Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema（Reading—The Steamboat）

step 6 read to transfer informationyou are to read the text once again to complete the table with necessary information from it.

clues in the story of the steamboatparagraph 1a steamboat had hit a rock and was half in and half out of the water. we were sailing straight towards it.paragraph 2“it looks as if it'll go under soon,” jim said, after a couple of minutes.paragraph 3“let's go and take a look,” i said.paragraph 4climbing on to the steamboat, we heard someone shout，"oh please boys, don't kill me！i won't tell anybody!”paragraph 5a man's angry voice answered, “you're lying. you said that last time. we're going to kill you”.paragraph 6i could see two men standing over a man lying on the floor, tied up with rope. paragraph 7“i'm going to shoot you now," the taller one with a gun in his hand said. paragraph 8"no, don't do that," said the shorter one. "let's leave him here. the steamboat will sink in a couple of hours and he'll go down with it.”paragraph 9l thought. “i have to find a way to save him!”paragraph 10"we must find their boat and take it away, then they'll have to stay here," i said to jim.paragraph 11and then we found the men’s boat tired to the other side of the steamboat.step 7 closing down by learning about steamboatsa steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a boat or vessel that is propelled by steam power driving a propeller or paddlewheel. the term steamboat is usually used to refer to smaller steam-powered boats working on lakes and rivers, particularly riverboats in the usa; steamship generally refers to steam powered ships capable of carrying a (ship's) boat. nuclear powered ships and submarines use steam to drive turbines, but are not referred to as steamships or steamboats. screw-driven steamships generally carry the ship prefix "ss" before their names, or "ts" where powered by a steam turbine. paddle steamers have the prefix "ps". the term steamer is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for diesel motor driven vessels, prefix "mv".

additional materialscomplete the article with one word in each blank:“let's go and take a __1___ ,” i said. "oh please boys, don't kill me！i won't tell anybody!” i ___2__ a short man say. “you're lying. you said that last __3___. we're going to kill you,” another man said. “i've had __4___ of you. i'm going to shoot you now," this man __5___. "no, don't do that," said the short man. "let's leave __6___ here. the steamboat will sink in a couple of hours and he'll __7___ down with it.” "he sounds as if he's going to die of __8___!" l thought. “i have to find a way to save him!” "we __9___ find their boat and take it away, then they'll have to __10___ here," i said. jim looked terrified. "i'm not staying here,” he said.