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IELTS Daily Reading <BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE style="BACKGROUND: #e8e8e8; WIDTH: 582px; HEIGHT: 20px" cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width=582> <COLGROUP> <COL width=540> <COLGROUP> <TBODY> <TR style="BACKGROUND: #ffffff; HEIGHT: 18px"> <TD style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">     <IMG height=109 alt="" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyenglish.com%2Farchive_img%2Fimg11237293119.jpg" width=150 border=0> <DIV align=justify> Article </DIV> <DIV align=justify> National Biodiesel Day is a day the biodiesel industry celebrates the role of the vegetable-based fuel in helping to tackle environmental problems. It takes place on March 18, which is the date of Rudolf Diesel’s birthday. He invented diesel in 1912. He designed the diesel engine in the late 1800s to run on peanut oil. He was a visionary who knew that biodiesels would become very important. In 1912, he said: “The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today, but such oils may become, in the course of time, as important as petroleum.” He died in 1913, well before any hint of damage to the environment by fossil fuels, and long before the green movement, which would embrace his thinking. The U.S. biodiesel industry is doing much to promote energy independence and reduce America’s thirst for oil. In 2007, manufacturers produced 500 million gallons of biofuels, which reduced the need for 12 million barrels of oil. The biofuels industry is very excited about the future of biofuels. They say biofuels greatly reduce CO2 emissions  therefore are an important part of helping countries reduce their carbon footprints.  </DIV> <DIV align=justify> </DIV> <DIV align=justify>Questions</DIV> <DIV align=justify> 1. Rudolf Diesel designated March 18th as National Biodiesel Day. Is it True or False?</DIV> <DIV align=justify> 2. Rudolf Diesel invented diesel fuel. Is it True or False?</DIV> <DIV align=justify> 3. Biofuels can help reduce the need for fossil fuels. Is it True or False?</DIV> <DIV align=justify> 4. Biodiesel is made of vegetables. Is it True or False?</DIV> <DIV align=justify> </DIV> <DIV align=justify> Key Expressions</DIV> <DIV align=justify> “visionary” : If you refer to someone as a visionary, you mean that they have strong, original ideas about how things might be different in the future.  Ex) Visionaries are constantly fighting conventional wisdom because they see the world ahead in terms of what it can be. </DIV> <DIV align=justify> “hint” : A hint is a suggestion about something that is made in an indirect way.  Ex) My boss didn’t give me any hint of paycuts. Words & Expressions vegetable-based 식물로 만들어진 visionary 공상가   insignificant 중요하지 않은 in the course of time 시간이 지남에 따라 hint 암시, 힌트 fossil fuel 화석연료 biofuel 바이오연료 promote 촉진시키다, 홍보하다 embrace 받아 들이다 energy independence 에너지 독립 thirst for ~에 대한 갈증 carbon footprint 탄소 발자국 emission 방출</DIV>  </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> IELTS school 알츠스쿨 <A href="http://cafe.daum.net/vvvivvv">http://cafe.daum.net/vvvivvv</A>     인쇄는 우측 하단의 [이 글을...] 을 클릭하시면 됩니다~  <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>