New Ways to Get Water From Air
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Water towers are big and old. People use them to store water. But today, people ask: what is their future?
At the same time, new machines can make drinking water from air. Engineers at MIT made a small device. It is the size of a window. It takes water from the air. The water is safe to drink.
A 13-year-old boy also made a machine. He is a geek. He loves science and computers. His machine also makes drinking water from air.
His machine can help places with drought. In these places, there is not much water. The new machine can give people clean water to drink.
These new ideas are small and modern. Old water towers are big and old. Maybe new machines will help more in the future.
Vocabulary15 words
- engineers
- people who build machines
- device
- a small machine
- geek
- a person who loves science or computers
- drought
- a long time with no rain
- drinking water
- water that is safe to drink
- store
- to keep something for later
- future
- time that will come
- modern
- new and up to date
- machine
- a tool that does work
- safe
- not dangerous
- small
- not big
- clean
- not dirty
- help
- to do something good for someone
- idea
- a new thought or plan
- air
- what we breathe
Quiz
Answer key
1. Store water 2. A small device that makes water from air 3. 13
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Water towers are big and old. People use them to _____ water. But today, people ask: what is their _____?
At the same time, new machines can make drinking water from _____. Engineers at MIT made a small _____. It is the size of a window. It takes water from the air. The water is safe to _____.
A 13-year-old boy also made a machine. He is a _____. He loves science and computers. His machine also makes drinking water from air.
His machine can help places with _____. In these places, there is not much water. The new machine can give people _____ water to drink.
These new ideas are small and modern. Old water towers are big and old. Maybe new machines will help more in the _____.