新概念英语第三册PPT课件：NCE3_lesson25(共17页)
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• This race, which went on for exactly four months, was the last of its kind.
• It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era.
• that if she travelled too quickly, this rudder would be torn away as well.
• Because of this, the Cutty Sark lost her lead.
• After crossing the Equator, the captain called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted,
• Badly damaged by fire on 21 May 2007, the vessel is being restored
• What piece of bad luck prevented the Cutty Sark from winning the race?
• One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at Greenwich.
Topics for discussion
• 1 Tell us about any great sailing or shipping adventure or disaster you know about.
• 2 Have you ever been on a voyage or cruise on a large ship? Tell us about it. ---Or would you like to go on a voyage or a cruise? What would you look forward to?
• but by now the Thermopylae was over five hundred miles ahead.
• Though the new rudder was fitted at tremendous speed, it was impossible for the Cutty Sark to win.
• She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each
• She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past.
• Before they were replaced by steamships, sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia.
• In August, she was struck by a very heavy storm during which her rudder was torn away.
• The Cutty Sark rolled from side to side and it became impossible to steer her.
• She arrived in 20 England a week after the Thermopylae.
• Even this was remarkable, considering that she had had so many delays.
• There is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder she would have won the race easily.
• A temporary rudder was made on board from spare planks and it was fitted with great difficulty.
• This greatly reduced the speed of the ship, for there was a danger
• The Cutty Sark was one of the fastest sailing ships that has ever
• The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae.
• Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England.
• She is preserved in dry dock in Greenwich, London.
• Cutty Sark is one of only three ships in London on the Core Collection of the National Historic Ships Register 核心收藏的国家历史船舶登 记 ----alongside HMS Belfast and SS Robi n.
• The first of the two ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae ,
• but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took the lead.
• It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home, but during the race she had a lot of bad luck.
• 3 ‘Sailing is one of the greatest sports there is.’ What do you think? What do you think young people can get from sailing?
THANKS!
• Cutty Sark was destined for the tea trade, then an intensely competitive race across the globe from China to London, with a substantial bonus to the ship to arrive with the first tea of the year.
Lesson 25 The Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark in dock, Greenwich - January 2005
• The Cutty Sark is a clipper ship高速 帆船.
• Built in 1869, she served as a merchant vessel 商船, and then as a training ship教练船 until being put on public display in 1954.
• In the most famous race against Thermopylae [θə'mɔpəli:] in 1872, both ships left Shanghai together on 18 June,
• but two weeks later Cutty Sark lost her rudder 船舵after passing through the Sunda Strait, and arrived in London on 18 October, a week afterThermopylae, a total passage of 122 days.
• It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era.
• that if she travelled too quickly, this rudder would be torn away as well.
• Because of this, the Cutty Sark lost her lead.
• After crossing the Equator, the captain called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted,
• Badly damaged by fire on 21 May 2007, the vessel is being restored
• What piece of bad luck prevented the Cutty Sark from winning the race?
• One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at Greenwich.
Topics for discussion
• 1 Tell us about any great sailing or shipping adventure or disaster you know about.
• 2 Have you ever been on a voyage or cruise on a large ship? Tell us about it. ---Or would you like to go on a voyage or a cruise? What would you look forward to?
• but by now the Thermopylae was over five hundred miles ahead.
• Though the new rudder was fitted at tremendous speed, it was impossible for the Cutty Sark to win.
• She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each
• She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past.
• Before they were replaced by steamships, sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia.
• In August, she was struck by a very heavy storm during which her rudder was torn away.
• The Cutty Sark rolled from side to side and it became impossible to steer her.
• She arrived in 20 England a week after the Thermopylae.
• Even this was remarkable, considering that she had had so many delays.
• There is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder she would have won the race easily.
• A temporary rudder was made on board from spare planks and it was fitted with great difficulty.
• This greatly reduced the speed of the ship, for there was a danger
• The Cutty Sark was one of the fastest sailing ships that has ever
• The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae.
• Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England.
• She is preserved in dry dock in Greenwich, London.
• Cutty Sark is one of only three ships in London on the Core Collection of the National Historic Ships Register 核心收藏的国家历史船舶登 记 ----alongside HMS Belfast and SS Robi n.
• The first of the two ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae ,
• but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took the lead.
• It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home, but during the race she had a lot of bad luck.
• 3 ‘Sailing is one of the greatest sports there is.’ What do you think? What do you think young people can get from sailing?
THANKS!
• Cutty Sark was destined for the tea trade, then an intensely competitive race across the globe from China to London, with a substantial bonus to the ship to arrive with the first tea of the year.
Lesson 25 The Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark in dock, Greenwich - January 2005
• The Cutty Sark is a clipper ship高速 帆船.
• Built in 1869, she served as a merchant vessel 商船, and then as a training ship教练船 until being put on public display in 1954.
• In the most famous race against Thermopylae [θə'mɔpəli:] in 1872, both ships left Shanghai together on 18 June,
• but two weeks later Cutty Sark lost her rudder 船舵after passing through the Sunda Strait, and arrived in London on 18 October, a week afterThermopylae, a total passage of 122 days.