Today we?ll talk about about a sad but trending topic this week: Notre Dame?s fire.
ORIGINAL VIDEO
TRUE OR FALSE:
The fire lasted 11 hours.
Most of the church?s structure was made of wood
The art collection of the church comprised about 2000 years
Victor Hugo wrote ?The Huntchback of Notre Dame? when the church was 500 years old
French President Emmanuel Macron promised to reconstruct the cathedral.
MATCH:
1. Fire ravaged the 850-year-old church
2. Nearly 400 firefighters battled the flames
3. So, why did the Notre Dame
4.The original parts of the frame would have been from trees
5. In fact, 400 years after its birth, French poet Victor Hugo
a) that first sprouted in the eighth or ninth century.
b) for some 12 hours
c) burn so fast?
d) that altered the city's skyline.
e) wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT:
Our Lady, Notre Dame, the treasure of Paris is in ruins.
We have the FAQs.
Fire ravaged the 850-year-old
church for some 12 hours
before it was declared extinguished.
Nearly 400 firefighters battled the flames
that altered the city's skyline.
The blaze collapsed the cathedral's spire
and spread to one of
its rectangular towers,
as throngs of spectators
watched in stunned horror
from nearby buildings,
bridges and streets.
So, why did the Notre Dame burn so fast?
Well, its medieval-roof
framework consisted
predominantly of huge pieces of timber.
The supports were made up
of large pieces of wood
and were built from an
estimated 13,000 oak trees.
The original parts of the frame
would have been from trees
that first sprouted in the
eighth or ninth century.
Think all the way back before
Napoleon, Marie Antoinette,
Louis VIX and Joan of Arc,
all the way to the Vikings, Charlemagne,
and the decline of the Mayan civilization.
Gun powder had only just been invented
when these oak trees came to life.
Over the years, as the
church fell into disrepair,
crumbling stone was replaced
with even more wood,
increasing the fire risk.
Notre Dame's website even warned
that fire is not impossible.
As Notre Dame burned,
the outpouring of grief around the world
reflected the church's
sweeping place in history.
One of Europe's most iconic
structures, the cathedral
is a collection of ages
spanning nearly 1,000 years,
containing French Gothic, Naturalist
and Renaissance elements.
In fact, 400 years after its birth,
French poet Victor Hugo wrote
The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
At the time, his novel
made people more aware
of the importance of the
deteriorating Gothic architecture,
resulting in restoration
while placing the Cathedral
in the minds and hearts
of people for hundreds of years to come.
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed
to reconstruct the historic building,
even as the fire ensued.
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PORTUGUESE TRANSLATION:
Nossa Dama, Notre Dame, o tesouro de Paris está em ruínas.
Nós temos as FAQs.
O fogo devastou os 850 anos de idade
igreja por cerca de 12 horas
antes de ser declarado extinto.
Quase 400 bombeiros lutaram contra as chamas que alteraram o horizonte da cidade.
O incêndio derrubou o pináculo da catedral
e se espalhou para uma dos
suas torres retangulares,
enquanto multidões de espectadores
assistiam em horror aturdido
de edifícios,
pontes e ruas próximas.
Então, por que a Notre Dame queimou tão rápido?
Bem, a armação de seu telhado medieval
consistia
predominantemente de enormes pedaços de madeira.
Os suportes foram feitos
de grandes pedaços de madeira
e foram construídos a partir de umas 13.000 árvores de carvalho.
As partes originais da armação
teriam sido feitas de árvores
que brotaram pela primeira vez nos
séculos oito ou nove.
Pense todo o caminho de volta antes de
Napoleão, Maria Antonieta,
Louis XIV e Joana D?Arc,
todo o caminho para os Vikings, Carlos Magno,
e o declínio da civilização Maia.
A pólvora só tinha acabado de ser inventada quando estes carvalhos vieram à vida.
Ao longo dos anos, enquanto a igreja se deteriorava, pedras ?soltas? foram substituída com ainda mais madeira,
aumentando o risco de incêndio.
O site da Notre Dame até avisava
que fogo não é impossível.
Enquanto a Notre Dame queimava,
o derramamento de tristeza (luto) em todo o mundo refletiu o lugar arrebatador da igreja
na história.
Uma das estruturas mais emblemáticas da Europa, a catedral
abriga uma coleção
abrangendo quase 1.000 anos,
contendo elementos do gótico francês, naturalistas e renascentistas.
De fato, 400 anos após seu nascimento,
O poeta francês Victor Hugo escreveu
O corcunda de Notre Dame.
Na época, seu romance
tornou as pessoas mais conscientes
da importância do
arquitetura gótica que deteriorava,
resultando em restauração
enquanto colocava a Catedral
nas mentes e corações
de pessoas por centenas de anos a vir.
O Presidente francês Emmanuel Macron fez um voto de reconstruir o edifício histórico,
mesmo enquanto o fogo seguia.
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VOCABULARY
FIRE = fogo, incêndio
BLAZE = fogo, incêndio
FLAMES - chamas
SPIRE = pináculo
TIMBER = wood after being cut
TO RAVAGE =devastar
TO COLLAPSE = cair, tombar
THRONG = crowd
FRAMEWORK = armação
TO SPROUT = brotar
GUN POWDER = pólvora
NOVEL = romance
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FILL IN THE GAPS:
Fire ravaged the 850-year-old 1.___ for some 12 hours before it was declared 2.___.
3.___ 400 firefighters battled the flames 4.___ altered the city's skyline.
The blaze collapsed the cathedral's spire and spread to 5.___ of its rectangular towers, as throngs of spectators 6.___ in stunned horror from nearby buildings, bridges 7.___ streets.
So, why 8.___ the Notre Dame burn so fast?
Well, its medieval-roof framework consisted predominantly 9.___ huge pieces of timber.
The supports were made 10.___ of large pieces of wood and were built from an
estimated 13,000 oak trees.
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ANSWERS:
TRUE OR FALSE: 1.F 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.T
MATCH: 1.b 2.d 3.c 4.a 5.e
FILL IN THE GAPS:
1.church
2.extinguished
3.Nearly
4.that
5.one
6.watched
7.and
8.did
9.of
10.up
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