Building Houses with Recycled Plastic
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
A company named Atlas changes plastic rubbish.
- A2
A company named Atlas turns plastic rubbish into building parts.
- B1
A company named Atlas is changing plastic rubbish into strong building parts.
- B2
An MIT spinout company named Atlas is transforming plastic rubbish into strong building components.
- C1
Traditional home construction relies heavily on mining and logging, which are resource-intensive practices that inflict substantial harm on our fragile environment.
- C2
Traditional home construction has long relied heavily on mining and logging, resource-intensive practices that inflict substantial harm on our fragile environment.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- rubbish
- waste material or things that are no longer wanted or needed
- melted
- turned from a solid into a liquid by heating
- fiberglass
- a strong, light material made from thin threads of glass
- reduce
- to make something smaller in size, amount, or price
- pollution
- damage caused to water, air, or land by harmful substances or waste
- frame
- the basic structure of a building, vehicle, or piece of furniture
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by MIT News. Read the original for the full report.