Improve your vocabulary – Titanic 100 years on
It’s been a blustery voyage at times for the MS Balmoral crossing the Atlantic carrying 1300 passengers. Some of them relatives of people who travelled the same route on Titanic a century ago; others, just fascinated by the history and mystery of what happened to her. Now they are all coming together at the very spot where Titanic sank to be led in prayer on the decks overlooking the stern of the cruise ship. Wreaths of flowers will be thrown into the ocean directly above the wreck site and then this ship’s band will play ‘Nearer My God To Thee’, the hymn said to have been played by Titanic’s band as she sank into the cold, dark, icy water exactly 100 years ago.
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Vocabulary and definitions |
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blustery |
ˈblʌstəri |
very windy |
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fascinated |
ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd |
very interested |
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her |
hə(r) |
pronoun used to talk about a ship when normally ‘its’ would be used |
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prayer |
preə(r) |
words used to speak to a god |
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deck |
dek |
the floors on a ship |
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stern |
stɜːn |
the back part of a ship |
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cruise ship |
kruːz ʃɪp |
a ship used for long-distance leisure trips |
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wreaths |
riːðz |
rings of leaves and flowers |
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wreck |
rek |
the remains of a sunken ship |
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hymn |
hɪm |
a song sung by Christians to praise God |
Nguồn: BBC
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