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Vocabulary: Boats (Rainbow Warrior)

Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization. Their boat is 'The Rainbow Warrior'.

According to Greenpeace, the Rainbow Warrior’s name is taken from a North American Indian prophecy -

“There would come a time when the Earth would be ravaged, the seas blackened, the streams poisoned and the birds fall from the sky.
Just before it was too late, people of all races and creeds would band together to become Warriors of the Rainbow
and return the Earth to its natural beauty and harmony'.

Let's have a look at the photo and learn new words (double-click on words you don't know):

mast

voile

sailing boat

hull

anchor

to cast anchor

to weigh anchor

to sink (sank, sunk)

war

warrior

warship

fleet

rain

raindrop

rainbow

rainforest

raincoat

rainwater

bow	bow	to bow	bow	bow and arrow
arc	archet	s'incliner	noeud	arc et flèche

Greenpeace fleet

The Rainbow Warrior III	The Arctic sunrise	The Esperanza

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The most recent ship is the Rainbow Warrior III. The first two were brown. This one has a green
You can see a white dove on it, which is the symbol of , and the striking colours of the .
The Rainbow Warrior III has three . It is a vessel but it has a motor to help it when needed.
In 1985, the Rainbow Warrior I in Aukland Harbour. It has become a living reef, attracting marine life.

The rainbow is a familiar sight when the sun is shining and it is .
It is caused by the refractions of light through .

In 1666, Newton explained this phenomenon using a glass prism.

Robin Hood and his 'Merry Men' lived in a forest. They fought with propelled by .

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