Boat Types
1.canoe 2. ferry 3.freighter 4.barge 5.houseboat 6.cruise liner 7.sailboat
8.raft 9.motorboat 10.steamboat 11.galleon 12.warship
Story Of A Steamboat On The Mississippi
River
1) 3,730 km
(2,320 miles) 2) 10 states: Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and
Minnesota. 3) Mark Twain
1. half 2. transported 3. boats
4. of 5. people 6. days
7. captain 8. towns 9. played
10. sails 11. went 12. build
13. right 14. movies 15. current
16. country 17. true 18. showing
19. reason 20. dance 21. Big
22. down 23. way 24. live
Life on a Boat
Video segment:
1.T 2.F
(once every 2 or 3 days) 3.F (he dates but he doesn’t
commit to someone because of his lifestyle)
4.F
(it was his grandfather) 5.F (There’s always a way to
find money) 6.T 7.T
8.T 9.F (it was around Puerto
Rico) 10.F (fruits and vegetables) 11.F 12.T
Boat Idioms
I)
1.f 2.c 3.j
4.p 5.a 6.k
7.d 8.l 9.h
10.b 11.o 12.e
13.n 14.g 15.i
16.m
If you miss the boat, you miss a good opportunity by acting too slowly.
If you sail through something, you deal with it easily.
If you knock or take the wind out of somebody’s sails, you make them
less confident or humiliate them.
If you go overboard, you do too much or be extravagant.
If you are forced to walk the plank, you are in a bad situation that has
no solution and will suffer the consequences.
If you say “that ship has sailed”, you are clear that the time has
passed or the opportunity is lost.
If you say “that ship is in my harbor”, you grab the opportunity.
If you sail close to the wind, you are close to doing something illegal
or saying something improper.
If you are on a slow boat to China, you’re taking a long time to do or
get something.
If you are just off the boat, you are a newcomer or gullible and naive.
If you do whatever floats your boat, you do what makes you happy
If you burn your boats, you commit to a destination ahead or course.
If you rock the boat, you disturb a stable situation.
If you learn the ropes, you learn to do something new.
If you think or say ‘any port in a storm’, you accept any solution.
If you are in the same boat (as someone), you are in the same situation
or having the same problem.
II)
A. in the same B. off the C. Overboard
D. has sailed E. boat to China F. miss the boat G. rock the
H. the wind out I. in my harbor J. floats your K.your boats
L. the plank M. any port N. the ropes O. Through P. to the wind
Boat Crossword Puzzle
Across: 3.rowboat 5.boat 7.rudder
9.anchor 12.stern 13.ferry
14.mast
Down: 1.houseboat 2.harbor 4.captain 6.crew
8.overboard 10.cruise 11.raft
12.sails
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