Roman shipbuilding and navigation 1

Roman shipbuilding and navigation 1 罗马造船和航海

navigate /ˈnævɪɡeɪt/  V. 航行；航海

词根  nav  船

navigation /ˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃn/ 航行

1.The Romans'shipbuilding skills were passed on to the Greeks and the Egyptians.

1段

The Romans were not traditionallysailors but mostly land- based people, who learnedto build ships from the people that theyconquered,namely the Greeks and the Egyptians.

2.Skilledcraftsmen were needed for the mortise and tenon method of fixing planks.

craftsman /ˈkrɑːftsmən/ 工匠；手艺人   craftsmen

2段

they were fixedusing a method called mortise and tenon, whereby one plank locked into anotherwithout the need for stitching.

没有找到Skilled，   NOT GIVEN    以原文为准

3.The later practice used byMediterranean shipbuilders involved building the hullbefore the frame.

hull  [hʌl]  船体

2段

Mediterranean shipbuilders shifted toanother shipbuilding method, still in use today, which consisted of building the frame first and then proceeding with the hull andthe other components of the ship.

4.The Romans called the MediterraneanSea Mare Nostrum because they dominated its use.

3段

Rome's navy became the largest and mostpowerful in the Mediterranean, and the Romans had controlover what they therefore called Mare Nostrum meaning 'our sea'.

5.Most rowers on ships were people from the Roman army.

4段

rowers were not slaves but mostly Romancitizens enrolled in the military.

enrolled in   /ɪnˈrəʊld ɪn/ 注册于；报名参加