The Reading / Listening - Cruise Ship - Level 1

The largest cruise ship ever set sail last week from Florida. It is 362 metres long, has 18 decks, and room for 6,988 guests. The "Wonder of the Seas" is from the company Royal Caribbean. Its passengers are enjoying a cruise of the Caribbean. The company spoke to CNN. It said: "We're excited to introduce guests across the world to Wonder of the Seas and its world-class features." It said it wanted to "create something truly awe-inspiring".

It took three years to build the ship. It weighs 237,000 tons, and is as long as the Empire State Building is high. It is 306 metres* longer than the Titanic, but the Titanic was 1.8kph faster. The ship has eight different "neighbourhoods" that will give guests different experiences. It also has 20 restaurants, four swimming pools, a water park, a basketball court, an ice-skating rink, a surf simulator, a 1400-seat theatre, and 13-metre rock-climbing walls.

* Error: This should be 93 meters.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Cruise Ship - Level 0,  Cruise Ship - Level 2   or  Cruise Ship - Level 3

Sources
  • https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-largest-ship-wonder-of-the-seas-delivered/index.html
  • https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/02/22/wonder-of-the-seas-worlds-largest-cruise-ship-to-sail-with-passengers-for-first-time/
  • https://www.cruisehive.com/the-worlds-largest-cruise-ship-arrives-in-the-us-for-the-first-time/66343


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Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. The largest cruise ship ever set
  2. room for 6,988
  3. from the company
  4. Its passengers are
  5. The company spoke
  6. introduce guests across
  7. world-
  8. create something truly
  1. awe-inspiring
  2. Royal Caribbean
  3. sail last week
  4. the world
  5. class features
  6. to CNN
  7. guests
  8. enjoying a cruise

Paragraph 2

  1. It took three years to
  2. It weighs
  3. It is 306 metres longer
  4. the Titanic was 1.8kph
  5. give guests different
  6. an ice-skating
  7. a 1400-seat
  8. 13-metre rock-
  1. 237,000 tons
  2. theatre
  3. faster
  4. experiences
  5. climbing walls
  6. than the Titanic
  7. build the ship
  8. rink

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The largest (1) ___________________ set sail last week from Florida. It is 362 metres long, (2) ___________________, and room for 6,988 guests. The "Wonder of the Seas" is from the company Royal Caribbean. Its (3) ___________________ a cruise of the Caribbean. The (4) ___________________ CNN. It said: "We're excited to introduce guests across the world to Wonder of the Seas and its (5) ___________________." It said it wanted to "create something (6) ___________________".

It took three years to (7) ___________________. It weighs 237,000 tons, and is (8) ___________________ the Empire State Building is high. It is 306 metres longer than the Titanic, but the Titanic was 1.8kph faster. The (9) ___________________ different "neighbourhoods" that will (10) ___________________ experiences. It also has 20 restaurants, four swimming pools, a water park, a basketball court, an (11) ___________________, a surf simulator, a 1400-seat theatre, and 13-metre (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

ThelargestcruiseshipeversetsaillastweekfromFlorida.Itis362metres
long,has18decks,androomfor6,988guests.The"WonderoftheSeas"i
sfromthecompanyRoyalCaribbean.Itspassengersareenjoyingacruis
eoftheCaribbean.ThecompanyspoketoCNN.Itsaid:"We'reexcitedtoi
ntroduceguestsacrosstheworldtoWonderoftheSeasanditsworld-cla
ssfeatures."Itsaiditwantedto"createsomethingtrulyawe-inspiring".I
ttookthreeyearstobuildtheship.Itweighs237,000tons,andisaslonga
stheEmpireStateBuildingishigh.Itis306metreslongerthantheTitanic,
buttheTitanicwas1.8kphfaster.Theshiphaseightdifferent"neighbour
hoods"thatwillgiveguestsdifferentexperiences.Italsohas20restaura
nts,fourswimmingpools,awaterpark,abasketballcourt,anice-skat
ingrink,asurfsimulator,a1400-seattheatre,and13-metrerock-cli
mbingwalls.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

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Free writing

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Answers

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