▶ Your Answer :
The reading passage contends that the story
that Greek soldiers burned Roman naval ships by using mirrors is not true. On
the other hand, the lecturer brings up several points that contradict this
argument. The lecturer points that the Greek people actually burned Roman’s
ships.
First of all, the lecturer asserts that the
Greek produced fire on a target by using parabolic mirror. The record that people
used this type of mirror was not documented by scientists because they ignore
it and a lot of libraries have been destroyed. However, there are documents
that mention the existence of the parabolic mirror. This counters the reading
passage’s claim that the parabolic mirror were not used to focus reflected
light on Roman naval ships because any of the works written by scientists do
not remain.
Moreover, the lecturer points out that it
is possible to target a single ship without confusion with many mirrors.
Because a lot of Greek soldiers were well trained by spending a lot of time to
practice, they were able to learn necessary skills to target Roman naval ships
correctly. Therefore, they could find right position of the ships and did not
confuse what was his light. This casts doubt on the reading passage’s claim
that Greek soldiers were not able to target a single ship by using multiple
mirrors.
Finally, the lecturer maintains that the
fires made by mirrors were sufficiently big to burn the ships. Because of the
traits of materials that were composed of Roman naval ships, the fire was able
to spread quickly and hard to extinguish. As a result, it was easy that only a
small fire became bigger one, so it was hard to put out the fire. This counters
the reading passage’s claim that the fires were not enough to burn Roman’s
ships. |