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Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Plastic Pollution Cleanup

Introduction:

Plastic is destroying the world’s bodies of water. Now, Airbnb’s co-founder has donated an enormous sum of money to one nonprofit group who’s looking at how to remove all the plastic.

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The news is a consistent and endless source of entertainment, knowledge and discovery. Because it plays such a vital part in our lives and is so important to keep up with, it’s doubtless a piece of your daily routine that can’t go ignored.

There are many reasons to read, watch or listen to the news. Understanding the ramifications of recent legislation passed. Listening to recent events and grasping the potential consequences to your country. Or, simply listening to what’s happening in other countries so you can compare them to your own. It’s a staple in our lives and the most reliable way to get information.

That’s why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds. That is, learning English and keeping up with current events. We hope our challenging exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, bring these worlds together in a satisfactory and entertaining way.

So that’s all for the introductions, let’s get to today’s Learn English with the News topic:

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Quiz Time!

Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Plastic Pollution Cleanup | Synonym Match

Macth the following words to their synonyms.

Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Plastic Pollution Cleanup | Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Plastic Pollution Cleanup | True or False

Decide if the statements are true or false.

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Full text for Money Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Plastic Pollution Cleanup:

Airbnb’s co-founder has donated $25 million to support a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup as they prepare to assemble and deploy the largest plastic capture system ever developed for use in the ocean.
The Ocean Cleanup’s pilot ocean cleaning system, System 002, has been deployed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) located between Hawaii and California since late 2021. It has so far removed close to 200,000 kilograms of plastic that otherwise would have remained trapped for decades or more.
This pilot system is now in the process of being scaled up to the largest, most cost-effective ocean cleaning system ever developed, and will feature a capture area 2.5 kilometers across, and a three-vessel team that will allow it to operate 24-7.
As the only group currently cleaning the trillions of plastic pieces in the GPGP, The Ocean Cleanup has streamlined their cleaning systems to be as cost-effective as possible, allowing their entirely not-for-profit income generation and any potential donations to go far.
His vision attracted millions in private contributions from philanthropists, even while government scientists sneered at the use of fossil-fuel vessels to pull the nets to capture the plastic.

Money from Trevi Fountain Used to Feed the Poor

Introduction:

Every year the money thrown into the Trevi fountain in Rome is removed through a series of pipes, collected, and used to feed the city’s poor. Tourists throw tons of coins into the fountain hoping for good luck, but the tradition actually goes back to an old movie. Listen to find out more.

Watch the video and then do the accompanying English language exercises below.

The news is a consistent and endless source of entertainment, knowledge and discovery. Because it plays such a vital part in our lives and is so important to keep up with, it’s doubtless a piece of your daily routine that can’t go ignored.

There are many reasons to read, watch or listen to the news. Understanding the ramifications of recent legislation passed. Listening to recent events and grasping the potential consequences to your country. Or, simply listening to what’s happening in other countries so you can compare them to your own. It’s a staple in our lives and the most reliable way to get information.

That’s why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds. That is, learning English and keeping up with current events. We hope our challenging exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, bring these worlds together in a satisfactory and entertaining way.

So that’s all for the introductions, let’s get to today’s Learn English with the News topic:

Adapted from this article.

Quiz Time!

Money from Trevi Fountain Used to Feed the Poor | Definition Match

Match the following words to the correct definitions.

Money from Trevi Fountain Used to Feed the Poor | Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

Money from Trevi Fountain Used to Feed the Poor | True or False

Decide if the statements are true or false.

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Full text for Money from Trevi Fountain Used to Feed the Poor:

Each year, more than €1 million in coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain in Rome are removed and used to feed, clothe, and house the city’s poor. The fountain, completed in 1762, is a marble marvel and is one of the Eternal City’s most popular attractions.
It depicts the taming of the waters. Oceanus, god of the sea, is pulled by a shell chariot of seahorses. He is surrounded by shells, coral, fish, and other sea-related objects.
Tradition says that tourists put their back to the fountain and toss a coin over their left shoulder with their right hand. By doing this, the action supposedly guarantees they will return to Rome.
It was a 1954 film, Three Coins, that started the tradition. Three American women living in Rome throw coins into the fountain, wishing upon the Trevi to find love in the city.
The coins are collected by sweeping the coins together and then using a suction machine to gather them. Caritas, a charity managed by the Catholic church, receives this money and uses it to fund soup kitchens, homeless shelters, free supermarkets and other projects for the impoverished.
This money also goes towards a complex on the outskirts of Rome that contains a nursing home, canteen and dental office for city residents living in poverty.

Hydrogen Fuel out of Thin Air?

Introduction:

Hydrogen fuel is an interesting alternative energy. One team has been working on a device that is able to capture hydrogen from the air which can then be transferred into fuel cells and used by vehicles. The coolest part? The only byproduct of hydrogen fuel is water.

Watch the video and then do the accompanying English language exercises below.

The news is a consistent and endless source of entertainment, knowledge and discovery. Because it plays such a vital part in our lives and is so important to keep up with, it’s doubtless a piece of your daily routine that can’t go ignored.

There are many reasons to read, watch or listen to the news. Understanding the ramifications of recent legislation passed. Listening to recent events and grasping the potential consequences to your country. Or, simply listening to what’s happening in other countries so you can compare them to your own. It’s a staple in our lives and the most reliable way to get information.

That’s why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds: learning English and keeping up with current events. We hope our challenging exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, bring these worlds together in a satisfactory and entertaining way.

So that’s all for the introductions, let’s get to today’s Learn English with the News topic:

Adapted from this article.

Quiz Time!

Hydrogen Fuel out of Thin Air | Definition Match

Match the following words with the correct definitions.

Hydrogen Fuel out of Thin Air | Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

Hydrogen Fuel out of Thin Air | True or False

Decide if the statements are true or false.

And that’s it for today’s English lesson, where you can improve your English with the news and current events. Do you have any comments or special requests for us for the next edition of Learn English with the News? Be sure to leave any feedback you have in the comments section below. We would love to help you on your quest to learn the English language!

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Full text for Hydrogen Fuel out of Thin Air?:

A device that can harvest water from the air and provide hydrogen fuel — entirely powered by solar energy — has long been a scientific dream, but it’s now close to reality. One chemical engineer and his team have made a significant step towards bringing this vision to fruition by developing an ingenious yet simple system.
It combines semiconductor-based technology with novel electrodes that have two key characteristics: they are porous, maximizing contact with water in the air; and transparent, maximizing sunlight exposure for the semiconductor coating.
When this device is exposed to sunlight, it pulls water from the air and produces hydrogen gas, which can then be injected into vehicles with hydrogen fuel cell batteries for green combustion.
In their research for renewable fossil-free fuels they took inspiration from the way plants are able to convert sunlight into chemical energy using carbon dioxide from the air. A plant essentially harvests carbon dioxide and water from its environment, and with the extra boost of energy from sunlight, can transform these molecules into sugars and starches, a process known as photosynthesis.
The researchers nevertheless proved that hydrogen gas can be produced via sunlight and moisture in the air.