Man wakes up with ship in his yard.
Assignment 1
a Name the three countries that make up Scandinavia.
b Name three or more names of crew members (professionals working on a ship).
| A man in Norway had a very strange wake-up call on a Thursday morning last May. Read the article about the enormous surprise that was waiting for him in his backyard. |
Assignment 2
a Find the words in the text.
b Connect the words and expressions that have the same meaning.
| 1. yard | a. at work |
| 2. woken up | b. to become stuck on the ground under the water |
| 3. massive | c. brought out of sleep |
| 4. container | d. narrow strips of water that go into the land from a sea or lake |
| 5. inlets | e. on land |
| 6. a sound sleeper | f. a piece of land next to someone’s house, with grass and plants growing in it |
| 7. to figure out | g. a room in a house where people sit and relax |
| 8. to run aground | h. someone who sleeps deeply |
| 9. ashore | i. things that make loud sounds as a warning |
| 10. living room | j. the time when the water is at its highest level |
| 11. on duty | k. to understand |
| 12. alarm bells | l. very big |
| 13. high tide | m. very large metal box for transporting goods |
Assignment 3
a How did Johan Helberg find out about the ship in his yard?
1 He heard it run aground at six o’clock that morning.
2 His friend told him about it on the telephone.
3 The officer on duty rang the alarm bell to warn him.
4 A policeman rang his doorbell to inform him about it.
b Put the events in the correct order.
1 A container ship crashed into Johan Helberg’s yard.
2 The crew freed the container ship.
3 A friend rang Johan Helberg’s doorbell.
4 Johan Helberg discovered the ship in his backyard.
5 Johan Helberg was woken up by the phone.
6 The officer on duty of a container ship fell asleep.
7 Some containers were removed from the ship.
c How did the accident happen? Choose all correct answers.
1 The alarm bells on the ship didn’t ring.
2 The officer on duty had fallen asleep.
3 The ship got stuck in the fjord bends.
4 The ship maybe forgot to make a second turn.
5 The ship was leaking oil.
6 The ship’s crew had fallen asleep.
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