environnement et sur l’économie d’où la nécessité de mesures et des solutions

idoines pour faire face aux défis.

Support

Text:

1 In most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, energy sector is largely dominated

by the use of biomass-based energy sources, followed by petroleum products and,

to a lesser degree, electricity. Access to clean cooking solutions is extremely

limited both in urban and rural areas (6% average). Biomass energy accounts for

about 80% of the total energy consumed by households and is provided by

millions hectares of forests. Meanwhile, the widespread and inefficient use of

traditional biomass (firewood, charcoal) has been proven to cause

overexploitation of forest stocks in certain zones, particularly around high

concentration urban areas, environmental degradation, problems to end-users

(indoor air pollution) and high CO2 emissions.

2 In order to improve this situation, some governments decided to design and

implement a national biomass energy strategy, with a particular focus on the

charcoal supply chain and addressing both the supply and the demand side, to
ensure a more sustainable supply of biomass energy, to promote access to modern

cooking fuels as well as to efficient and modern biomass combustion

technologies, and to contribute to a lower carbon energy supply scenario.

3 When people fill up a car’s gasoline tank, the energy source is petroleum

(gasoline) refined from crude oil and may include fuel ethanol made by growing

and processing corn. In case they use electricity in their homes, the electrical

power is probably generated by burning coal or natural gas, by a nuclear reaction,

or by a hydroelectric plant on a river, to name just a few sources. Energy sources

are divided into two groups: renewable and non-renewable. The renewable energy

includes biomass from plants; solar energy from the sun; geothermal energy from

heat inside the earth; wind energy; hydropower from flowing water. As regard to

the non-renewable energy sources, the mains are petroleum products;

hydrocarbon gas liquids and natural gas; coal; nuclear energy. These sources of

energy can be used as primary energy sources to produce useful energy such as

heat or used to produce secondary energy sources such as electricity.

4 The main Benin’s energy resources can be classified into the following

categories: biomass energy, fossil energy resources (oil or petroleum products),

mineral energy resources, hydropower potential, solar energy and wind energy.

While Benin has a large hydroelectricity potential only one major hydroelectric

site currently functions. The development of over 80 pre-identified sites using

micro-hydro applications would help Benin increase its energy resilience. The

country solely depends on imports to satisfy its petroleum product demand, while

85% of its electricity consumption is answered by imports. An agreement was

signed with Togo and Ghana in 1967 under which Benin receives low-cost electric

power from Akosombo Dam on the Volta River in Ghana. Benin also imports
electricity from Nigeria through the CEB-NEPA Power Interconnection,

commissioned in 2007. 40% of Beninese citizens have access to electricity, with

a significant disparity between urban (70%) and rural areas (18%).

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Citères d’évaluation: Après avoir lu le texte tu montreras que tu l’as compris

en:

- Reconnaissant les détails du texte;

- En manifestant ta compréhension globale du texte;

- Montrant ta maîtrise du vocabulaire du texte

- Réécrivant certaines phrases de façon convenable; 3 3

- Choisissant les mots appropriés pour completer des phrases;

- Traduisant un passage du texte.

Tâches / Consignes:

Item 1: Write “right“ or “wrong” to these statements.

1- Biomass-based energy sources are less used in Sub Saharan Africa.

2- Modern biomass combustion technologies could reduce forests destruction.

3- Gasoline is made of crude oil.

4- Benin has renewable and non-renewable energy sources.

Item 2: Answer these questions based on the text.

1. What are the causes of overexploitation of forests in Sub Saharan Africa?

2. What renewable energy is provided by the sun?

Item 3: Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B

Column A Column B

1- Has signed an agreement a. Citizens

2- A power station which runs with flowing water b. To improve

3- Populations c. Has agreed

4- To better d. Hydroelectric plant

Item 4: Rewrite these sentences using the prompts given. Don’t change their meaning

1. To improve this situation, some governments decided to design and

implement a national biomass energy strategy.

* . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . in order to . . .. . . . . . . . .

2. The widespread and inefficient use of traditional biomass has caused

environmental degradation.

* Environmental degradation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. “Energy is not only heat and electrical power” asserted Abalo.

* Abalo said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. If access to modern cooking fuels are not promoted, the main forests will

disappear in Africa.

* The main forests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. An agreement was signed with Togo and Ghana 54 years ago.

* It is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . since ...............................

Item 5: Choose the best words or expressions in the brackets to complete the

sentences.

1- Forests are….in african countries due to high use of biomass.(underexploited;

2- A renewable energy source is…long lasting energy source.(a; an; the)

3- SBEE cut power…hour ago. (a; an; the)

4- Suzy cooked with Gaz Oryx…(on; the; at) Friday when she

was …. Comè. (in; at; to)

Item 6: Translate into French:

From “While Benin has a large hydroelectricity potential….”Down to “Volta

River in Ghana.” ( paragraph 4 )

B-LA PRODUCTION D’UN TEXTE OU SUPPORT MULTIMÉDIA DE TYPE PARTICULIER 5

Contexte: Les produits pétroliers sont très indispensables dans le fonctionnement

des usines etdes engins. Ils coûtent également chers aux consommateurs.

Critères d'évaluation: Tu montreras ta maîtrise du vocabulaire en anglais en:

- Complétant le paragraphe avec les mots listés;

- Respectant l’orthographe des mots;

- Respectant le contexte interne et externe du texte.

Tâches/Consigne

Writing: Complete this paragraph with the following words: planes; oil; esssential;

factories; money; both; spends; medicine.

NB: Don’t copy the paragraph. Write only numbers and words.

Oil is…1…for a modern industrialized society. Nearly all transport depends on it:

private cars, buses, lorries, ships,…2…and most trains burn gasoline or diesel oil.

Most of the…3…that manufacture the goods we make also burn oil. Some use

gas, which is a similar fuel. …4...is also an important means of generating

electricity. …5…electricity and kerosene, another oil product, are important

to import. It has to be paid for with the…6…earned from exports. The more

money a country…7…on oil, the less it has for food,…8…, vehicles, machinery,

spare parts, books for schools and so on. 6

Good Luck !