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First well - Tale
Vocabulaire (traduction des mots soulignés dans le texte ci-dessus) | |
to dry up: s'assécher | to grow anxious: s'inquiéter (grow, grew, grown) |
barren: aride / improductif | to cry with thirst: pleurer de soif |
empty-handed: les mains vides / bredouille | to fail: décevoir (pour ne pas décevoir son roi) |
to motion: faire signe | cave; grotte |
break off: casser (break, broke, broken) | to load: charger |
to melt: fondre | lump: morceau |
to gaze: regarder fixement | water-seed: graine d'eau |
to sow: semer (sow sowed, sowed or sown) | to dig; creuser |
to dwindle: diminuer / rapetisser | break of dawn: lever du jour (dawn = aube) |
fast asleep: profondément endormi | to peep: jeter un coup d'œil |
my worthy men: mes braves gens | to sprout: germer |
Wells (puits) |
When people live far from a river, lake or spring, they have to dig wells |
shovel (pelle) | |
Buckets are lowered into the well and filled with water. Les seaux sont descendus dans le puits et remplis d'eau. | ||
To make the lifting easier, the rope can run through a pulley Pour rendre ce levage plus facile la corde peut passer dans la groove wheel (roue à gorge) hand crank (manivelle) | ||
The well is surrounded by a low stone wall to prevent accidents. The roof protects the water from impurities. Le puits est bordé d'un petit mur de pierre pour éviter les accidents. |
Dowser (sourcier) |
Before the development of modern geology, a dowser was used to locate groundwater. Then the well-digger could begin his work.. Avant le développement de la géologie moderne un sourcier localisait | ||
To find underground water, a dowser uses a rod or forked tree branch. He holds it in front of him and begins walking. When water is discovered, the rod or forked tree branch gives a signal. It will dip or twitch. Pour trouver l'eau souterraine un sourcier utilise une baguette. Il la tient | ||
Not all dowsers use a Y-shaped rod. Les sourciers n'utilisent pas tous une baguette en forme de 'Y'. |
The origin of dowsing dates back about 8000 years. Les débuts de la recherche des sources d'eau |
Dowsers still exist. This man is Danish. He is looking for water with a willow twig. When he finds it, the signal is so strong that the twig breaks. Les sourciers existent encore. |
Do dowsing rods really work? |
Les baguettes de sourcier fonctionnent-elles vraiment ? No one really knows. A lot of people, especially scientists, are sceptical. However Albert Einstein said: 'The dowsing rod is a simple instrument which shows the reaction of the human nervous system to certain factors Personne ne sait réellement. De nombreuses personnes, surtout les scientifiques, sont sceptiques. |
remarque : certains utilisent la radiesthésie à d'autres fins que la recherche de l'eau. |
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