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Sea anchor, sextant and some real pictures

Boom, Mast, stern and parts  Crest For sea-anchor:   https://youtu.be/RZAHZphZca8 Sextant / ˈsɛkst(ə)nt / Learn to pronounce noun noun:  sextant ; plural noun:  sextants an instrument with a graduated arc of 60° and a sighting mechanism, used for measuring the angular distances between objects and especially for taking altitudes in navigation and surveying. Origin late 16th century (denoting the sixth part of a circle): from Latin  sextans ,  sextant-  ‘sixth part’, from  sextus  ‘sixth’. A  sextant  is a doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects. The primary  use  of a sextant  is to measure the angle between an astronomical object and the horizon for the purposes of celestial navigation. THE REAL PICTURES : The wavewalker: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/gloucestershire/hi/people_and_places/...

We are not afraid to die... Question and answer

Page No 13: Question 1: Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context. honing our seafaring skills ominous silence Mayday calls pinpricks in the vast ocean a tousled head ANSWER: honing our seafaring skills:  this refers to the efforts made by the author and his wife, to perfect or sharpen their seafaring skills. ominous silence:  the silence here refers to an impending danger. Mayday calls:  Mayday calls are radio-telephonic words which signal aircrafts or ships stuck in a disastrous situation. pinpricks in the vast ocean:  this phrase expresses the search for two small islands in the vast ocean. a tousled head:  this refers to hair in disarray or the disarranged hair of the author’s son, Jonathan Page No 18: Question 1: List the steps taken by the captain (i)  to protect the ship when rough weather began. (ii)  to check the flooding of the water in the ship. ...

We’re Not afraid to Die—If We Can All Be Together summary

We’re Not afraid to Die Summary Class 11th English We’re Not afraid to Die—If We Can All Be Together Summary by Gordon Cook and Alan East The story, ‘We’re Not afraid to Die-if We Can All Be Together’ is a story of extreme courage and skill exhibited by Gordon Cook, his family and crewmen in a war with water and waves for survival. In July 197 6, the narrator, his wife Mary, son Jonathan and daughter Suzanne set sail from Plymouth, England to duplicate the round-the world voyage made 200 years earlier by Captain James Cook. They took the voyage in their professionally built ship, the Wavewalker, accompanied by two experienced sailors – Larry Vigil, an American and Herb Seigler, a Swiss, to tackle one of the world’s roughest seas – the Southern Indian Ocean. The first part of the journey, that is, about 105,000 kilometres up to Cape Town passed off very, pleasantly. On the second day out of Cape Town, -they began to encounter strong gales. Gales did not worry t...

Artists from a commerce class..

Drawing activity on the subject of  "The Horse on Hind Legs" inspired from the 1st chapter of Snapshots  " The Summer of The Beautiful White Horse"    Vraj attempted the drawing in a very unique style and though he didn't won any prize, this is my favorite among all.. Keep it up Vraj Zaky drew a replica of the illustration in the text book and its so good that  he was the first choice of all the voters...  Diya has blended the colors so well and the cowboy, the motion in the picture ,the speed ,the action, its almost tangible..    Aryan got this one so perfect for once we all thought he might have just downloaded it n send us ..but we were wrong....so perfect ★★★ By Amruta Hublikar By Amruta Hublikar By Prajakta Jeurkar By Swayam Mistri

Irregular verbs

Irregular verb forms Infintive Simple Past Past Participle arise arose Arisen awake awoke  awoken be was / were Been bear bore born(e) beat beat Beaten become became become begin began Begun bet bet bet bid bade (bid) bidden (bid) bite bit bitten bleed bled bled break broke broken bring brought brought build built built burn burnt (burned) burnt (burned) buy bought bought can could could catch caught caught choose chose chosen ...