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For thousands of years, humans and plants and animals long before that have been using frozen sky water to keep warm.
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Which sort of doesn't make sense, because snow is cool.
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You might even say it's ice cold.
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No one knows for sure who built the first igloo, but with the right fit and the right physics,
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snow can actually warm you better than the inside of a tauntaun.
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You'll be okay, Luke!
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So how can something cold keep you cozy?
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The vast, frozen
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Arctic is one of the most forbidding environments on our planet.
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Yet the Inuit have managed to live there for about 5 ,000 years.
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Out on the pack ice, winter temperatures reach 50 degrees below zero.
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And when it's that cold, surviving means finding shelter.
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It's not an area known for its forests.
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So nomadic hunters learn to build with the only thing available, snow.
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Eskimo languages really do have dozens and dozens of different words for snow, because there are a lot of different types,
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and the type of snow you choose can dictate whether your igloo keeps you warm, or turns you into a homo sapiensicle.
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To understand this, we need to know a little something about being cold.
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When your body temperature starts to plummet, you're feeling heat leave you you.
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Cold can't move into your body.
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In fact, there's no such thing as cold.
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Where have I heard that before?
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Oh, right.
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Think of heat as an actual quantity of stuff.
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The more you give away, the colder you feel.
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And this trading of heat can happen in three different ways, by convection, conduction, and radiation.
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All three are at play in an igloo.
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A person inside will radiate body heat, which moves around the igloo by convection and is lost through the walls by conduction.
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This is exactly what happens in your house.
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Living insulation does the same thing.
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Fatty tissues like blubber help stop heat transfer in whales and seals, but for animals who don't have as much junk in the trunk,
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they cover themselves in air.
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Sea otter fur, for example, is about a thousand times denser than human hair.
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It's snuggly stuff.
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This is the softest thing I've ever felt in my life.
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You are adorable but the secret to its insulation power is in its texture.
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Otter fur is spiky, so it traps insulating air molecules.
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And that is exactly what snowflakes do.
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Powdery, fresh snow can be up to 95 % trapped air.
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This makes it an excellent insulator, but the same way you have to pack it in your hands to make a snowball,
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it isn't dense enough to build with.
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Solid ice, on the other hand, makes a good windbreaker, but it's too heavy to lift.
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Inuit hunters took the Goldilocks approach.
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The secret to good igloo snow is somewhere in the middle.
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Traditional igloo blocks aren't molded, they're cut out of the ground.
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That tightly packed ground snow is dense enough to hold up, but because it still has far more air pockets than a block of ice,
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it's light, and still a pretty good insulator.
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As usual, animals figured this one out long before humans.
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Polar bears, groundhogs, even birds like grouse all make snow burrows to stay warm.
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Even before that, plants were tucking into snow to avoid death by freezing.
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During the warm months, heat energy from the sun builds up in soil, and just like the roof above your head,
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a deep covering of snow prevents that heat from escaping onward and upward.
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The snowy blanket above stops ice crystals from forming inside plant roots and shoots and seeds.
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Not freezing to death is a pretty good motivator for any animal to get crafty,
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but our big primate brains took it one step further with igloos.
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Their engineering maximizes warmth and stability.
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Cartoon igloos look like flat -bottomed half -spheres, but in reality they're neither of those things.
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If you were to slice a real igloo in half, you'd see a shape called a catenary.
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This gradually sloping shape is the same one that would form
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if you held a chain from both ends and let it droop.
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A catenary arch distributes weight more evenly than a half circle, without bulging or buckling.
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In fact, it's one of the most stable arches in nature, so sound that we still use it today.
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Inside, snow houses are carved in different levels.
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The hot air rises and the cold air sinks down into the lower part, away from where you would eat, sleep, and chill.
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To boot, body heat melts the innermost layer of the walls, strengthening the barrier between between you,
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your airy snowblock insulation, and the frigid great beyond.
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When you live in an igloo, you act as a living furnace.
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Over time, the temperature in your icy abode can hover some 40 to 60 degrees above the surrounding air,
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but bring a friend to your igloo party and you'll get warmer faster.
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Stay cozy, and stay curious.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “How An Igloo Keeps You Warm”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: snow, igloo, heat, cold, warm. Deze video bevat 56 zinnen en 872 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:12. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 167 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| freeze werkwoord | /ˈfɹiːz/ | bevriezen |
| dense bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈdɛns/ | dicht |
| hunter zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhʌntɚ/ | jachthond |
| trap zelfstandig naamwoord | /tɹæp/ | val |
| arch zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɑɹt͡ʃ/ | boog |
| vast bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /væst/ | enorm |
| pocket zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | zak |
| stable zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ | stal, paardenstal |
| curious bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | nieuwsgierig |
| soil zelfstandig naamwoord | /sɔɪl/ | grond, aarde |
| crystal zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɹɪstəl/ | kristal |
| layer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ | laag |
| physics zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɪz.ɪks/ | natuurkunde, fysica |
| seed zelfstandig naamwoord | /siːd/ | zaad |
| tissue zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/ | weefsel |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| give away werkwoord | weggeven |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- You might even say it’s… ice cold.
- Where have I heard that before?
- Here's an idea, you should go check it out.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | have managed · have I heard · I've ever felt |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is lost · aren't molded · are carved |
| Vergrotende trap -er than / more … than — twee dingen vergelijken | better than · denser than · more evenly than |
| Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groep | the most forbidding · the softest · the most stable |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 12 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals they're, you'll, aren't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/, warmth /wɔɹmθ/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: insulation /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/, tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, radiation /ˌɹeɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/, shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, conduction /kənˈdʌkʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: insulation /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/, stability /stəˈbɪlɪti/, radiation /ˌɹeɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/, adorable /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/, catenary /ˈkætəˌnɛɹi/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: freeze /ˈfɹiːz/, seed /siːd/, surround /səˈɹaʊnd/, mold /moʊld/, upward /ˈʌpwɚd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: trap /tɹæp/, vast /væst/, gradually /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/, barrier /ˈbæɹi.ə/, blanket /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gradually /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/, igloo /ˈɪɡ.luː/, groundhog /ˈɡɹaʊn(d)ˌ(h)ɔɡ/, grouse /ɡɹaʊs/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als freeze, dense, hunter.
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