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
Discuss the following questions with your partner. What difference did you notice between the reaction of the children and the adults when faced with danger?
We have come across words like `gale’ and `storm’ in the account. Here are two more words for `storm’: typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for `storm’?
The following words used in the text as ship terminology are also commonly used in another sense. In what contexts would you use the other meaning?
Knot, Stern, Boom, Hatch, Anchor
The following are the meanings listed in the dictionary against the phrase 'take on'. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account?
