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A Boa Esperança

The Good Hope

A Boa Esperança

The Good Hope

Learn more about the Boa Esperança, a replica of the early caravels launched on perilous journeys in the 15th century....

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  • 00:00:03A Boa Esperança foi construída em 1990, no estaleiro de Vila do Conde, no norte de Portugal. The "Boa Esperança" (Good Hope) was built in 1990 in the shipyard of Vila do Conde, in northern Portugal.
  • 00:00:10É uma réplica autêntica dos navios, chamados "caravelas", It's an authentic replica of the ships, called "caravels".
  • 00:00:15que foram utilizados nas explorações portuguesas dos mares, no século XV. that were used on the Portuguese explorations of the seas, in the 15th century.
  • 00:00:20Em 2001, o Turismo do Algarve adquiriu a caravela para promover a cultura e história do Algarve In 2001, the Algarve Tourist Board acquired the caravel to promote the culture and history of the Algarve
  • 00:00:27e a sua importância nos Descobrimentos Portugueses. and its importance in the Portuguese Discoveries.
  • 00:00:31Embora pareça uma simples embarcação balançando tranquilamente nas águas da Marina de Lagos, Although it looks like a simple boat bobbing peacefully in the waters of the Lagos Marina,
  • 00:00:37as suas antecessoras foram lançadas em perigosas viagens de exploração que mudaram o mundo. its predecessors were launched on dangerous voyages of exploration that changed the world.
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Vocabulary
AberturaOpening alcançarto reach, achieve as antecessoraspredecessors fem. AustralSouthern AutênticaAuthentic BalançandoBalancing o cabocable, handle CaravelasCaravels ContornandoBypassing os descobrimentosdiscoveries EmbarcaçãoVessel, ship emboraalthough A esperançaHope EstaleiroShipyard Extremo OrienteFar East LançadasLaunched MastrosMasts a navegaçãonavigation o navioThe ship OtimismoOptimism a passagemtransition, passage renomearto rename o séculocentury TormentasStorms TranquilamenteQuietly, peacefully velasSails o ventowind a ÍndiaIndia
Expressions
Contra todas as probabilidadesAgainst all odds Que remete paraRefer to, Harking back to
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