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Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
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76 words
- Many coastal communities need clean, safe drinking water.
- Some places use desalination to make fresh water.
- Usual methods use much energy and chemicals.
- They also make salty brine that harms sea life.
- Researchers built a new solar-powered panel system.
- Panels pull a thin layer of seawater and evaporate it.
- Salt moves to a different area on the panel.
- The panels leave salt as solid for later use.
- The system can work without chemical additives nearby.
Difficult words
- coastal — Near the sea or ocean, at the shore.
- desalination — A process to remove salt from seawater.
- brine — Very salty water made in some processes.
- evaporate — Change from liquid to gas by heating.
- panel — A flat board used to collect energy.panels
- additive — A chemical added to change a product.additives
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Discussion questions
- Do you live near the sea?
- Would you use water made by solar panels?
- Do you think salt can be useful later?
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