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Why don’t we get our drinking water from the ocean? - Manish Kumar
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This TED-Ed video explores why we can't drink ocean water and explains the science behind desalination. Learners will encounter scientific vocabulary including 'reverse osmosis,' 'cellular integrity,' 'desalination,' and 'membrane,' while following a narrative that moves from biology to engineering and survival. It's excellent for building B2-level academic English through a real-world problem-solving topic.
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H2O liquid
Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
Water that contains a negligible amount of dissolved salts, distinguishing it from seawater or brackish water. It is found in glaciers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, rivers, streams, wetlands, and groundwater.
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