70 - La barca a vela

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Li joins Rob on a sailing boat. Listen to their excursion and learn some sailing idioms.. 

The recent rise in migrant boat crossings between France and the UK is being fuelled, in part, by more sophisticated methods gangs are using to source the boats. The criminal gangs now control the production of inflatables, making it possible to significantly increase profits. Su ... Show More

Lorsqu’ils jouent près d’un ruisseau, d’une rivière, ou d’un torrent, les enfants y jettent souvent un morceau de bois dans lequel est planté une feuille, pour voir jusqu’où leur embarcation voguera. Certains adultes sont tout aussi curieux et veulent explorer les mers et les océ ... Show More

Hydro 

Liz Waid and Adam Navis look at the Titanic, the biggest, finest ship of its time. Many people thought it was unsinkable, but they were wrong. 

Costa Concordia hit submerged rocks off the Italian island of Giglio in January 2012, leaving a fifty-metre-long gash in the hull. More than four thousand passengers and crew were on board. Ian and Janice Donoff were hoping to get away in a lifeboat, but it got stuck as it was be ... Show More

The Virginia became a major attraction when it got stuck in a cornfield, which is a place a boat does not belong. Also, The Meachums escaped slavery, and educated hundreds of children in a school known as the Floating Freedom School. Their school in a steamboat was untouched by a ... Show More