Engineering for Sustainable Development IELTS Listening Answers

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May 17, 2022

Engineering for Sustainable Development IELTS Listening Answers is a lecture audio speaking about Engineering for Sustainable Development. Candidates can hear the speaker and write their answers carefully. The candidate needs to answer the following question types:

  • Complete the Notes

Candidates need to complete the notes given in the box with one word only. It is important that candidates abide by the word limit. Candidates should carefully listen to the audio to correctly complete the notes.

The IELTS Listening section tests a candidate’s listening ability. The candidates are required to listen to an audio and then answer the given IELTS listening questions.

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Topic: Engineering for Sustainable Development 

Audio:

Question 1-10:
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Engineering for sustainable development

The Greenhouse Project (Himalayan mountain region) Problem
  • Short growing season because of high altitude and low 1
  • Fresh vegetables imported by lorry or by 2 , so are expensive
  • Need to use sunlight to prevent local plants from 3
  • Previous programmes to provide greenhouses were 4
New greenhouse Meets criteria for sustainability
  • Simple and 5 to build
  • Made mainly from local materials (mud or stone for the walls, wood and 6 for the roof)
  • Building and maintenance done by local craftsmen
  • Puns solely on 7 energy
  • Only families who have a suitable 8 can own one
Design
  • Long side faces south
  • Strong polythene cover
  • Inner 9 are painted black or white
Social benefits
  • Owners’ status is improved
  • Rural 10 have greater opportunities
  • More children are educated

Question 1.

Answer: rainfall
Explanation
: In the Himalayan mountains, fresh vegetables and crops can only be grown outside for ninety days in summer because of high altitude and low rainfall.

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Question 2.

Answer: air
Explanation
: fresh vegetables are imported using a truck in summers and by air in winters and hence, are expensive

Question 3.

Answer: freezing
Explanation
: use of engineering solutions was needed to exploit sunlight and prevent local plants from freezing during winters.

Question 4.

Answer: unsuccessful
Explanation
: there were programmes to prevent greenhouse gases but they were not successful.

Question 5.

Answer: cheap
Explanation
: to meet criteria for sustainability the new methods are simple and cheap for construction

Question 6.

Answer: grass
Explanation
: the main roof is mainly made of locally available wood, with water-restraint grass for covering.

Question 7.

Answer: solar
Explanation
: the greenhouse would operate with the use of only solar powers

Question 8.

Answer: site
Explanation
: only families who have a suitable site can be able to construct the greenhouse

Question 9.

Answer: walls
Explanation
: the interior of the walls of the greenhouse is supposed to be painted.

Question 10.

Answer: women
Explanation
: with women being the primary member to cook in the rural areas, it has opened opportunities for them

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