Unit 7: The Titanic
Past simple and past continuous
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- 1 Nice to meet you!
- 2 What to wear
- 3 Like this, like that
- 4 The daily grind
- 5 Christmas every day
- 6 Great achievers
- 7 The Titanic
- 8 Travel
- 9 The big wedding
- 10 Sunny's job hunt
- 11 The bucket list
- 12 Moving and migration
- 13 Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14 New Year, New Project
- 15 From Handel to Hendrix
- 16 What's the weather like?
- 17 The Digital Revolution
- 18 A detective story
- 19 A place to live
- 20 The Cult of Celebrity
- 21 Welcome to your new job
- 22 Beyond the planets
- 23 Great expectations!
- 24 Eco-tourism
- 25 Moving house
- 26 It must be love
- 27 Job hunting success... and failure
- 28 Speeding into the future
- 29 Lost arts
- 30 Tales of survival
Session 3
We have already heard the story of Eva Hart, a child travelling on Titanic with her family. In this session, we'll look at two more stories from survivors of the disaster: Karen Abelseth and Gus Cohen. You'll read a letter, listen to a dramatic story of escape, do some pronunciation practice, and take a quiz.
Activity 3
Three tales of survival
Test yourself
So far, we have heard the survival tales of Eva Hart, Karen Abelseth, and Gus Cohen. How much can you remember about them? Try our quiz to find out!
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To do
Match each of the sentences about the Titanic to the correct person.
Whose story are these from?
6 Questions
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Gus
Excellent! Great job! ሕማቕ ዕድል! ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
Whose story are these from?
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Question 2 of 6
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Question 3 of 6
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Question 6 of 6
Excellent! Great job! ሕማቕ ዕድል! ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
End of Session 3
Well done! We hope you enjoyed those dramatic tales of survival. In Session 4, we will hear from some different people about what they were doing when some important recent events happened. Then, you will get the chance to share some of your experiences and memories of the same events.