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This is Abu Dhabi, home to some of the world's most striking construction projects.

And there's another one being built right here.

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.

The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago holds about 19 million litres of water.

Qimlong Ocean Kingdom in China holds 49 million and is currently the world's largest.

But when SeaWorld Abu Dhabi completes it'll likely contain a whopping 58 million litres of water.

That's the same as 23.2 Olympic pools.

Designing and building a tank this big poses an extreme engineering challenge.

It has to withstand immense water pressure, letting the right amount of light for tens of thousands of species to survive

and immerse millions of visitors in an underwater world.

This is how Abu Dhabi is building the world's largest aquarium.

year, millions of people flock to Abu Dhabi for its white sandy beaches, unique architecture and world-class resorts.

In the middle of it all, there's Yas Island, where tourists' wildest dreams come true.

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.

When its doors open in 2023, the Marine Life theme park will span 183,000 square metres.

Inside there'll be five floors of displays with more than 68,000 marine animals, including manta rays, sea turtles, reptiles and amphibians.

Oh my.

Unlike other SeaWorlds, this one won't have any orcas.

But it will have this, the endless vista, a 20-metre vertical window stretching up across several levels.

Now this isn't just any old design challenge.

The team has to construct a structure that millions of people can pass through

and create a liveable habitat for thousands of different animals.

So-called immersive aquarium design like this aims to replicate a natural environment,

and usually includes elements like artificial coral or rocks and little access to sunlight to prevent algae growth.

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.

But before we get into all that, a quick word from today's sponsor, Masterworks.

SeaWorld Abu Dhabi is part of a $3.2 billion investment in new construction at Yass Island.

But the developers' spending spree stands in pretty stark contrast to the rest of the world,

where investors are seeing some of their worst losses in history. $36 trillion in stocks

and bonds were wiped out in less than a year.

And Goldman Sachs has told investors that the classic stock-bond strategy may not be enough for the future.

It's already down an average 34% this year, its worst performance in 100 years.

Goldman Sachs' ideal allocation for stocks has shrunk from 60% to around 45%.

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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.

Masterworks lets you invest in high-value contemporary art from legends like Picasso and Banksy for a fraction of the full price.

When Masterworks resells a painting you're invested in, you get a share of the potential profits.

Despite massive losses in other markets, Masterworks has sold eight paintings, five this year alone.

Those sales produced net returns to their investors of up to 39%.

There's a waitlist to join Masterworks' 575,000-plus members, but you can skip it just by clicking the link in the description.

Now let's get back to the video.

You're probably wondering how aquarium glass like this doesn't shatter from the sheer pressure of millions of litres of water.

Well, normally big aquariums aren't actually made with glass.

Instead, they're built with massive acrylic sheets called plexiglass.

That's because acrylic is up to 17 times stronger than regular glass and half as dense.

It's also clearer than glass and is easier to bend into shapes like curbs, tubes and bubbles.

Now acrylic isn't just used in aquariums.

You'll also find it at your local hockey rink, inside submarines and in aeroplane windows.

SeaWorld Abu Dhabi wouldn't give us details on exactly how their tanks are being engineered, But the acrylic walls at the Georgia Aquarium,

which has about half the capacity of the one in Abu Dhabi, are two feet thick.

And of course, there's the small question of exactly how to get millions of litres of water into these tanks.

We're not exactly sure how SeaWorld plans to do it in Abu Dhabi, but there are generally two ways this happens.

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.

In Georgia, the team added 680,000 kilo bags of instant salt to create a saltwater tank.

But if an aquarium is by the coast, you've got the option of bringing water straight in from the sea.

Where are we?

Are we close to open ocean?

Yes, I think, well, I don't know.

California's Monterey Bay Aquarium, yes, that's the one slightly adapted in Finding Dory, is located on the coast.

So they built two 16-inch pipes

that sit just above the sea floor of the Monterey Bay and pump up to 2,000 gallons per minute into the building.

Deep-sea water is full of nutrients like nitrate and phosphate that allow marine plants and animals to grow.

But it also means lots of barnacles, algae and invertebrates can clog up the intake pipes.

So every six weeks the team shoots large foam plugs through the pipes to clear out any growth.

This isn't the first time that the UAE has kept new mega developments under wraps until they're complete.

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.

Just a year ago, SeaWorld's press releases said the new site would hold 25 million litres of water.

Today, the developer says it's expected to hold 58 million litres.

This will be the first new SeaWorld marine life park in more than 30 years.

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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このB2レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Why the World’s Biggest Aquarium is Being Built in Secret」を教材にしています。繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：aquarium, Dhabi, Abu, litres, Masterworks。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が73文、単語が1118語あります。音声の長さは8:04です。話す速さは1分あたり約139語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。英語の頻出3,000語に含まれる単語は77%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画の中で特に難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語	発音	意味
aquarium 名詞	/əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/	金魚鉢, 養魚鉢
litre 名詞	/ˈli.tɚ/	リットル, ㍑
investor 名詞	/ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/	投資家, 出資者
alga 名詞	/ˈæl.ɡə/	藻類
metre 名詞	/ˈmiːtəɹ/	メートル, ㍍
sunlight 名詞	/ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/	日光, 太陽光
construct 動詞	/ˈkɑn.stɹʌkt/	建設する, 建てる
amphibian 名詞	/æmˈfɪbɪən/	両生, 両生類
barnacle 名詞	/ˈbɑɹnəkl̩/	フジツボ, 富士壺
invertebrate 名詞	/ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/	無脊椎動物
kilogram 名詞	/ˈkɪləɡɹæm/	キログラム, キロ
kilometre 名詞	/kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/	キロメートル
landlocked 形容詞	/ˈlændlɑkt/	内陸
magnify 動詞	/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/	拡大する, 大きくする
phosphate 名詞	/ˈfɑsfeɪt/	燐酸塩

この動画の文法

話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型	動画での表現
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる	being built · be magnified · were wiped
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している	has told · has shrunk · has sold

注意したい発音

話し手はyou're, isn't, they'reなど、短縮形や弱形を21回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

「sh」と「zh」の音: shatter /ˈʃætɚ/, allocation /ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/, fraction /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/, inflation /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/
長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: aquarium /əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/, invertebrate /ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/, kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, allocation /ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/

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まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。aquarium, litre, investorなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。

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