READING - "TITANIC"

... , the Titanic went from Southampton, in England, to Cork, in Ireland.  Then, she (ships in English are feminine) went towards New York.
There were 2,207 people on the ship.  They were plenty of happiness and excitement.  But only for four days!

On the night of 14 April, the weather was good and the sea was calm.  There were thousands of stars in the night sky although it was extremely cold.  Passengers were into their rooms, listening to music or talking.

Higher up in the ship, two sailors were looking out at the sea.  At 11.40 p.m., one of them saw something in front of the ship.  It was white and very big.
"Iceberg!" "Iceberg!" he said on the phone.  "There is an iceberg in front of the ship!"

For 37 seconds, nothing happened but the iceberg was coming nearer and nearer.  It was a huge iceberg, its weight was a million tons of ice!
The Titanic, one of the fastest ships in the world, went towards it at 40 kilometres an hour. 
The ship went left and the iceberg went along the right of the ship.  A noise was heard and the ship moved a little.  Some ice was on the deck.  Some passengers laughed and played with the ice. They thought that it was nothing serious.

However, down in the third class rooms, the iceberg made a lot of noise and water came into the passengers' rooms.
"What's happening?"
"What's wrong?"

TO BE CONTINUED...