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Titanic's legacy in Northern Ireland lingers on

Mark Simpson - BBC Ireland Correspondent

Titanic has replaced the Troubles in Northern Ireland as the new T-word that everyone is talking about.

 

  Some believe there has been too much Titanic talk, and that the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Belfast-built ship has been driven by commercial interests rather than respect for the dead. From crisps to beer to tea-towels to ice-cube makers, there is no shortage of Titanic-themed gifts to buy in Belfast. Cynics call it Titanic tat. There is a thin line between embracing the Titanic legacy in Belfast and exploiting it. However, few people who watched the opening of the Titanic Memorial Garden at Belfast City Hall could argue that it was not dignified and reverential. The oceanographer who discovered Titanic, Prof. Robert Ballard, said after the service: "There is no other place I would rather be on this historic day than here in Belfast."

  There is no doubt that the nine-metre wide Titanic memorial plinth, with the names of the 1,512 victims stretched across it in bronze lettering, is a powerful symbol of the enormity of the disaster. Listed in alphabetical order - from Mr. Anthony Abbing to Mr. Leo Zimmermann - the victims are not ranked in terms of class or rank. The rich, the famous, the captain, the crew, the musicians, the young and the old are simply put together in one long list, set in stone. [...]

  What the owners of the visitor attraction are desperately hoping is that the T-word does not go out of fashion in Belfast, and that in two years' time - even ten years' time - the Titanic is still the talk of the town.

It has already attracted tourists from across the world, but it needs to keep doing so. There is a danger of the novelty wearing off.

  

Northern Ireland has battled hard to change its international image. It wants to be known across the globe for tourism rather than terrorism. What has been striking about how the Titanic anniversary has been handled in Belfast is the absence of any significant political controversy. Politicians on all sides have worked together. They have actively avoided controversy. At the various commemorative events, unionists and republicans have sat together. Literally and metaphorically, they have been singing off the same hymn sheet.

Available at:< http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland> (Adapted) April 15th, 2012.

Glossary

Hymn: a song of praise that Christians sing to God.

Plinth: square block or slab on which a column or statue stands.

Tat: (informal) anything which looks cheap, is of low quality or in bad condition.

The Troubles: the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland, beginning in 1969.

Wear off: (cause sth to) disappear or be removed gradually.

Mark the INCORRECT answer according to the text:

Titanic's legacy in Northern Ireland lingers on

Mark Simpson - BBC Ireland Correspondent

Titanic has replaced the Troubles in Northern Ireland as the new T-word that everyone is talking about.

 

  Some believe there has been too much Titanic talk, and that the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Belfast-built ship has been driven by commercial interests rather than respect for the dead. From crisps to beer to tea-towels to ice-cube makers, there is no shortage of Titanic-themed gifts to buy in Belfast. Cynics call it Titanic tat. There is a thin line between embracing the Titanic legacy in Belfast and exploiting it. However, few people who watched the opening of the Titanic Memorial Garden at Belfast City Hall could argue that it was not dignified and reverential. The oceanographer who discovered Titanic, Prof. Robert Ballard, said after the service: "There is no other place I would rather be on this historic day than here in Belfast."

  There is no doubt that the nine-metre wide Titanic memorial plinth, with the names of the 1,512 victims stretched across it in bronze lettering, is a powerful symbol of the enormity of the disaster. Listed in alphabetical order - from Mr. Anthony Abbing to Mr. Leo Zimmermann - the victims are not ranked in terms of class or rank. The rich, the famous, the captain, the crew, the musicians, the young and the old are simply put together in one long list, set in stone. [...]

  What the owners of the visitor attraction are desperately hoping is that the T-word does not go out of fashion in Belfast, and that in two years' time - even ten years' time - the Titanic is still the talk of the town.

It has already attracted tourists from across the world, but it needs to keep doing so. There is a danger of the novelty wearing off.

  

Northern Ireland has battled hard to change its international image. It wants to be known across the globe for tourism rather than terrorism. What has been striking about how the Titanic anniversary has been handled in Belfast is the absence of any significant political controversy. Politicians on all sides have worked together. They have actively avoided controversy. At the various commemorative events, unionists and republicans have sat together. Literally and metaphorically, they have been singing off the same hymn sheet.

Available at:< http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland> (Adapted) April 15th, 2012.

Glossary

Hymn: a song of praise that Christians sing to God.

Plinth: square block or slab on which a column or statue stands.

Tat: (informal) anything which looks cheap, is of low quality or in bad condition.

The Troubles: the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland, beginning in 1969.

Wear off: (cause sth to) disappear or be removed gradually.

Judge the following sentences and mark the correct answer:

I. Because of the success of the film Titanic 3D, premièred first in Belfast, people couldn\'t find or buy the so called Titanic tat.
II. We can say that the expression \'lingers on\', in the title of the text, indicates that the Titanic, a famous big ship built more than a century ago, is still profitable to Belfast.
III. Most of the people who watched the opening of the Titanic Memorial Garden at Belfast City Hall were able to discern between commercial interests and respect for the dead while Prof. Robert Ballard wasn\'t.
IV. The way the names of the victims are listed on the plinth shows the privileges of one social class upon the others.
V. It is noticeable that the Titanic anniversary has helped decrease controversy among politicians.

Mark the CORRECT answer, according to the comics:

Mark the CORRECT sentence according to the ad:

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D. H. Lawrence

 

  There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to dust. She had bonny children, yet she felt they had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them. They looked at her coldly, as if they were finding fault with her. And hurriedly she felt she must cover up some fault in herself. Yet what it was that she must cover up she never knew. Nevertheless, when her children were present, she always felt the centre of her heart go hard. This troubled her, and in her manner she was all the more gentle and anxious for her children, as if she loved them very much. Only she herself knew that at the centre of her heart was a hard little place that could not feel love, no, not for anybody. Everybody else said of her: "She is such a good mother. She adores her children." Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew it was not so. They read it in each other's eyes. There were a boy and two little girls. They lived in a pleasant house, with a garden, and they had discreet servants, and felt themselves superior to anyone in the neighbourhood.

  Although they lived in style, they felt always an anxiety in the house. There was never enough money. The mother had a small income, and the father had a small income, but not nearly enough for the social position which they had to keep up. The father went into town to some office. But though he had good prospects, these prospects never materialised. There was always the grinding sense of the shortage of money, though the style was always kept up.

  At last the mother said: "I will see if I can't make something." But she did not know where to begin. She racked her brains, and tried this thing and the other, but could not find anything successful. The failure made deep lines come into her face. Her children were growing up, they would have to go to school. There must be more money, there must be more money. The father, who was always very handsome and expensive in his tastes, seemed as if he never would be able to do anything worth doing. And the mother, who had a great belief in herself, did not succeed any better, and her tastes were just as expensive.

  And so the house came to be haunted by the unspoken phrase: There must be more money! There must be more money! The children could hear it all the time though nobody said it aloud. They heard it at Christmas, when the expensive and splendid toys filled the nursery. Behind the shining modern rocking-horse, behind the smart doll's house, a voice would start whispering: "There must be more money! There must be more money!" […]

Available at: <http://www.dowse.com/fiction/Lawrence.html > (adapted) April 24th, 2012.

The sentence that describes the relationship between the mother and her kids is: