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Hello, this is six minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil and I'm

Georgina. Of all the weird and wonderful creatures living under the sea perhaps the

strangest are jellyfish those rubbery cone-shaped creatures

found floating in the water, their long tentacles trailing behind. Some jellyfish species

have a bad reputation for scaring away tourists, clogging up fishing nets and even blocking power station pipes.

But with more and more plastic rubbish ending up in the sea, these days you're as likely to swim into a plastic bag as a jellyfish.

Now scientific research is discovering that these rubbery sea creatures might provide an answer,

a sticky solution to the problem of

plastic pollution. In this program we'll be learning how jellyfish mucus could

provide the answer to plastic waste in the seas and of course we'll be learning some related vocabulary along the way.

But first it's time for my quiz question. Georgina you mentioned jellyfish

scaring away beach goers with their sting but what is the best way to treat jellyfish stings?

Is it A with ice, B with salt or C with vinegar?

Well Neil, I have been stung by a jellyfish before and I think the best way to treat them is

sea with vinegar. Okay Georgina we'll find out later if that's right now as I

mentioned in recent years tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastic, have been a significant problem

for the world seas and oceans.

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