M3 Reading Lesson 12: Dog Feels Below Par After Eating 28 Golf Balls / Titanic goes down A2

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Dog Feels Below Par After Eating 28 Golf Balls

1) LONDON (Reuters) - Vets cut open a German Shepherd dog to find she had scoffed no fewer than 28 golf balls.

2) Eighteen-month old Libby had been coughing blood after weeks of fetching golf balls at the northern England course where owner Mike Wardrop works as a bar manager.

Dog Feels Below Par After Eating 28 Golf Balls

3) Wardrop told Reuters on Friday he hadn't realized the dog had a secret appetite for the dimpled balls she found at Didsbury Golf Club in Manchester.

4) "When I take her for a walk every day she is prone to finding golf balls," Wardrop said. "She can fit five in her mouth."

5) Libby is now recovering from the operation to remove the balls, with 30 stitches across her belly.

6) "I've had to buy her two footballs," said Wardrop. "She can't swallow them."

1. Wat hebben dierenartsen in de maag van een hond gevonden?

1. minder dan 28 golfballen.
2. 28 golfballen.
3. Een duitse herder.

2. Waaraan kon eigenaar Mike Wardrop zien dat er iets mis was met Libby?

1. Ze had bloed opgehoest.
2. Ze had weken lang lopen rennen.
3. Ze lag er bij alsof ze heel oud was.

3. Wist Mike Wardrop dat Libby de golfballen at ?

1. Ja
2. Nee

4. Hoeveel ballen passen er in de mond van Libby ?

1. 5
2. 15
3. 50

5. Waarom moet Mike Wardrop 2 voetballen kopen ?

1. Die kan Libby niet doorslikken.
2. Hij wordt manager van een voetbalclub.
3. Die zijn een kadootje voor Libby omdat ze een operatie heeft moeten ondergaan.

Titanic goes down

1) DailyPast.com correspondent James Wiley found himself aboard the RMS Carpathia and at the centre of a rescue drama as the ship races to the rescue of over 700 passengers aboard the RMS Titanic which sank below the Atlantic waves at around 2am this morning. Here is his report.

2) RMS Carpathia, 300 miles east of Newfoundland - The ship they said was unsinkable is no more. Vanished beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic having taken approximately 1500 souls with her. I am aboard the RMS Carpathia among more than 700 desperate people who we lifted aboard in the early hours of this morning from lifeboats launched from the sinking liner between midnight and 2am.

Titanic goes down

3) This has been the longest and most dramatic of nights not only for those who have flirted with death in the icy seas but also for those who came to pluck them to safety. The Carpathia put herself at great risk to reach Titanic's position on a sea crowded with huge icebergs, one of which claimed the Titanic herself. Captain Rostron of the Carpathia answered an SOS call from the Titanic at about midnight last night and set about sailing the 50 miles through dangerous, ice-infested waters immediately.

4) Had it not been for the Carpathia, the loss of life may have been even higher.

Titanic goes down

Short Voyage

5) RMS Titanic left Southampton, England at noon last Wednesday, April 10. She was carrying 2340 passengers and crew among whom were some of the richest men and women in Europe and the United States. Bruce Ismay, the Director of White Star Lines, owners of the Titanic, was also aboard and witnesses have told me today that he is aboard the Carpathia, having saved himself and chosen not to go down with his ship as Captain Edward J Smith chose to do, alongside many of his fellow officers.

6) The Titanic was built in Belfast and came down to Southampton only about two weeks ago, on the 2nd of April. After leaving Southampton on the 10th, she stopped that evening in Cherbourg, France to pick up other passengers before heading overnight to Queenstown, Ireland.

Titanic goes down

7) Four days ago, on the 11th of April, at about 1.00pm, the Titanic left Queenstown to begin the Atlantic crossing which would have brought her to New York today.

8) She was destined never to arrive.

Heartbreaking Tales

9) I have spent much of the day today speaking to the bedraggled survivors and listening as they recount their haunting, harrowing tales.

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Titanic goes down

10) What comes across as they begin is how all felt an unswerving assuredness that the Titanic couldn't actually, really sink. One survivor was told to go back to her cabin by a steward who, when asked if the passengers were in any danger, was compelled to respond, "Ma'am, this is the Titanic."

11) The Titanic struck the iceberg at 11.40pm. George Brayton, a first class passenger I spoke to, was strolling on the deck at the time when the ship's lookout screamed "Iceberg!". One can only imagine the feeling, being aboard last night. "It was possibly six hundred yards away and dead ahead. Officers in the bridge shouted some orders...when we saw he could not fail to hit it, we rushed to the stern." Captain Smith was then summoned to the bridge immediately. He had retired to his cabin earlier.

Titanic goes down

12) Many witness have told me that there was remarkable calm for some time after the collision. The ship stopped and settled into the water with agonising slowness as water poured in way below the passenger decks.

13) Lawrence Beesley is an English teacher by profession and was travelling second class last night. He told me about this calmness aboard. "We all walked up slowly with the life belts tied on over our clothing, but even then we presumed that this was merely a wise precaution the captain was taking. The ship was abruptly still...there were no visible signs of the approaching disaster.*"

Titanic goes down

14) This lack of real alarm cost many their life. At least at the beginning of the evacuation procedure, many of the lifeboats were leaving half full. Many felt unwilling to leave the "safety" of the ship to put themselves out onto the freezing water. Others have told me that few had much faith in the lifeboats themselves. By the time people realised the ship was going down, these half full lifeboats were far away from the doomed ship.

Dramatic End

15) I have heard hundreds of tales on board the Carpathia today of how the Titanic lived out its last moments. Most of the senior officers stayed aboard alongside Captain Smith to go down with the ship. The ship's band played on as long as possible to try and calm fears and avert a panic. Those who went into the water died in under an hour in water of around 32ºF. The enormous ship went under with hundreds still aboard and sucked  more under the waves with it.

Titanic goes down

16) I found a French artist, Paul Chevre, this afternoon and he concurred with what I had been told of the minutes following the Titanic going under the waves. "Suddenly the lights went out and an immense clamour filled the air in one supreme cry for help. At moments the cries of terror were lulled and we thought it was all over, but the next instant they were renewed in still keener accents. As for us, we did nothing but row, row, row to escape from the death cries."

17) When we arrived at the scene at around 4am, there were the desperate survivors scattered around the area in their lifeboats. We found no-one alive in the sea at that point.

Titanic goes down

18) We will probably stay around this area, though this will depend on what Carpathia's captain Arthur Henry Rostron decides. There is now almost no chance of finding anyone alive in these icy waters.

19) What will follow when we arrive in New York in a couple of days is a little unclear, though undoubtedly, there will be an inquiry with many points of reference. How can a supposedly unsinkable ship sink in two hours? How can a ship hope to steam through a well documented ice field at full speed? And, most pointedly, how can a ship carrying 2300 people set sail with enough lifeboats for only around a third of those aboard? We await answers.

By Neil Coghlan

1. James Wiley was een passagier op RMS Titanic (alinea 1).

1. Waar
2. Niet waar

2. Hoeveel mensen heeft de RMS Carpathia uit zee opgepikt (alinea 2)?

1. 300
2. 1500
3. 700

3. Waarom was het gevaarlijk om bij de plek waar de Titanic gezonken was, te komen (alinea 3)?

1. Er was een zware storm.
2. Er waren veel ijsbergen op die plaats.
3. Het risico om vast te komen zitten in het ijs was groot.

4. Wanneer is de Titanic uit Southampton vertrokken (alinea 5)?

1. Op 12 april 1912, om 12 uur 's middags.
2. Op 10 april 1912, om 12 uur 's nachts.
3. Op 10 april 1912, om 12 uur 's middags.

5. Bruce Ismay, de directeur van het bedrijf dat eigenaar was van de Titanic, heeft de ramp niet overleefd. (alinea 5)

1. Waar
2. Niet waar

6. Waar was de Titanic gebouwd (alinea 6)?

1. Belfast
2. Southampton
3. Cherbourg
4. Queenstown

7. Waarom werd één van de overlevenden terug gestuurd naar haar hut (alinea 10)?

1. Ze moest daar verdere instructies afwachten.
2. Men was er van overtuigd dat de Titanic niet kon zinken.
3. Ze was haar reddingsvest vergeten.

8. Waar was George Brayton toen de ijsberg in zicht kwam (alinea 11)?

1. Hij was in zijn 1e-klas hut.
2. Hij maakte een wandeling aan dek.
3. Op de brug.

9. Wat viel vooral op net nadat de botsing had plaatsgevonden (alinea 12/13)?

1. Het geluid van het water dat naar binnen stroomde.
2. De kalmte aan boord.
3. Hoe langzaam het schip tot stilstand kwam.

10. Wat was de reden dat veel mensen het leven lieten (alinea 14)?

1. Men had niet door hoe ernstig de situatie eigenlijk was.
2. Het schip zonk zo snel dat velen zich niet in veiligheid konden brengen.
3. De evacuatie van de passagiers werd te laat ingezet.

11. Wat was de reden dat de mensen die in het water terecht kwamen binnen het uur stierven (alinea 15)?

1. Ze konden niet zwemmen.
2. Het water was erg koud.
3. Ze werden met het schip meegezogen toen het onder water ging.

12. Waar was Paul Chevre toen de Titanic onder de golven verdween (alinea 16)?

1. In het water.
2. Op de Carpathia.
3. In een reddingsboot.

13. Alinea 19:
A. De Titanic zonk in 2 uur.
B. De Titanic voer op volle kracht door een gebied met ijsbergen.
C. De Titanic had voldoende reddingsboten aan boord om alle passagiers te kunnen redden.

1. A,B en C zijn waar
2. A is niet waar, B en C zijn waar.
3. A en B zijn waar, C is niet waar.
4. A is waar, B en C zijn niet waar.