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Picture - Sail - by Nigel A JAMES
The
Flying Dutchman
The
Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship that sails the seven
seas. The ship is ghostly white. And, if hailed, its crew
try to send messages to people who are dead. The
Flying Dutchman can never
make port.
She is set to sail for ever.
Sailors
are superstitious people. They believe the Flying
Dutchman will bring them bad luck if they see it.
The Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship that sails the
seven seas.
Vocabulary
bad
luck - Pech
believe
– glauben
crew
– Mannschaft
ghost
ship – Geistes Schiff
sail/s
– (to sail/sailed/sailed) fahren
try
– (to try/tried/tried)
- versuchen
hailed
– (to hail/hailed/hailed) – rufen /
grüßen
make
port (to make port/made port/made port) – ein Hafen
anlaufen
messages
(message) – Nachrichten - Botschaft
set
to – bestimmt
superstitious
– aber gläubig
Questions
What
is the Flying Dutchman?
How
would you describe the Flying Dutchman?
What
can the Flying Dutchman never do?
What
is the Flying Dutchman set to do?
Why
do sailors believe that it is good luck to see the Flying Dutchman?
What
does the crew of the Flying Dutchman try to do when hailed?
Why
would you like to see the Flying Dutchman?
