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El Titanic

The Titanic · B1 Spanish story

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En abril de 1912 el Titanic salió de Inglaterra en su primer viaje a Nueva York.In April 1912 the Titanic left England on her first voyage to New York.

Era el barco más grande del mundo, y muchos creían que no podía hundirse.She was the largest ship in the world, and many believed she could not sink.

La cuarta noche, en el Atlántico Norte, chocó con un iceberg.On the fourth night, in the North Atlantic, she hit an iceberg.

El agua entró en el barco, y en menos de tres horas desapareció.Water came into the ship, and in less than three hours she disappeared.

No había suficientes botes salvavidas para todos.There were not enough lifeboats for everyone.

Más de 1500 personas perdieron la vida.More than 1,500 people lost their lives.

Los restos no se encontraron hasta 1985, a casi cuatro kilómetros de profundidad.The wreck was only found in 1985, almost four kilometers deep.

Words in this story

abril
April
salir
to go out
primer
first
viaje
trip
ser
to be
barco
ship
más
more; most
grande
big
mundo
world
mucho
many; a lot of
creer
to believe; to think
no
not; no
poder
can; to be able to
hundir
hundirse: to sink
cuarto
fourth
noche
night; evening
norte
north
chocar
to hit; to crash
iceberg
iceberg
agua
water
entrar
to enter; to get in
menos
less
hora
hour
desaparecer
to disappear
no
not; no
haber
hay = there is / there are
suficiente
enough
bote
small boat
salvavidas
lifesaving; bote salvavidas: lifeboat
más
more; most
persona
person
perder
to lose
vida
life
resto
remains
encontrar
to find
casi
almost
kilómetro
kilometer
profundidad
depth

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