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Cambridge IELTS 16, Reading Test 3.
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Passage 1.
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Roman Shipbuilding and Navigation.
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Shipbuilding today is based on science and ships are built using computers and sophisticated tools.
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Shipbuilding in ancient Rome, however, was more of an art relying on estimation, inherited techniques and personal experience.
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The Romans were not traditionally sailors, but mostly land-based people, who learned to build ships from the people that they conquered,
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namely the Greeks and the Egyptians.
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There are a few surviving written documents that give descriptions and representations of ancient Roman ships, including the sails and rigging.
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Excavated vessels also provide some clues about ancient shipbuilding techniques.
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Studies of these have taught us that ancient Roman shipbuilders built the outer hull first, then proceeded with the frame and the rest of the ship.
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Planks used to build the outer hull were initially sewn together.
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Starting from the 6th century BCE, they were fixed using a method called mortise and tenon,
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whereby one plank locked into another without the need for stitching.
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Then in the first centuries of the current era, Mediterranean shipbuilders shifted to another shipbuilding method, still in use today, which consisted of building the frame first
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and then proceeding with the hull and the other components of the ship.
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This method was more systematic and dramatically shortened ship construction times.
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The ancient Romans built large merchant ships and warships whose size and technology were unequaled until the 16th century CE.
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Warships were built to be lightweight and very speedy.
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They had to be able to sail near the coast, which is why they had no ballast or excess load and were built with a long, narrow hull.
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They did not sink when damaged and often would lie crippled on the sea's surface following naval battles.
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They had a bronze battering ram, which was used to pierce the timber hulls or break the oars of enemy vessels.
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Warships used both wind, sails, and human power and were therefore very fast.
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Eventually, Rome's navy became the largest and most powerful in the Mediterranean, and the Romans had control over what they therefore called mer nostrum meaning a sea.
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There were many kinds of warship.
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The Trireme was the dominant warship from the 7th to 4th century BCE.
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It had roars in the top, middle and lower levels, and approximately 50 roars in each bank.
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The roars at the bottom had the most uncomfortable position as they were under the other rowers
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and were exposed to the water entering through the oar holes.
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It is worth noting that contrary to popular perception, rowers were not slaves but mostly Roman citizens enrolled in the military.
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The trireme was superseded by larger ships with even more rowers.
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Merchant ships were built to transport lots of cargo over long distances and at a reasonable cost.
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They had a wider hull, double planking and a solid interior for added stability.
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Unlike warships, their V-shaped hull was deep underwater, meaning that they could not sail too close to the coast.
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They usually had two huge side rudders located off the stern
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and controlled by a small tiller bar connected to a system of cables.
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They had from one to three masts with large square sails and a small triangular sail at the bow.
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Just like warships, merchant ships used oarsmen, but coordinating the hundreds of rowers in both types of ship was not an easy task.
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In order to assist them, music would be played on an instrument, and oars would then keep time with this.
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The cargo on merchant ships included raw materials, for example iron bars, copper, marble and granite, and agricultural products,
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for example grain from Egypt's Nile Valley.
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During the Empire, Rome was a huge city by ancient standards of about 1 million inhabitants.
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Goods from all over the world would come to the city
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through the port of Popeswoli situated west of the Bay of Naples in Italy
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and through the gigantic port of Ostia situated at the mouth of the Tiber River.
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Large merchant ships would approach the destination port and, just like today, be intercepted by a number of towboats that would drag them to the quay.
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The time of travel along the many sailing routes could vary widely.
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Navigation in ancient Rome did not rely on sophisticated instruments such as compasses but on experience,
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local knowledge and observation of natural phenomena.
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In conditions of good visibility, seaman in the Mediterranean often had the mainland or islands in sight, which greatly facilitated navigation.
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They sailed by noting their position relative to a succession of recognizable landmarks.
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When weather conditions were not good or where land was no longer visible, Roman mariners estimated directions from the pole star or,
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with less accuracy, from the sun at noon.
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They also estimated directions relative to the wind and swell.
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Overall, shipping in ancient Roman times resembled shipping today with large vessels regularly crossing the seas and bringing supplies from their empire.

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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion

Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau B2 basiert auf dem Video „Cambridge Ielts 16 Reading test 3 Passage 1“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: ship, Roman, ancient, warship, hull. Dieses Video enthält 54 Sätze und 822 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 5:44. Der Sprecher spricht gleichmäßig mit etwa 144 Wörtern pro Minute – ein angenehmes Tempo fürs Shadowing. Nur 73 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen, der Wortschatz ist also anspruchsvoll.

Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video

Die 15 anspruchsvollsten Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

WortAusspracheBedeutung
sail Substantiv/seɪl/Segel
warship Substantiv/ˈwɔɹˌʃɪp/Kriegsschiff, Kampfschiff
hull Substantiv/hʌl/Hülse, Schale
shipbuilding SubstantivSchiffbau, Schiffsbau
merchant Substantiv/ˈmɝt͡ʃənt/Kaufmann, Kauffrau
rower Substantiv/ˈɹəʊ.ə(ɹ)/Ruderer
plank Substantiv/ˈplæŋk/Planke
roar Verb/ˈɹoɹ/brüllen
navigation Substantiv/nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/Navigation
oar Substantiv/oɹ/Ruder
shipbuilder SubstantivSchiffbauer
sophisticated Adjektiverfahren, weltgewandt
proceed Verb/pɹəˈsid/gelten
situated Adjektiv/ˈsɪt͡ʃueɪtɪd/gelegen
cargo Substantiv/ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/Fracht, Ladung

Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

StrukturIm Video
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tutis based · were fixed · were unequaled
Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sachecoast, which is · ram, which was

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

  • Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: warship /ˈwɔɹˌʃɪp/, navigation /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/, estimation /ˌɛs.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, shorten /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/, succession /səkˈsɛʃ.ən/
  • Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: navigation /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/, estimation /ˌɛs.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, inhabitant /ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/, triangular /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, visibility /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/

Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:

  • /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): warship /ˈwɔɹˌʃɪp/, swell /swɛl/, whereby /wɛə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/, lightweight /ˈlaɪt.weɪt/, underwater /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/
  • Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: proceed /pɹəˈsid/, situated /ˈsɪt͡ʃueɪtɪd/, supersede /ˌsuːpəˈsiːd/, rig /ɹɪɡ/, mainland /ˈmeɪnlənd/
  • /æ/ — offener als „ä“: plank /ˈplæŋk/, navigation /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/, ballast /ˈbæl.əst/, inhabitant /ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/, mariner /ˈmæɹɪnɚ/

So übst du mit diesem Video

  1. Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
  2. Sprich Satz für Satz in normaler Geschwindigkeit nach und wiederhole jeden, bis dein Rhythmus zum Sprecher passt.
  3. Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie sail, warship, hull.

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