Improve your English vocabulary and listening in just six minutes!
Scientific research is discovering that jellyfish might provide a solution to plastic pollution in seas and oceans. Neil and Georgina learn how these rubbery sea creatures could help.
This week’s question:
What is the best way to treat jellyfish stings? Is it…
a) with ice
b) with salt
c) with vinegar
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary
environmentally friendly
not harmful to the environment, or having the least possible impact on it
single-use (plastics)
plastic products made to be used just once, only to be thrown away afterwards
unheard of
something that is surprising or shocking because it have not previously known about
mucus
thick, sticky liquid produced in certain parts of the body
absorptive
able to absorb, or take in, liquid and other substances through a surface and hold them
magnet
objects that attracts certain metal objects or more generally, which attracts another material