A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels

Try to guess which country build a society without fossil fuels?

What is the answer?

If you don't have a clue, just look at the photographs.

More tips? Okay. Maybe you know some places, people or something distinctive?

For example: 

San Jose (the Capital and the largest city)

Luis Guillermo Solis

Cerro Chirripó (the highest mountain)

It's time for your last chance ;)

And the asnwer is... Costa Rica!

Now you're ready to watch a short speech about the small country in Central America, which decided to get rid of fossil fuels.

http://www.ted.com/talks/monica_araya_a_small_country_with_big_ideas_to_get_rid_of_fossil_fuels/transcript?language=en

VOCABULARY:

Contentious- controversial, causing disagreement.

It is the most contentious report I've ever seen.

The road to this poin was very long and contentious.

Renewable- a renewable form of energy can be produced as quickly as it is used.

Wind power is the most popular renewable energy source in Holland.

Grain can be used as a renewable fuel source.

Abolish- to officially end something.

The slave trade was abolished in 1808.

The government was abolished during civil war.

Struggle- to try very hard to do something difficult.

She's struggling to pay all her debts.

He struggled with poverty for years.

Embrace- to accept something in an enhusiastic way.

He is always eager to embrace new technology.

They embraced the socialist ideology with entusiasm.

Death

When a neurosurgeon found himself in a coma, he experienced things he never thought possible- a journey to the afterlife.

http://europe.newsweek.com/proof-heaven-doctors-experience-afterlife-65327?rm=eu

Life that doesn't end with death. Fascinating funeral traditions from around the world.

http://ideas.ted.com/11-fascinating-funeral-traditions-from-around-the-globe/

Sophisticated- well-educated; having experience of the world and knowledge of culture.

She is sophisticated and he is just a poor boy.

You are sophisticated so you know how to behave.

Begrudge- to feel angry because someone has something that you would like to have.

What really makes me angry are all those parents who begrudge their children nothing.

It is hard to begrudge someone a couple of dollars.

Profound- extreme, when you feel something very strongly.

He had a profound influence upon his brothers.

She felt profound sadness.

Dirge- a slow sad song played because someone has died.

They did not ring a dirge for the dead.

The dirge written by Tom was touching.

Entomb- to bury something or someone.

He was entombed there after his death in 1944.

He discovered that people like to be entombed together.