Into the deep…

Audio guide

Audio guide

Song about the Titanic

Song about the Titanic

“The Titanic Song”

It was sad when that great ship went down,
Husbands and wives
And little children lost their lives,
It was sad when that great ship went down.

Exercice 1 : Get ready

1

Read the question: "How can you give a voice to the past?". Spot the verb and modal, the nouns, and the interrogative pronoun.

2

Fill in the table with the words depending on their categories.

3

Select the elements which help us to “hear” voices from the past:

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old letters and photos.

ghosts.

robots.

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history books.

antique objects.

recent movies.

4

Brainstorm from the title of the chapter.

5

Check with this table what you already know.

Exercice 2 : Observe and listen

1

Look at the photograph of the Titanic Museum. What does this building look like?

A boat.

A cloud.

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A ship.

An iceberg.

2

Can you imagine why?

3

Listen to the audio guide and select the words you can hear.

talk

×

building

thinking

×

galleries

×

iceberg

×

Titanic

×

Dublin

anniversary

×

birthday

sheep

×

March

stranger

×

right

strange

×

stories

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sinking

4

Fill in the blanks to sum up.

This is (name of the building), opened in (year) in (city). It looks like a or an . Inside you can find nine interactive which tell people about the sights, sounds, smells and of the .

5

Fill with the right answer.

a) What happened to the Titanic? (She collided with an iceberg / She disappeared in a storm).
b) What was her intended destination? (England / France / The USA).
c) The movie Titanic is (very famous / unknown).
d) This movie was (a huge success / a big failure).

Exercice 3 : Let’s have fun

1

Listen to the poem and pick out the stressed syllables.

2

Spot the rhymes.

3

Repeat and record yourself.