Titanic - activity I - answers

Here are the answers to the first activity concerning the ship Titanic:

1. Think of the words that match the following definitions:

1. a large ship that carries passengers – a liner (=liniowiec)

2. to go down towards the sea bottom  - to sink

3. an extremely large mass of ice floating in the sea – an iceberg

  4. a person who is travelling in a car, bus, train, plane or ship and who is not driving it  
- a passenger

5. the person in charge of a ship or commercial aircraft – a captain

6. being the first of its kind – maiden (=dziewiczy)

2. Complete the gaps with one suitable word.

 Titanic was a British passenger ..…LINER….. that ……SANK……..  in the North Atlantic Ocean …………ON………. 15 April 1912 after colliding …..WITH…… an ……ICEBERG………….. during her …………MAIDEN……….. voyage (=rejs) from Southampton, England ……TO……..  New York City. The sinking of Titanic …......CAUSED (=spowodowało)......... the deaths of 1,514 people in ……ONE……. of the deadliest (=śmiertelny) ……ACCIDENTS/DISASTERS….. in history. She was ……THE………..  largest ship afloat at the time of her ……VOYAGE……… . She was ……BUILD/CONSTRUCTED….  between 1909–11 ……BY……  the Harland and Wolff shipyard (=stocznia) in Belfast. Titanic had a capacity (=pojemność)……OF……. 2,224 people. Titanic’s passengers included (=obejmować) some of ……THE…….. wealthiest people in the world, as well as over a thousand emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere (= z innych krajów) ………SEEKING (=poszukujących)........ a new life in North America. The ship was designed to ……BE……..  a world leader ……IN…… comfort and luxury (=luksus), ……WITH…… an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent (=wystawne) cabins. ………ALTHOUGH/THOUGH (=mimo że).......... she had advanced safety features  (=elementy zabespieczające), such as reportedly (= podobno) 
watertight compartments (=wodoszczelne przedziały) and remotely activated (= zdalnie uruchamiane) watertight doors, she lacked ……ENOUGH (=wystarczającej liczby)....... lifeboats (=tratwy ratunkowe) to accommodate (=pomieścić, przyjmować) all of those aboard.

The disaster was greeted (=przyjęta) ……WITH..…..  worldwide shock and outrage (=oburzenie) ………AT………..  the huge loss (=strata) of life. Public inquiries (=dochodzenia) in Britain and the United States ……LED ……(=doprowadziły) to thorough (=gruntowny) improvements (=ulepszenia) in maritime (=żeglarskie) safety. The wreck of Titanic ……REMAINS (=pozostaje) /REPOSES (=spoczywa)……  on the seabed, gradually disintegrating ……AT……..  a depth of 12,415 feet (3,784 m). ……SINCE (=od momentu)....... its rediscovery in 1985, thousands of artefacts have been recovered (=wydobyte)………FROM…………  the sea bottom and ……PUT……… on display (=ekspozycja) at museums around the world. Titanic has …BECOME (=stał się)……  one of the most famous ships in history, her memory …KEPT…..  alive (=żywa) ……BY……. numerous (=liczne) books, films, exhibits (=eksponaty) and memorials (=pomniki, memoriały).

adapted from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic

In my next posts you'll find a listening exercise concerning the Titanic memorial cruise.