4.4 The Unsinkable Ship

Difficult Words

Maiden - first पहिला
Unsinkable - that cannot sink न बुडणारे
Iceberg - a large piece of ice हिमनग
Yelled - cried with pain किंचाळला
To steer - to turn वळवणे
Scraped - rubbed with something घासला गेला
Tilt - to slant re trip तिरपे होणे
Lifeboat - a special boat that rescues people who are in danger at sea. जीव रक्षक बोट
Vanished - disappeared नाहीसे झाले
Drowned - went under the water and died पाण्याखाली बुडून मृत झाले
Submarine - a ship that travels underwater पाणबुडी
Director - a person who directs a film दिग्दर्शक

MARGIN QUESTIONS

Q.1 Why was the titanic so called?

Ans. The ship was called Titanic because the word Titanic means huge.

Q.2 What facilities were available on the ship?

Ans. Titanic carried more than 2000 passengers. She was like a large hotel with grand staircases, dining rooms, shops, and swimming pools.

Q.3 What made the man turn cold with fright?

Ans. The man saw a huge Iceberg stood right in the path of the Titanic made him turn cold with fright.

Q.4What was the damage caused to the ship?

Ans. Titanic scraped the mountain of ice and the Iceberg cut holes along the ship's side. Water began to pour into the lower deck.

Q.5 Why were the passengers in grave danger?

Ans. The passengers were in grave danger because the ships California and Carpathia were always far away from the Titanic. The Titanic was sinking rapidly. The ship began to tilt into the sea. The Titanic had more than 2000 passengers but not enough lifeboats available on the ship.

Q.6 Why could 'Carpathia' not do much to save more lives?

Ans. The Carpathia could not do much to save more lives because it was far away when it heard the Titanic's call. The Carpathia arrived at 3.40 a.m. The ship's crew found the lifeboats and saved 700 people. But almost all the people in the water had drowned or died of cold. The Carpathia was too late to save them.

Q.7 What two compulsions were laid down for all ships, in 1913?

Ans. The two compulsions that were laid down for all ships in 1913 were...

All ships must have enough room in their lifeboat to carry everyone on board.
The ship must keep their radio working every hour of the day and night.

Q.8 How far had the Titanic sunk?

Ans. The Titanic had sunk at the depth of 4000 meters (13000 feet)

ENGLISH WORKSHOP

Q.1 (A) Find any 6 words from the text that have suffixes. Underline the suffix in each of them.

Ans. Comfortable, Suddenly, Unsinkable, Quickly, Direction, Unfortunately, Operator, Slowly.

Q.1 (B) Two words may combine to form a new word with a changed meaning. Such words are called Compound words in English.

Ans. Everyone, lifeboats, Something, Meanwhile, Upright, Photographs.

Q.2 (A) Read the text and answer.

(a) What does the word ' Titanic' mean?

Ans. The word Titanic means huge.

(b) How many passengers did Titanic carry?

Ans. Titanic carried more than 2000 passengers.

Ans The passengers on the Titanic were proud because they were traveling in the best ship in the world. They felt safe.

(d) Why did people call 'Titanic' an unsinkable ship?

Ans. People called the Titanic an unsinkable ship because everyone thought that the Titanic could never sink.

(e) What did Carpathia's crew find?

Ans. The Carpathia's crew found the lifeboat and saved 700 peoples in them.

(f) Who was the director of the film based on the Titanic's maiden voyaged?

Ans. James Cameron was the director of the film based on Titanic's maiden voyage.

(g) Where did the scientists find Titanic?

Ans. Scientist found the Titanic lying into two pieces on the ocean floor, at the depth of around 4000 meters (13000 feet)

Q.2 (B) Discuss in a group of four and find out.

(a) Reasons for the sinking of Titanic.

Ans.

A man who was told to keep watch from the top of the ship was unable to inform about the iceberg in time.
\Captain Smith was unable to steer the Titanic away from the Iceberg in time.
Titanic scraped the mountain of ice and the Iceberg cut hols along the ship's side water began to pour into lower decks.
Captain Smith and his crew could not stop the water from flooding through the ship.

(b) Effects of the sinking of Titanic.

Ans. The sinking of the Titanic made people think harder about the safety of passengers on the ship. Therefore, it was decided that all ships must have enough room in the lifeboat to carry passengers on board. Every hour of the day and night.

Q.3 Raed and find words related to the sea and arrange them alphabetically.

Ans. Board, Captain, Crew, Decks, Depth, Drfown, Iceberg, Ocean, Sail, Sink, Submarine, Unsinkable, Voyage, Water, Wreck.

Q.4 (A) She was as tall as abuilding with fifteen storeys.

Here she (the Titanic) is compared with a building of fifteen storeys. You know that when a comparison is made between two objects of different kinds it is call Simile.

A simile is introduced by the word ' as.....as or like'

Frame five of your sentences using the construction ..... as... as...

Write them down in your notebook.

Ans.

He is as tall as his father.
She cooks as well as a hotel chef.
Her hand was as cold as Ice.
Suhas will run as fast as Usain bolt

Q.4 (B) THe Carpathia was too late to save them. Write three sentences of your own using the followings construction ..... too ... to

Sachin is too busy to talk to her.
Everest is too difficult to climb on.
It was too cold to go out.
She was fat to wear her old clothes.

Q.5 Read again from 5th paragraph ( then came the night of 14 April .... up to 12th paragraph ( The Carpathia was too late to save them.)

Mark the most important points.
Using the points make a summary of the incident in your own words, using short simple sentences.
Write out the summary in 12 to 15 lines.

Ans

It was the night of 14th April. The sky was clear, the sea was calm and passengers on the Titanic were asleep. Captain Smith, there were Iceberg nearby. He asked a man to keep watch from the top of the ship. All of a sudden, he yelled iceberg. Captain tried hard to keep the Titanic away from Iceberg but to no avail. The Titanic scraped the mountain of ice. Iceberg made holes in Titanic. water started to pour into; the unsinkable ship was sinking. Captain Smith sent urgent messages on the ship's radio asking for help. A ship in California was only 20 miles away. It didn't receive the message because her raid was turned off. Another ship Carpathia heard the message but unfortunately, she was far away from the Titanic. At 2.30 a.m., on 15th April Titanic was vanished into the sea. About 1500 people drowned or died of cold. The Carpathia reached at 3.40 a.m. and managed to save 700 passengers on the lifeboats.

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