INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Worksheet Answer Key The Perfect Storm SEBASTIAN JUNGER 1 Student’s own answer. 2 LEETH RADTSHOF ETHEL SHATFORD CRHSI ERCTOT CHRIS COTTER YILBL NEYT BILLY TYNE ADLNI LEWEGNRA LINDA GREENLAW 3 Name Appearance Character Job Family Ethel Shatford not known is good / kind / generous works in the has six children—four Crow’s Nest sons and two daughters hotel Bobby Shatford light brown hair / thin is untidy / tries to behave fisherman is separated from his face / long, thin body responsibly towards his wife / has two children wife who live with their mother Chris Cotter attractive / early 40s / is untidy / is nervous and not known is divorced / has three red-blond hair / strong, worried about Bobby children narrow face being away fishing Dale Murphy huge man / thick, black is loving towards his son fisherman is divorced/ has an ex-wife hair / thin beard / looks / is thoughtful called Debra, and a three- like a bear year-old son called Dale Michael Moran long, wild hair sometimes behaves in a fisherman not known crazy way 4 Date (1991) Event People involved Place/Position September 20th Andrea Gail leaves port the crew of the Andrea Gloucester of Gloucester Gail and their families/friends September 27th Andrea Gail’s crew start the crew of the Andrea the Tail of the Banks fishing Gail October 6th message sent to Billy Tyne Billy Tyne / Albert Johnson the Tail of the Banks / telling him that he’ll 2 boats are 2 miles apart: receive information about the Andrea Gail and the the weather Mary T October 12th (approx.) the Andrea Gail knocked the crew of the Andrea the Tail of the Banks over by huge wave Gail October 19th (approx.) the Andrea Gail heads for Billy Tyne / Linda the Tail of the Banks the Flemish Cap, after Greenlaw getting fuel from the Hannah Boden / the ice machine is not working properly Macmillan Guided Readers • Moderns THE PERFECT STORM 1 This page has been downloaded from www.onestopenglish.com. 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Published by Macmillan Heinemann ELT Heinemann is a registered trademark of Reed Educational and Professional Publishing Limited INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Worksheet Answer Key October 24th the Andrea Gail hauls in the crew of the Andrea the Flemish Cap her fishing gear / the Gail / Billy Tyne / Albert captains of the Andrea Johnson Gail and the Mary T speak to each other on the radio October 25th the Andrea Gail heads for the crew of the Andrea heading south-west from Gloucester Gail / Billy Tyne the Flemish Cap October 26th the Andrea Gail enters the crew of the Andrea 44:25° degrees north, Canadian waters / a fax Gail / Linda Greenlaw 40:05° degrees west about an unusual weather system is sent to all fishing boats / a radio conversation between the Andrea Gail and the Hannah Boden the owner and the crew of Ray Leonard / Karen heading for the Great the Satori discuss the Stimpson / Sue Bylander South Channel between changing weather Georges Bank and Cape Cod October 27th another weather forecast the owner and the crew heading for the Great is received of the Satori South Channel between Georges Bank and Cape Cod October 28th the Andrea Gail is about the crew of the Andrea almost at the edge of the halfway home Gail / Billy Tyne Grand Banks another weather fax is meteorologists Boston—the U.S. National sent—a perfect storm has Weather Service been identified the last radio contact with Billy Tyne / Tommy Barrie the Andrea Gail is 130 the Andrea Gail miles east of Sable Island a disagreement about what Ray: untroubled / the Satori is at the north to do Karen: frightened end of the Great South Channel October 29th the perfect storm happens: everyone on the sea on west of Sable Island Hurricane Grace collides that day with the Sable Island storm and the Canadian cold front the Satori is in danger / Karen / Ray / Sue at the South end of Great the life raft is blown away South Channel at 39:49° / the Satori sends Mayday north and 69:52° west call Macmillan Guided Readers • Moderns THE PERFECT STORM 2 This page has been downloaded from www.onestopenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003. Published by Macmillan Heinemann ELT Heinemann is a registered trademark of Reed Educational and Professional Publishing Limited INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Worksheet Answer Key October 29th the Mayday call is heard / the captain of a large boat not known the Tamaroa and a jet plane are sent to find the U.S. Coast Guard at Cape Satori. The plane finds the Cod / Commander Satori Brudnicki on the Tamaroa October 30th a helicopter replaces the Ray / the helicopter pilot— the helicopter and the jet plane / Ray refuses to Claude Hessel / Tamaroa at 39:49° north be rescued and angers Commander Brudnicki and 69:52° west others rescue takes place using a Karen / Ray / Sue 39:49° north and 69:52° rescue swimmer and a Dave Moore—rescue west basket / the rescue raft swimmer sinks the Tamaroa rescues 4 Dave Ruvola / Graham the site of the crashed H60 crew members of the Buschor / Jim Mioli / John National Guard helicopter, crashed National Guard Spillane / Rick Smith approximately 70 miles helicopter—one man is (missing) / the captain of west of the position of the missing the Tamoroa and its crew Satori the friends and families of the Coast Guard Gloucester, Massachusett the crew of the Andrea Bob and Susan Brown / Cape Cod, Massachusetts Gail, the people of Chris Cotter / Ethel Gloucester and the Coast Shatford Guard discover that the Andrea Gail cannot be Linda Greenlaw/ Adam on board the Hannah contacted Randall Boden November 1st the Andrea Gail’s fuel Albert Johnson 100 miles southwest of drums are found Sable Island November 4th the Andrea Gail’s fuel the Canadian Coast Guard near Sable Island tank is found November 5th Andrea Gail’s EPIRB is the Canadian Coast Guard on the shore of Sable found—switched off Island November 6th a life raft with no one a Canadian pilot just off the coast of Nova inside it is found Scotia November 8th the search for the Andrea the U.S. and Canadian the search covered 116,000 Gail stops Coast Guards square miles of the Atlantic Ocean 5 Student’s own answer. 6 Student’s own answer. 7 Student’s own answer. 8 Student’s own answer. 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