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This is Abu Dhabi, home to some of the world's most striking construction projects.
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And there's another one being built right here.
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It might not look like much yet, but work is underway to build a record-breaking aquarium, one that will blow all the others out of the water.
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The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago holds about 19 million litres of water.
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Qimlong Ocean Kingdom in China holds 49 million and is currently the world's largest.
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But when SeaWorld Abu Dhabi completes it'll likely contain a whopping 58 million litres of water.
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That's the same as 23.2 Olympic pools.
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Designing and building a tank this big poses an extreme engineering challenge.
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It has to withstand immense water pressure, letting the right amount of light for tens of thousands of species to survive
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and immerse millions of visitors in an underwater world.
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This is how Abu Dhabi is building the world's largest aquarium.
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year, millions of people flock to Abu Dhabi for its white sandy beaches, unique architecture and world-class resorts.
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In the middle of it all, there's Yas Island, where tourists' wildest dreams come true.
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It's a 25-kilometre strip of land packed with hotels, restaurants, theme parks, malls, a Formula 1 track and pretty soon SeaWorld Abu Dhabi.
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When its doors open in 2023, the Marine Life theme park will span 183,000 square metres.
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Inside there'll be five floors of displays with more than 68,000 marine animals, including manta rays, sea turtles, reptiles and amphibians.
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Oh my.
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Unlike other SeaWorlds, this one won't have any orcas.
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But it will have this, the endless vista, a 20-metre vertical window stretching up across several levels.
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Now this isn't just any old design challenge.
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The team has to construct a structure that millions of people can pass through
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and create a liveable habitat for thousands of different animals.
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So-called immersive aquarium design like this aims to replicate a natural environment,
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and usually includes elements like artificial coral or rocks and little access to sunlight to prevent algae growth.
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Now, the aquarium in Abu Dhabi is a lot bigger than most, so all these factors, from strength to sunlight, are going to be magnified.
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But before we get into all that, a quick word from today's sponsor, Masterworks.
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SeaWorld Abu Dhabi is part of a $3.2 billion investment in new construction at Yass Island.
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But the developers' spending spree stands in pretty stark contrast to the rest of the world,
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where investors are seeing some of their worst losses in history. $36 trillion in stocks
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and bonds were wiped out in less than a year.
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And Goldman Sachs has told investors that the classic stock-bond strategy may not be enough for the future.
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It's already down an average 34% this year, its worst performance in 100 years.
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Goldman Sachs' ideal allocation for stocks has shrunk from 60% to around 45%.
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But you You can take that money you're no longer investing in stock and put it into real assets, like fine art.
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Goldman says this can protect your purchasing power, even in the face of rapidly climbing prices.
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In fact, the last time inflation was this high, art appreciated more than real estate and even stocks, according to the Masterworks All Art Index.
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Masterworks lets you invest in high-value contemporary art from legends like Picasso and Banksy for a fraction of the full price.
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When Masterworks resells a painting you're invested in, you get a share of the potential profits.
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Despite massive losses in other markets, Masterworks has sold eight paintings, five this year alone.
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Those sales produced net returns to their investors of up to 39%.
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There's a waitlist to join Masterworks' 575,000-plus members, but you can skip it just by clicking the link in the description.
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Now let's get back to the video.
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You're probably wondering how aquarium glass like this doesn't shatter from the sheer pressure of millions of litres of water.
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Well, normally big aquariums aren't actually made with glass.
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Instead, they're built with massive acrylic sheets called plexiglass.
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That's because acrylic is up to 17 times stronger than regular glass and half as dense.
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It's also clearer than glass and is easier to bend into shapes like curbs, tubes and bubbles.
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Now acrylic isn't just used in aquariums.
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You'll also find it at your local hockey rink, inside submarines and in aeroplane windows.
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SeaWorld Abu Dhabi wouldn't give us details on exactly how their tanks are being engineered, But the acrylic walls at the Georgia Aquarium,
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which has about half the capacity of the one in Abu Dhabi, are two feet thick.
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And of course, there's the small question of exactly how to get millions of litres of water into these tanks.
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We're not exactly sure how SeaWorld plans to do it in Abu Dhabi, but there are generally two ways this happens.
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If an aquarium is landlocked, like the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, then millions of litres of tap water are pumped into the building and treated to remove chemicals.
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In Georgia, the team added 680,000 kilo bags of instant salt to create a saltwater tank.
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But if an aquarium is by the coast, you've got the option of bringing water straight in from the sea.
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Where are we?
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Are we close to open ocean?
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Yes, I think, well, I don't know.
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California's Monterey Bay Aquarium, yes, that's the one slightly adapted in Finding Dory, is located on the coast.
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So they built two 16-inch pipes
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that sit just above the sea floor of the Monterey Bay and pump up to 2,000 gallons per minute into the building.
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Deep-sea water is full of nutrients like nitrate and phosphate that allow marine plants and animals to grow.
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But it also means lots of barnacles, algae and invertebrates can clog up the intake pipes.
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So every six weeks the team shoots large foam plugs through the pipes to clear out any growth.
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This isn't the first time that the UAE has kept new mega developments under wraps until they're complete.
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Over in Dubai, the world's deepest pool was quietly constructed under a building structure so that when it officially opened, it dwarfed the previous record.
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Just a year ago, SeaWorld's press releases said the new site would hold 25 million litres of water.
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Today, the developer says it's expected to hold 58 million litres.
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This will be the first new SeaWorld marine life park in more than 30 years.
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And if the UAE's past endeavours are anything to go by, it's going to be unlike anything we've seen before.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “Why the World’s Biggest Aquarium is Being Built in Secret”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: aquarium, Dhabi, Abu, litres, Masterworks. Questo video contiene 73 frasi e 1118 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 8:04. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 139 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 77% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| aquarium sostantivo | /əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/ | acquario |
| litre sostantivo | /ˈli.tɚ/ | litro |
| acrylic aggettivo | /əˈkɹɪl.ɪk/ | acrilico |
| investor sostantivo | /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ | investitore, investitrice |
| alga sostantivo | /ˈæl.ɡə/ | alga |
| immerse verbo | /ɪˈmɜɹs/ | immergere |
| metre sostantivo | /ˈmiːtəɹ/ | metro |
| sunlight sostantivo | /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/ | luce solare |
| construct verbo | /ˈkɑn.stɹʌkt/ | costruire |
| developer sostantivo | /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/ | sviluppatore, sviluppatrice |
| amphibian sostantivo | /æmˈfɪbɪən/ | anfibio |
| barnacle sostantivo | /ˈbɑɹnəkl̩/ | lepade |
| invertebrate sostantivo | /ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/ | invertebrato |
| kilogram sostantivo | /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/ | chilogrammo, chilo |
| kilometre sostantivo | /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/ | chilometro |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| pass through verbo | trapassare |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | being built · be magnified · were wiped |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | has told · has shrunk · has sold |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 21 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, isn't, they're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shatter /ˈʃætɚ/, allocation /ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/, fraction /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/, inflation /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: aquarium /əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/, invertebrate /ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/, kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, allocation /ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come aquarium, litre, acrylic.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.