EVA:
This is second class. My father has a small business.
We’re not rich enough for first class.
MAGGIE:
But it’s so fancy here. You even have your own
library!
EVA:
It’s pretty nice. But we were supposed to have first-
class tickets on another ship.
MAGGIE:
What happened?
EVA:
That ship didn’t have enough coal. So, we got tickets
for the
Titanic
. My father is happy about it. He said
everyone is talking about this ship.
Vocabulary
bunk
(BUHNGK) bed
steerage
(STEER-ij) the area
closest to the bottom of the ship
FLASH FACT!
The last supper served to
the first-class passengers
consisted of 11 courses.
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