Today's Georgina.

Hi Georgina.

So what's our story?

Our story today is about a new invention for toilets that may help with juice water usage.

Wow, A story about toilets.

Let's find out some more about that from this BBC Radio Two news Bulletin Researchers in the United States say they've produced an ultra slippery coating for toilets that could help to save vast quantities of water around the world.

They say the spray on coasting significantly reduces the amount of water needed to flush a toilet effectively.

Neil, do you worry about how much water use every day?

Yes, I suppose so.

I try to keep my shower short on dhe.

I keep the tap turned off when I'm brushing my teeth.

How about flushing the toilet?

Do you think about that?

No, I think that's something we all try not to think about.

But it's something that we all definitely do do.

So, According to Dr Taxing Wong, humans use about 140 billion needs of water every day.

S o.

He's led a reach research team in the United States to find a solution to save water on is a spray on coating for toilets.

Um, so he says it will save over tens of billions of litres of water, which is a lot of water.

And some papers are saying it could save 70 billion litres of water a day world white.

But it has another fantastic benefit, which is that it also helps to keep your toilet nice and clean.

In fact, that the spray is said to help the toilet self clean.

So it's a possible win win solution for the planet and for nice, clean toilets without having to do any work.

Wow.

Okay.

Well, you've been researching this story, obviously, and you found three words and expressions that can help us to talk about it.

What have you got?

Yeah, So the 1st 1 is unsightly.

State of the art on dhe finally shed unsightly state of the art on dhe shed.

So let's have a look at that.

First word in your first headline, please.

The first headline is from the Daily Mail.

Self cleaning toilet that banishes unsightly stains could save 70 billion litres of water a day.

Scientists claim unsightly meaning unpleasant to look at.

Yes, you spell it U N s I g h t l Y.

And you can break it down into two easy parts on, which means not on site, which has the meaning of vision, has an l y on the end.

But it's no.

An adverb is an adjective, aunt.

It means something you don't want to see, like stain.

So, for example, the washing powder removed any unsightly stains.

It can also be used to talk about maybe something a bit more serious, like there's some new unsightly graffiti on the bus stop or they left the neighbors left an unsightly pile of rubbish outside their house.

Okay, well, this is quite is quite formal and polite, isn't it?

Yeah.

There are other ways too.

Use to talk about things that you don't like to see.

Yeah, like disgusting.

Offensive rose.

Yeah, Gross.

It was gross, but the thing to remember is you can't use it to talk about a person.

Okay, So for example, my old boss, before I worked here Hank.

I couldn't stand and I couldn't stand to see this person.

Could I say that they were unsightly?

No.

But you could say that their hair, their clothes were unsightly.

So items that they're wearing, But as a person, they're not.

Because it's how you kind of how you look out that that it's used in that context.

So, for example, you might, I might say to you which is not true.

Your hair is looking unsightly today, Neil, Did you brush it?

No.

And you're right.

Thank you very much.

Shall we move on?

Yes.

So now our second headline, please.

Our second headline is from GE.

Is Mondo on It is the state of the art in toilet technology.

Is lube state of the art the most technologically advanced?

Now it's great once in a while to have a really obvious expression on news review.

So state of the art must be connected to art, right?

Yeah.

No.

Nothing to do with art.

Unfortunately, okay.

It's all to do a science technology, that new inventions, I suppose so.

It means something that's high tech.

It's modern.

It's aspirational.

It's not necessarily available to everybody.

It's kind of almost exclusive.

For example, my new car is state of the art, or I I bought a state of the art robot Hoover.

It really works.

It's used in a positive context.

Except I suppose if you buy something that is state of the art on Dhe doesn't perform as it should.

So I might say I bought a state of the art washing machine and it never worked.

You could say, supposedly state of the art.

Yeah, it doesn't work.

Exactly.

That's how you could use it in a negative way.

Okay, well, we are talking about an environmental issue in this story, and we have plenty of other environmental issues discussed on our YouTube channel.

For example, Georgina, we have a six minute English six minute English radio show called How can I help the environment so you can find the link in the comments below.

Don't watch it.

Now is something for you for later.

Okay, moving on now to our final headline.

What is it?

Please.

Our final headline is from C net on It is Hi tech.

Slippery coating helps toilets Shed all the gross stuff.

Okay.

Shed.

Ah.

Meaning.

Get rid off.

Dispose off Yes, and it's spelt s h e d.

Another easy word.

I know what his shed is.

It's that it's that wooden heart at the end of your garden where you keep your tools and bicycles and things like that, right?

Right, but not right, so it can absolutely mean that.

But in this case, it's being used as a verb.

Attar has a completely different meaning, so it means to get rid of something to throw it away.

So, for example, my new toilet keeper, my new toilet cleaner helps the toilet shed or the dirt.

Um, but really another easy example would be We've got dog hair all over the sofa.

The dog sheds hair all year.

Snakes shed their skin.

Yes, exactly.

So they get rid of something that they don't need any more because a new skin is growing underneath, so they're not gonna miss it.

They have a replacement already.

We can also use it for things we don't really think off as being physical like Wait.

So this is not true.

I must say this is not true.

Rob gave up eating chocolate biscuits on Dhe shed the pounds?

Yes.

He has shed the pounds, but it's got nothing to do know with giving up biscuits and all the biscuits he used to eat.

Nothing to do that.

It's mainly used in a positive sense, because it's a it's about losing something you don't want.

So, for example, it can also be used about something that's not physical.

So I shed any anxieties I had after the acting course, so you don't need your anxieties.

They're they're not of any benefit to you, so you shed them.

Okay, let's have a re captain of the vocabulary.

The recovery this week is unsightly, unpleasant to look at state of the art, the most technology, the most technologically advanced on dhe shed.

Get rid off, dispose off.

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