Photo by Nigel A JAMES
The
Cutty Sark
The
Cutty Sark is a British clipper. She was built in Glasgow on
the River Clyde in Scotland in 1869. She was used for transporting
cargo between Great Britain and Australia. She mainly carried
tea, coal, wool, jute, and castor oil.
At
her height, the Cutty Sark was one of the fastest clippers in
the world. She won many prizes for speed!
In
1895, her days of sailing were over and she became a training ship
for naval cadets.
Nowadays,
the Cutty Sark is a museum ship and can be seen and visited in
Greenwich, London.
The
ship was named after the witch in Tam O'Shanter, a famous poem
by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.
Vocabulary
– Wortschatz - Szokincs
carried
(to carry/carried/carried) - transportieren
/fördern
- szallitas
castor
oil – Rizinusöl - ricinusöl
clipper
– Klipper - gyorsvitorlas
coal
– Kohle
- szen
height
– Höhepunkt - tetopont
jute
– Jute - jute
mainly
– hauptsächlich -föleg
nowadays
– Heutzutage
- mostanaban
poem
– Gedicht - vers
poet
– Dichter - költö
speed
- Geschwindigkeit - sebesseg
Transporting
– fördern
- szallitas
witch
– Hexe -
boszorkany
wool
– Wohle -
gyapju
Questions
Where
was the Cutty Sark built?
When
was she built?
What
did she mainly carry?
What
was the Cutty Sark at her height?
What
did the ship become in 1895?
What
is the Cutty Sark now?
Where
is she now?
Who
is the Cutty Sark named after?
