THE TITANIC - A tragic story

· Inside the Titanic

The Titanic was a luxury ship. Rich passagers paid £865 for a suite decorated in elegant styles. There was also the famous Grand Staircase wich is in the film Titanic too. 

· The Titanic's destination

The titanic's first voyage was from Southampton, in England, to New York City, USA. The ship left on 10 april 1912...but never arrived at her destination. 

· The tragedy

On 14 April, four days after leaving Southampton, the Titanic was in the North Atlantic. The seas was calm but visibility was low. At 11.40 pm, a lookout saw a large iceberg near the ship. 37 seconds later, the Titanic hit the iceberg and water entered the ship. At first the passengers didn't panic...two hours and 40 minutes later, at 2.20 am, the Titanic sank...

· Who died?

Of the 2,224 people on board, only 710 survived: there were not enough lifeboats. Most surviviors were women, children and the rich: 60% of first-class passengers survived. But only 42% of second-class and less than 25% of third-class passengers survived. 

· Titanic on Film

The wreck of Titanic was found in 1985, about 4km under the sea. James Cameron made his 1997 film, Titanic, using real images of the wreck. It was the highest-grossing film of all time until Avatar (2009). 

· Visit the Titanic

Visitors can learn about the Titanic and Belfast at new visitor centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It's a giant building with four wings the shape of Titanic's hull. 

· The last survivor

The last survivor of the Titanic died in 2009, aged 96. Her name was Millvina Dean and she was two months old when she was rescued from the ship.

· Vocabulary

Building: edifici
Build: construir
Die: morir
Enough: suficient
Floating: flotant
Highest-
grossing: de major recaudació
Hit: golpejar
Hull: casc
Lifeboat: bot salvavides
Lookout: guaita
Low: escàs
Luxury: de luxe
One-way: d'anada, senzill
Rescue: rescatar
Sank (p.) sing (inf.): enfonsar-se
Shape: forma
Ship: barco
Staircase: escala
Survive: sobreviure
Survivor: supervivent
Wing: ala
Wreck: restes del naufragi. 

 

· MY HEART WILL GO ON - CELINE DION

Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feel you,
That is how I know you go on

Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we're one

Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we'll always go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

You're here, there's nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on