Europe Turns Plants and Waste into Everyday Goods
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The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
European companies and scientists work on a bioeconomy.
- A2
European companies and scientists are working on a bioeconomy.
- B1
Across Europe, companies and researchers are developing bioeconomy projects.
- B2
Across Europe, companies and researchers are developing bioeconomy projects.
- C1
Across Europe, companies and researchers are developing bioeconomy projects that turn plants, organic residues and waste into everyday goods to cut reliance on oil and gas.
- C2
Across Europe, companies and researchers are developing bioeconomy projects that turn plants, organic residues and waste into everyday goods to reduce reliance on oil and gas.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- reliance
- the state of needing someone or something in order to continue or succeed
- back
- to give money or help to support a person, company, or plan
- batch
- a group of things that are made or dealt with at the same time
- commercial
- related to buying and selling things
- sludge
- thick, soft, wet mud or a similar substance that comes from waste
- fertiliser
- a natural or chemical substance added to soil to help plants grow
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Horizon, the EU Research and Innovation Magazine. Read the original for the full report.