Photo - The Cutty Sark - by Nigel A JAMES
The
Cutty Sark
The
Cutty Sark is a British ship. She was built
in Glasgow in 1869. She carried
cargo between Great Britain and Australia. Her main cargoes were
tea, coal, wool, jute, and castor oil.
The
Cutty Sark was one of the fastest ships in the world. She won
many prizes for speed!
In
1895, The Cutty Sark became a training ship for sailors.
Nowadays,
the Cutty Sark is a museum ship in Greenwich in London.
The
Cutty Sark was named after the witch in Tam O'Shanter, a famous poem
by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.
Vocabulary
– Wortschatz
carried
(to carry/carried/carried) - transportieren
/fördern
castor
oil – Rizinusöl
clipper
– Klipper -
coal
– Kohle
height
– Höhepunkt
jute
– Jute
mainly
– hauptsächlich
nowadays
– Heutzutage
poem
– Gedicht
poet
– Dichter
speed
- Geschwindigkeit
Transporting
– fördern
witch
– Hexe
wool
– Wohle
Verb
Practice
To build(s)
I build
You build
he/she/it builds
we build
you build they build
Vienna builds many new houses each year.
We
build a new house every 10 years.
Vienna
built 40,000 new houses in 1962.
We
built 2 houses in 1989.
Vienna
has built many houses.
We
have built 32 houses until now.
Carry(ies)
I carry
you carry
he / she / it carries
we carry
you carry
they carry
I carry the bottles home every day.
He carries the bottles home every day
I carried the bottles home last week.
I have often carried the bottles home.
To Win(s)
I win
you win
he/she/it wins
we win
you win
they win
I win
you win
he/she/it wins
we win
you win
they win
I win many prizes for gardening every year.
I won many gardening prizes last year.
I have won many gardening prizes.
Questions
Where
was the Cutty Sark built?
When
was she built?
What
did she mainly carry?
Was the Cutty Sark a very slow ship?
What
is the Cutty Sark now?
Where
is she now?
Who
is the Cutty Sark named after?
