B2 · 5 minutes · Science

Researchers in Australia Develop a ‘Water Harvester’

Scientists in Australia have built a machine that collects water from the air. A VOA Learning English report.

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What you’ll practise

Understand process descriptions and the passive.

Words to know

absorb: To take in.
livestock: Farm animals such as cows and sheep.
drought: A long time without rain.

Words at this lesson’s level (B2)

At B2, you probably know about 98% of the words in this lesson.

The other words of this lesson are at B2 or below.

Word levels from the CEFR-J Wordlist 1.5 (Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies); words not in it count as above B2. Your level is the one you chose in the level guide, otherwise the lesson’s.

Source

Text and audio from “Researchers in Australia Develop a ‘Water Harvester’”, Science & Technology, VOA Learning English, published 2024-05-25. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English. Public domain.

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