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czwartek, 12 kwietnia 2012

Titanic Memorial Cruise - listening I


Authentic newspaper from the 16th April 1912

In order to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking, a Titanic Memorial Cruise has been organised. Descendants (=potomni) of Titanic’s passengers, history enthusiasts and people who wanted to pay tribute (=złożyć hołd) to the casualties (=ofiary) are taking part in the voyage. The Titanic Memorial Cruise departed for New York from England on the 8th April 2012. 


1. Listen carefully to the video and answer the questions :

1. What place is the couple leaving for?
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2. Which relative (=krewny) of Mrs Allen's did not survive the ship catastrophe?
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3. Why do Mr and Mrs Allen want to participate in (=wziąć udział) the cruise (=rejs)?
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4. What historical event does Mrs Allen refer to, when speaking about the catastrophe?
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5. What sad fact does Mr Allen speak about?
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6. How many passengers will there be on board during the Titanic memorial cruise?
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7. What town does the ship depart from?
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8. Which French town will be one of the stops during the voyage?
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9. Who has come up with the idea of the memorial cruise?
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10. Have there been many people interested in the voyage?
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11. What feature of modern ships lessens (=zmniejsza) the speaker’s fear of accidents?
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12. When should the ship arrive in New York?
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You will be able to check your answers in my next post!


Source of the photo : the Internet

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