Tilting at Windmills

Listen to the Podcast.
Which best describes the topic of this podcast?

It's about a dispute over windmills on Wolfe Island.
It's about a new way of building windmills.
It's about a description of Wolfe Island.

Listen to the podcast again.

Put the sentences in the correct order.

She visited Wolfe Island a few years ago.
There were signs that read 'No Wind Mills'.
She forgot about the dispute.
She recently returned to Kingston.
She saw 86 windmills on Wolfe Island.


Answer the questions.

1 Where is Kingston? on the St. Laurence River
2 How did they get to Wolfe Island?by ferry
3 What did the signs say?No Wind Mills
4 What health problems do people say windmills cause? headaches and dizziness
5 What do some people accuse opponents of?nimbyism
6 How many windmills are on the island now? 86
7 What did the artist make out of clay? 86 hands

Fill in the blanks:
ferry / protest / opposed / signs / divided / tilting / blades / nimbyism

1 People who are worried about the birds are opposed to having the windmills on the island.
2 They felt as though they were tilting at windmills because there was no way to stop the project but they tried anyway.
3 They accused the people of nimbyism because they didn't want any windmills near their homes.
4 They took the ferry over to the island.
5 She saw signs which read 'No Wind Mills'.
6 The 86 hands were an interesting form of protest.
7 The opinions of the island community is divided too. Some are in favour of the windmills and some are against them.
8 The blades of the turbines make a humming or whirring noise.