Solarbox

Do people use public phones in your country or do most people have their own mobile phone? In London there are lots of phone boxes that aren't used very often and in this video you'll see an interesting new use for them.

Preparation

Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–h next to the numbers 1–8.

1…….. funding

2…….. a phone charger

3…….. a graduate

4…….. solar energy

5…….. a public space

6…….. to transform

7…….. a phone box

8…….. juice

a. someone who has a degree or a diploma from a university or college

b. a place which is open to people

c. a small building in a street which has a public telephone inside

d. money given by the government or an organisation

e. to change

f. something you connect to a phone which puts energy back into it

g. an informal word for electricity

h. energy produced from the sun.

1. Check your understanding: true or false

   Circle True or False for these sentences.

1. Harold and Kirsty studied biology at LSE in London.   True   False

2. The first Solarbox was on Tottenham Court Road.   True   False

3. Kirsty was walking home one day and saw a phone box and wanted to do something with it.   True   False

4. They received funding from the mayor to transform the phone boxes.   True   False

5. The Solarbox is a walk-in phone charger powered by the sun.   True   False

6. The energy from the sun gives free juice to all types of phones.   True   False

7. Harold was interested in green energy before he studied at university.   True   False

8. Three hours of sun a day is enough to power a Solarbox.   True   False

KEYS

Preparation

1. d 2. f 3. a 4. h 5. b 6. e 7. c 8. g 1.

Check your understanding: true or false

1. False 2. True 3. False 4. True 5. True 6. False 7. True 8. True