Article Title:
'Dramatic and tragic' scene off Tuscan coast
Date Published: 14th January 2012
Date Accessed: 14th January 2012
The cruise ship Costa Concordia, that departed from the Italian port of Civitavecchia. crashed just a few hours after its departure. More than 4000 passengers and crew members were on board as the ship began to sink near the island of Giglio. The distress signal was sent by the ship and immediately, coat guards launched rescue ships and helicopters. The efforts of the rescuers was hampered by the angle at which the ship was tilted. Most of the passengers escaped without any harm in lifeboats. Surprisingly, the captain was amongst the first to leave the ship not waiting for all the passengers to be evacuated. All the people had not been evacuated and rescue was still in the way. This issue has petrified the passengers who are still being rescued. Some people have still not been found and rescue agents collaborating with coast guards are working very hard.
Accidents in todays world are the most common thing. These may be road, rail or air. But water accidents have again resurfaced as a major issue. The accidents that take place in the sea are caused due to the negligence of the captain, some unseen disaster or obstructions in the way of the ship. Thus there is no mode of transportation that is completely safe. The crash of the Costa Concordia has again led to question that is sea travel safe. The ship authorities all over the world have throughout the last few decades created an image that portrays ship travel as one of the safest modes of transportation. However the accident near Giglio has again inserted the seed of fear within the heart of many people. Now the big question is that how can ships avert the boulders and icebergs in their path. Will any new technology be invented for that. We have to wait and see.
VOCABULARY
distress
extreme anxiety or sorrow
ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Frenchdestresce (noun), destrecier (verb), based onLatin distringere ‘stretch apart.’
Seeing the distress signal in the lone island, the coastguards immediately sent a boat to see what is going on.
hampered
hinder or impede the movement or progress of
ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense‘shackle, entangle, catch’): perhaps related to German hemmen ‘restrain.’
Steve's health problems hampered his carrier as a tennis player.
resurfaced
come out of hiding or obscurity
The issue of poverty resurfaced in the United States of America after the great depression.
The cruise ship Costa Concordia, that departed from the Italian port of Civitavecchia. crashed just a few hours after its departure. More than 4000 passengers and crew members were on board as the ship began to sink near the island of Giglio. The distress signal was sent by the ship and immediately, coat guards launched rescue ships and helicopters. The efforts of the rescuers was hampered by the angle at which the ship was tilted. Most of the passengers escaped without any harm in lifeboats. Surprisingly, the captain was amongst the first to leave the ship not waiting for all the passengers to be evacuated. All the people had not been evacuated and rescue was still in the way. This issue has petrified the passengers who are still being rescued. Some people have still not been found and rescue agents collaborating with coast guards are working very hard.
Accidents in todays world are the most common thing. These may be road, rail or air. But water accidents have again resurfaced as a major issue. The accidents that take place in the sea are caused due to the negligence of the captain, some unseen disaster or obstructions in the way of the ship. Thus there is no mode of transportation that is completely safe. The crash of the Costa Concordia has again led to question that is sea travel safe. The ship authorities all over the world have throughout the last few decades created an image that portrays ship travel as one of the safest modes of transportation. However the accident near Giglio has again inserted the seed of fear within the heart of many people. Now the big question is that how can ships avert the boulders and icebergs in their path. Will any new technology be invented for that. We have to wait and see.
VOCABULARY
distress
extreme anxiety or sorrow
ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Frenchdestresce (noun), destrecier (verb), based onLatin distringere ‘stretch apart.’
Seeing the distress signal in the lone island, the coastguards immediately sent a boat to see what is going on.
hampered
hinder or impede the movement or progress of
ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense‘shackle, entangle, catch’): perhaps related to German hemmen ‘restrain.’
Steve's health problems hampered his carrier as a tennis player.
resurfaced
come out of hiding or obscurity
The issue of poverty resurfaced in the United States of America after the great depression.
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