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Solar panels store energy from the sun. The energy is then used to power the LED light bulbs in the lamps.
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 Spotlight:Light You Up

【明報專訊】On October 2, 200 people from sixty families participated in an event called "Light You Up" (點亮生命) at Ying Wa College (英華書院), Sham Shui Po. They made lamps powered with solar energy for people in Hong Kong and other places who could not afford electricity at home. Agent of Change Company Limited (加油香港企業有限公司), a social enterprise, co-organised the event. Wayne Chow (周佩波), its founder, said he hoped simple scientific theories could be applied in daily life.

(source: Ming Pao, agentofchange.hk)

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Dr Panda is doing an experiment in his room. He has a few items with him. Some of them are conductors (導電體). The others are insulators (絕緣體). Circle the conductors.

■ Game 2

Fill in the following blanks with the correct forms of the words provided.

rooftop / power / electrical / renewable / ray

Solar power is energy from the sun, which can be converted into 1. ___________ energy. It involves using solar panels to absorb 2. ___________ of the sun for generating electricity. Solar energy is abundant. It is among the cleanest types of 3. ___________ energy. Solar panels are usually placed on 4. ____________ so that they will receive as much sunlight as possible.

Solar water heating has been used since 1980 in some swimming pools in Hong Kong, and small-scale photovoltaic systems (光伏系統) have been used to 5. __________ automatic weather stations in the territory.

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■ English highway﹕ convert

To convert a thing means to make it change from one form, purpose, system, etc to another. This verb is usually followed by prepositions like into, to or from...to.

e.g. The factory has been converted to a museum.

■ Glossary

afford (v) 負擔

social enterprise (n phr) 社會企業

theory (n) 理論

abundant (adj) 充足的

 
 
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