Could humans live in underwater cities

6 Minute English

语言学习

2020-10-22

6 分钟
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  • Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English, I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Rob.

  • From the ancient Roman sea god Neptune to myths of mermaids,

  • to modern Hollywood films like Finding Nemo.

  • People throughout history have been fascinated by the idea of living underwater.

  • In this program we'll be hearing about projects to create livable underwater habitats and the challenges they face.

  • We'll be finding out how realistic it is to believe that in a few years we could be eating breakfast whilst watching fish swim outside the kitchen window

  • before heading off to work in an office under the ocean.

  • And we'll be learning some related vocabulary as well.

  • But first it's time for our quiz question.

  • One of the first adventure stories to fire the public's imagination about the underwater world was the 1870 novel,

  • 20,000 leagues under the sea.

  • But who wrote this underwater classic?

  • Was it A, H.

  • G.

  • Wells?

  • B, Arthur Conan Doyle, or C.

  • Jules Verne?