This is the most famous shipwreck in the world. Her name´s Thistlegorm , a British vessel sank by the Germans in II WW near Sharm el sheik, Egypt. Cousteau discoverded it in the 60s, but he didn´t say anything. it wasn´t until the 90s that two divers rediscovered her by chance . As you can see it contained motorbikes, lorries, cars, ammunition and many other things. the experience is a true adrenaline rush . If you like diving you shouldn´t miss this shipwreck.EL VISITANTE
Tal vez había estado enfermo muchos años
o en prisión, o en otro país
cuya tierra aún llevaba incrustada
en las suelas de sus botas. Con sombrero de piel
y grueso abrigo, arrastraba los pies por caminos embarrados,
contemplaba las ventanas iluminadas, trataba de entender
las señales de las calles: todo era familiar y no lo era,
como si las mismas moléculas en el aire hubiesen cambiado.
Lloraba en los portales, conversaba con sombras,
intentaba eludir los espectros, y entonces un día
¡desapareció! "Tan de repente como apareció", dijo la gente.
Tal vez regresó a aquel otro sitio...
Quiero decir aquel de donde tal vez vino.
("The Visitor" se halla incluido en The Journey, 1992, de David H. Rosenthal.
Traducción: J.O.)
David H. Rosenthal (1945 - 1995) was an American autor , poet, editor, and translator. He wrote mostly on the history of jazzmusic and was also an important translator of Portuguese and Catalan literature. He was my best friend´s partner for quite a long time. I first met him when they were living happily together in Barcelona; soon after he was diagnosed an illness and went to the USA for treatment, unluckily he died and left my friend Mª Luisa in grief.
NB2
Test. Unit 1 . Here you have the TEST, ANSWERS and AUDIO 1 and AUDIO 2 . An extra listening and reading.
NI2
- Test . Unit 1.Here you have the TEST, ANSWERS , AUDIO1 and AUDIO2
- Reading: St.B.p.14 . We checked the answers to the reading which was about British and american humour.
- A photocopy of PHRASAL VERBS for homework.The answers are HERE