Rob and Chris discuss an exciting discovery of an ancient shipwreck off the Italian coast and what secrets it might reveal.
This week's question:
The UN has estimated the number of ships which lie wrecked on the ocean floor. Is it:
a) 3,000
b) 300,000
c) 3 million
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme.
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Ancient Italian shipwreck
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Vocabulary
- shipwreck
the remains of a ship which has sunk
- vessel
a ship or boat
- shards
small pieces of broken glass or pottery
- intact
complete
- amphoras
clay jars used to contain wine, grain or oil
- fragile
easily breakable
- retrieve
recover, bring back