The Cutty Sark
The Cutty Sark is a British clipper. She was built in Glasgow on the River Clyde in Scotland in 1869. She was used for transporting cargo between Great Britain and Australia. She mainly carried tea, coal, wool, jute, and castor oil.
At her height, the Cutty Sark was one of the fastest clippers in the world. She won many prizes for speed!
In 1895, her days of sailing were over and she became a training ship for naval cadets.
Nowadays, the Cutty Sark is a museum ship and can be seen and visited in Greenwich, London.
The ship was named after the witch in Tam O'Shanter, a famous poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.
Vocabulary – Wortschatz - Szokincs
carried (to carry/carried/carried) - transportieren /fördern - szallitas
castor oil – Rizinusöl - ricinusöl
clipper – Klipper - gyorsvitorlas
coal – Kohle - szen
height – Höhepunkt - tetopont
jute – Jute - jute
mainly – hauptsächlich -föleg
nowadays – Heutzutage - mostanaban
poem – Gedicht - vers
poet – Dichter - költö
speed - Geschwindigkeit - sebesseg
Transporting – fördern - szallitas
witch – Hexe - boszorkany
wool – Wohle - gyapju
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