Mrs. Mitchell's story (English exercise n°17607 - Please quote this number when contacting us)Mrs. Mitchell's story La bataille des Dardanelles Le détroit des Dardanelles relie la mer Egée à la mer de Marmara séparant la Turquie d'Asie de la Péninsule de Gallipoli située en Turquie d'Europe.Gallipoli est une ville de cette péninsule , au bord du détroit, non loin de l'endroit où celui-ci rejoint la mer de Marmara. La possession du détroit des Dardanelles, comme de celui du Bosphore, permet le contrôle des liaisons maritimes entre la mer Méditerranée et la mer Noire. Sa position stratégique en a fait l'enjeu de nombreux conflits au cours des temps. Pendant la première guerre mondiale les alliés organisèrent une expédition afin de prendre la capitale ottomane de Constantinople et d'écarter les turcs du conflit. La bataille maritime dans le détroit se solda par de nombreuses pertes en hommes et en navires. Le 25 avril 1915 les alliés débarquèrent à Gallipoli. La bataille sur terre fut un échec. Cette expédition ratée coûta la vie à près de 200 000 soldats de l'armée britannique provenant pour la plupart d'Australie et de Nouvelle Zélande. Daily Telegraph Reporter Mrs Sheila Mitchell an 86-year-old great-grandmother, returned to her home in Edinburgh over the weekend after diving 60 fathoms (360ft) in a mini-submarine to see the wreck of the 48,158-ton liner Britannic from which she escaped when it was torpedoed in the Aegean Sea 60 years ago. The liner, sister-ship of the ill-fated Titanic, had been converted into a hospital ship and was on its way to pick up British Servicemen wounded at Gallipoli. Mrs Mitchell, then a nurse in her mid-twenties, was one of the 1,060 passengers, doctors, nurses and crew of the ship which sank with the loss of about 50 lives. Mrs Mitchell spent three hours in a lifeboat before being picked up by a British destroyer, and resumed her wartime nursing service. In July this year Jacques Cousteau, filming the bed of the Aegean, discovered the sunken liner and appealed to survivors to contact him. Mrs Mitchell was the only one who responded.At her home yesterday 'tired but feeling ten years younger' she said: 'I went down in the underwater craft and stayed for one-and-a-half hour. We went round the ship and I saw where the torpedo had struck'. Cdr Cousteau said:'Mrs Mitchell forced our admiration, she dived 60 fathoms down, 60 years after the disaster and gained instantly the warm affection of all the team'. The Daily Telegraph, October 18, 1976English exercise "Mrs. Mitchell's story" created by lili73 (10-03-2007) with The test builderClick here to see the current stats of this English test1. When was the article published? 197619701980 2. How long is a fathom? 0.5m4m1.8m 3. Why did the ship sink? It was shelledIt was torpedoedIt met land mines 4. Where is Gallipoli located? In AsiaIn AfricaIn Europe 5. Who was Sheila Mitchell ? a crew membera nursea doctor 6. How old was S. Mitchell when the liner sank ? 322026 7. How many people disappeared in the disaster ? 70none50 8. When did J. Cousteau discover the sunken liner ? January 1976December 1976July 1976 9. Where did the scene take place ? In the Dardanelles straightIn the Marmara seaIn the Aegean sea 10. How long did she stay in the mini-submarine ? one hour and a halftwo hourshalf an hour End of the free exercise to learn English: Mrs. Mitchell's story (01.11.2008 15:48)A free English exercise to learn English.Other English exercises on the same topic | All our lessons and exercises