Iceberg survivors
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
3
Vocabulary 1: Nations and nationalities
4
Complete the table. All these nationalities are in the text.
quite frightening and he knew they were in
danger. He said that he knows how near they
were to dying,” she said.
Mrs Flood also said that
earlier in the trip her
husband took some pictures of a rare bird called
the snowy petrel. “He
went to the Antarctic twice
before but did not see the bird and did not take
any pictures. He emailed me to tell me he had
taken the pictures and he was really pleased.
I thought that he would
lose his pictures when
the ship sank. “But when I asked him if he had
saved
anything at all from the ship, he said yes
– his passport
and his computer memory stick,
with all the pictures.”
© Guardian News & Media 2007
First published in
The Guardian, 26/11/07
country
nationality
Canada
Australia
Switzerland
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
The Netherlands
Ireland
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Join the beginnings and endings to make sentences about the text.
a. … when all the passengers are safe in Chile.
b. … if a rescue boat would come before they died of cold.
c. … her husband saved his computer memory stick with the photos of the rare bird.
d. … it was dark and the weather was very cold.
e. … it hit an iceberg.
f. … when it hit the iceberg.
1. The ship sank because…
2. The passengers were afraid because…
3. Mr Flood was very pleased because…
4. The passengers did not know…
5. The ship was near the end of its trip…
6. The investigation will start…
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