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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/French_Castle.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Modern Builders Construct French Castle the Old-Fashioned Way' data-article-id='1946'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8729'>In France, a man walks on what can only be described as a human-sized hamster wheel.</span> <span data-start-time='8729' data-end-time='15063'>The wheel moves around and around, as the man keeps walking.</span> <span data-start-time='15063' data-end-time='17958'>What is he doing?</span> <span data-start-time='17958' data-end-time='30104'>He is lifting a heavy object to the top of a tower the same way workers moved such objects 800 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='30104' data-end-time='41771'>In the 13th century, workers did not have the 100-meter tall cranes they now use to build tall buildings.</span> <span data-start-time='41771' data-end-time='49625'>So they had to be creative and come up with simple machines to get their work done.</span> <span data-start-time='49625' data-end-time='56021'>The man on the large wheel is walking at a reasonable speed.</span> <span data-start-time='56021' data-end-time='63958'>The wheel turns and pulls a rope connected to a pulley at the top of the tower.</span> <span data-start-time='63958' data-end-time='70500'>Another rope tied to the pulley lifts supplies from the ground.</span> <span data-start-time='70500' data-end-time='81021'>This is just one way skilled craftsmen are building a 13th-century castle without using modern tools.</span> <span data-start-time='81021' data-end-time='86646'>Crews have been working on the castle since 1997.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/French_Castle.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7414 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/what_does_hamster_mean.m4a'>What does hamster mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a small animal that is kept in some homes'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/a_type_of_dog.m4a'><span>a type of dog</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/a_type_of_castle.m4a'><span>a type of castle</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/a_small_animal_that_is_kept_in_some_homes.m4a'><span>a small animal that is kept in some homes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/a_type_of_wooden_wheel.m4a'><span>a type of wooden wheel</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7415 data-hint-location='70500' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/what_are_construction_workers_building_using_the_medieval_tools.m4a'>What are construction workers building using the medieval tools?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='13th century castle'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/a_museum.m4a'><span>a museum</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/13th_century_castle.m4a'><span>13th century castle</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/a_1920_car.m4a'><span>a 1920 car</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/14th_century_home.m4a'><span>14th century home</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7416 data-hint-location='30104' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/in_the_13th_century_workers_did_not_have_the_100meter_tall__blank__they_now_use_to_build_tall_buildings.m4a'>In the 13th century, workers did not have the 100-meter tall <span class='blank'>cranes</span> they now use to build tall buildings.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='cranes'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/planes.m4a'><span>planes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/cranes.m4a'><span>cranes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/buildings.m4a'><span>buildings</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/houses.m4a'><span>houses</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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