广播电视英语短句 第 184 课：纯净饮用水-4

During its yearly World Water Day observance last month it called on the international community to work together to solve the water crisis. 上个月的每年一度的世界水日，呼吁国际社会共同努力解决水资源危机。

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are doing just that. 马萨诸塞州技术学院的研究员们正在为此努力。

The American and South Korean researchers are investigating a new technology for turning sea water into drinking water. 美国和韩国的研究员正在开发一种把海水转化成饮用水的新技术。

The new technology is called ion concentration polarization. 这种新技术称为“离子浓度极化”。

The process uses electricity to help separate electrically charged salt particles from water to make it drinkable. 过程中，利用电流，将电解出的盐粒子从水中分离出来，使其可以饮用。