Words in the News (4th March 2015): British sea power
For vocabulary and exercises: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/witn/ep-150304
Transcript
Six of the world's first tidal lagoon power stations could be built on this bit of British coastline.
Plans have been announced to construct a number of giant man-made lakes which will trap incoming and outgoing tides.
The stations will harness the weight of the water to generate power.
Together they could make eight per cent of the UK's electricity.
Vocabulary
lagoon
an area of sea water separated from the sea by rocks, sand or a
man-made barrier
incoming
moving towards
outgoing
leaving/moving away
harness
control something so you can use its power
generate
(here) make energy for
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