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

Georgina. Now Georgina what do you know about ACDC? You mean the Australian rock and roll band? Well their

1979 hit Highway to Hell stayed at number one for 11 weeks. No no no not that

AC DC Georgina I'm not talking rock music here. I'm talking

electrical currents. Alternating current, AC, and direct current DC, the two ways in which electricity flows.

Oh, I see, no, I don't know anything about that AC, DC.

Well, don't worry because in today's program we'll be finding out some quirky facts about electricity,

how it differs across the world and why some countries have more complicated electrical systems

than others.

Mmm.

I have noticed that when I travel to another country I need a converter plug to connect my laptop.

Is that something to do with ACDC?

Yes, it could be. Of course electricity itself doesn't change from

country to country. No, it's an invisible natural force at work in everything from

lightning storms to the electrical sparks firing in our brains.

But although it happens naturally, one scientist was credited with discovering electricity.

Who?

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