We Are Not Afraid To Die...... Class 11 CBSE

By Rakshnna Nandhakumar

1. We Are Not Afraid To Die …… Rakshnna Nandhakumar 11 B

2. AUTHORS - Gordon Cook Alan East Gordon Cook  (born December 3, 1978, in  Toronto ) is a two-time Canadian Olympic sailor. He sails for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. He is the son of computer scientist  Stephen Cook . [1] Cook is a graduate of the Engineering Physics program at  Queen's University . At Queen's University, he also met his 2008 Olympic team partner  Ben Remocker , where they were members of the university sailing team. Cook and Remocker became the first Canadians to sail a 49er in an Olympic Regatta at the  2008 Beijing Olympics , where they finished 14th. In 2009 Cook partnered up with West Vancouver sailor  Hunter Lowden  and the two campaigned together for the 2012 Olympic games. While Cook and Lowden did not make the first round of qualifications at the 2011 ISAF worlds in December 2011 they did qualify at the 2012 49er worlds in Croatia making Cook the only person ever to represent Canada twice in the 49er Class at the Olympic Games. Cook and Lowden came third in the first race of the 49er class in the  2012 Olympic games ,but did not qualify for the medal race. 20XX 2

3. INTRODUCTION Gordon Cook  (born December 3, 1978, in  Toronto ) is a two-time Canadian Olympic sailor. He sails for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. He is the son of computer scientist  Stephen Cook . [1] Cook is a graduate of the Engineering Physics program at  Queen's University . At Queen's University, he also met his 2008 Olympic team partner  Ben Remocker , where they were members of the university sailing team. Cook and Remocker became the first Canadians to sail a 49er in an Olympic Regatta at the  2008 Beijing Olympics , where they finished 14th. In 2009 Cook partnered up with West Vancouver sailor  Hunter Lowden  and the two campaigned together for the 2012 Olympic games. While Cook and Lowden did not make the first round of qualifications at the 2011 ISAF worlds in December 2011 they did qualify at the 2012 49er worlds in Croatia making Cook the only person ever to represent Canada twice in the 49er Class at the Olympic Games. Cook and Lowden came third in the first race of the 49er class in the  2012 Olympic games , [2]  but did not qualify for the medal race. 20XX 3

4. 20XX 4 The whole family started sailing from Plymouth, England on July 1976. The initial phase of the three-year-long journey was from Africa to Cape Town. It was pleasant . While heading east , along with two newly hired crewmen, strong waves hit them and their survival became a question. The story tells us about how they fought each day and survival till the end .

5. Ship Terminology/ Nautical Jargon 20XX 5

6. EXPLAINATION 20XX 6

7. 20XX 7 WORDS TO REMEMBER Voyage – a long journey by sea or space Leisure – free time Seafaring – regularly traveling by sea Honing – sharpen, improving Seafaring – regularly traveling by sea Honing our seafaring skills –improving the skills required to travel by sea Wooden-hulled – a watertight body of a ship Mast – a tall upright structure on a boat or ship Gales – A very strong wind Atrocious -bad; of a very poor quality Gigantic – huge; of a big size Jib – a triangular staysail set forward the mast in a ship Knots – a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, used especially of ships, aircraft, or winds Enormous – a very large size Lashed – to hit with a lot of force Mooring – the ropes, chains, or anchors by or to which a boat, ship, or buoy is moored Loop – a shape produced that bends round and crosses bent Stern – the back part of a ship or a boat Donned – put on, wore Oilskins – heavy cotton cloth waterproofed with oil

8. 20XX 8 Ominous silence – unpleasant or threatening silence Aft – near the stern of the ship Frightful – very unpleasant or shocking Crest – reach the top of a wave Impending – about to happen Capsizing – be overturned in the water Hurled – throw with a great force Taut – stretched or pulled tightly Boom – pole that controls the angle and shape of the sail Scrambled – climb claw one’s way Hatch – door Timbers – wood board used in building of a ship Starboard – side of a ship which is on the right side when one is facing forward Bulged – swell Sloshed – move through liquid with a splashing sound. Bashed – strike hard; h it reflected: turned aside Canvas – a strong unbleached cloth Debris – rubbish Wrenched – pull suddenly, removed Forestay – a rope to support ship’s foremast Dinghies – a small boat for recreation with mast or sail

9. 20XX 9 Smashed – badly broken Keel – steel structure along the base of the ship Pinpricks – a prick caused by a pin Pinpricks in the vast ocean – the two small islands in the vast ocean were very tiny like the prick caused by a pin Abated – something unpleasant to become less intense Auxiliary engine – small secondary engine used to board ships to operate a windlass in the ship Rigging – the ropes and wires supporting the structure of the ship Hull – the framework of the vessel Respite – a short period of rest Deteriorate – get worse Heave to – to raise or lift with effort Paraffin – colorless flammable oil liquid Sextant – an instrument with graduated arc of 60 degrees for taking altitudes and navigation Caricatures – picture of a person; cartoon Tousled head – disarranged hair of the narrator’s son, Jonathan Bunk – bed Dozed off – went off to sleep Bleak – an area of land lacking vegetation, Stark – sharply defined Anchored- moor a ship to the sea some distance from the shore Ashore – on the shore of the land Optimistic – hopeful and confident

10. CONCLUSION 20XX 10 To sum up, we are not afraid to die if we can all be together summary, we can say the collective power of unity and the never-failing confidence of the sailors made it possible for them to survive and come out from the jaws of death…….

11. THANK YOU 20XX 11