sábado, 21 de maio de 2011

Inglês - PROF. Ms. JAMIL JUNIOR


THE TRUE STORY OF THE TITANIC

The sinking of the Titanic on its first voyage has fascinated people
all over the world for nearly a hundred years.It is a story surrounded
by mystery and speculation.
The regulations controlling the number of lifeboats that a ship
should carry were terribly out of date.The Titanic only had to have 16
lifeboats,enough for 962 people,which was ridiculous as the ship
could carry 3,511 people.Nobody would have died on April 14th,1912
if the Titanic had had enough lifeboats for all passengers.
A small ship called the Californian was only 20 kilometers away from
the Titanic.It had stopped for the night because of the icebergs.It was so
near that the two ships could see each other ’s lights.The radio operator
had just gone to bed,so he didn ’t hear the Titanic ’s S.O.S.message.Later,
sailors saw the Titanic ’s eight rockets in the sky.They woke up their
captain but he didn ’t do anything as he didn ’t think the rockets were
important.If the Californian had known the Titanic was sinking,it would
have rescued everybody.The captain of the Californian was later blamed
for not helping the Titanic and his reputation was destroyed.
Although they had received several warnings of icebergs from other
ships in the area,the Titanic was going at top speed.The captain of the
Titanic was under great commercial pressure to make the Atlantic
crossing as quickly as possible.Also Bruce Ismay,the director of the
White Star Line which owned the Titanic,was on board and he wanted
his ship to beat the company record for the fastest crossing.
After the collision,the musicians started playing “Autumn ” until
just before the ship finally sank.If they hadn ’t continued playing until
the end,there would have been much more panic on the ship.Not one
of the orchestra survived.
The public were extremely suspicious about any of the 58 men who
survived the disaster,especially as about 150 women and children died
(mostly from Second and Third class).But Bruce Ismay saved his own
life and had to retire from the company and from the public life.

                                                                                                                      (Oxford)


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