Read the text and complete the gaps with the words
from the box:
crew
abandon
lifeboat sank survivors voyage collision drowning
passengers
rescued deck warnings
|
Lawrence Beesley, was one
of the 2,207 _____________ who travelled on the Titanic’s first and last
_______________.
When the _____________ with the iceberg happened at 11:40 p.m.
Beesely was reading in his cabin. He went up on ____________ to see what was
happening. The Captain and ________________ were preparing to _________________
the ship. They were putting a group of women and children into a
____________________ but there weren’t enough of them to fill it completely.
One of the officers turned to Beesley and told him to get in. Two hours later
he and other people in his boat watched helplessely when the Titanoc finally
_________________ and they listened to the desperate shouts of more than 1,500
people who were ______________ in the freezing water.
Beesley and the other Titanic
___________________ were _________________ by the "Carpathia" and taken to New
York. Later, when he was safely back in England, he wrote a best-selling book, "The Lost of the Titanic", which described his experinces and called for better
safety regulations. In the book he describes how angry he felt when he heard
that the Titanic had in fact received several _________________ of icebergs
from other ships but hadn’t slowed down.
ANSWERS
THE TRUE STORY OF THE TITANIC
Read the text and complete the gaps with The words
from the box:
crew
abandon
lifeboat sank survivors voyage collision drowning
passengers
rescued deck warnings
|
Lawrence Beesley, was one
of the 2,207 passenges who
travelled on the Titanic’s first and last voyage.
When the collision with the iceberg happened at 11:40 p.m.
Beesely was reading in his cabin. He went up on deck to see what was happening. The Captain and crew were preparing to abandon the
ship. They were putting a group of women and children into a lifeboat but there weren’t enough
of them to fill it completely. One of the officers turned to Beesley and told him to get in. Two hours later he and other people in his boat watched
helplessely when the TitanIc finally sank
and they listened to the desperate shouts of more than 1,500 people who were drowning in the freezing water.
Beesley and the other Titanic
survivors were rescued by the "Carpathia" and
taken to New York. Later, when he was safely back in England, he wrote a
best-selling book, The Loss of the Titanic, which described his experiencies and
called for better safety regulations. In the book he describes how angry he
felt when he heard that the Titanic had in fact received several warnings of icebergs from other
ships but hadn’t slowed down.
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