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This is the result of a project carried out in the English class. It consisted in reading some information on the Web in English about what happened in Galicia in November when an oil tanker called "Prestige" sank near the Spanish coast. Students in 4º C have answered some questions about this incident and written a composition about it. Bellow you have some of their final compositions. |
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Writings
about the Prestige Disaster in the Galician Coast
by students in 4º C from IES Isaac Albéniz (Málaga)
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is to blame? Perhaps, this is a question that we are asking ourselves. But now this problem doesn't care. I think that the real problem is the environment and the fishermen of Galicia that remain inactive. The people are who pay the price, because now they are working on the cleaning tasks for cleaning the beaches affected (more than 180) and they have already taken 3000 tons of fuel oil. In the meantime there are a large number of environment repercussions in the affected area, like for example: In the Costa da Morte, Estuarios of Anllons, Carnota......., And "at least 250 birds from eighteen different species have already been affected by the black slick". In conclusion, a devastated ecosystem and thousand the people without work. Finally, I think that it's not fair! And together we have to help them. "I hope it has a happy ending". Rocio Berdugo Luque | ||
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tanker "Prestige", one tanker that transported oil broke in two and
sank in the bottom of the ocean in which spilled the oil that transported in the
cost of Galicia and has affected the fish that there live and the 250 birds from
eighteen different species that were migrating. Now a lot of people work cleaning
the Spanish cost. I think that the catastrophe of the tanker "Prestige" is a misfortune for the fishermen of Galicia, because the fish that live in the cost of Galicia have died due to the fuel that is in the cost of Galicia. Jose Carlos Gallego Carabante | ||
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My opinion is that they shouldn't have left the tanker ship in Spanish water, because this could happen. Juan Francisco Maldonado | ||
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this problem be solved? I think that this problem will last, and, what do you think? The Prestige is a ship that broke in two parts.After this accident, the Prestige lost fuel, that it is called " black dizzy·". The fuel went to the Galician coasts. While a submarine tries to cover all the exits of fuel of the Prestige, in Galicia a lot of volunteers and Galicians clean the beaches, but it is very hard. Now the winds are taking the fuel to France. In conclusion, the coasts of Galicia are " black" and soon will be the coasts of France. Beatriz De Haro Aguilar 4ºC | ||
| My opinion
about the disaster of "Prestige" is that this incident will be an important
natural disaster. A lot of animals and ecosystems are very affected. The ship was old (twenty years old) and the fuel oil escaped from the ship is 20.000 tones, but it still has 50.000 tones of fuel oil in it. Nowadays the Galician coast is very dirty and affected. And, a lot of families are worried about the economy of Galicia. Pili Jiménez. | ||
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think that what happened in Galicia is a disaster. Everybody has been scared.
The most important problem for me is that, many birds and fish died, and the "gallegos"
can not work because they live on the fishing and the sea has a lot of "Chapapote".
It's a disaster! Eva
Hornero. | ||
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We can say " this is an international disaster" Consequences: Environmentally
disaster: The fauna and flora of the sea will not recuperate before it passes
20 years. Solutions: -
To close cracks of the hull Francisco Javier Bravo Márquez |
Picture belongs to BBC News in Picture The
accident of the Prestige happened two months ago, and the problem isn't controlled
yet. | |
| Since the Prestige was
wrecked many "gallegos" Have lost their work and have lost money. The
Spanish President asked help to other countries in Europe. Europe gives money
to Spain to buy Things to assist to remove the crude. In Galicia, Asturias and
Cantabria people don't stop arriving to remove the crude, even at Christmas. I
think that the people who help are good but they should help till the end. The
Prestige disaster isn't only two days. Francisco Pérez Torres | ||
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think that this incident is the disaster more important in a long time because
this isn't a problem of the present it is a problem of the future. First the Prestige has caused problems in the nature: dead birds and fish, and a second problems is the fishing area. The fuel has arrived as far as the coast of France for this reason the disaster isn't just a problem of Spain. On TV I saw a lot of people helping to take off fuel in Galicia an they are the only hope for the villages of Galicia because the government seems not to want to help. Lorena García Fuertes | ||
| I think
that the Prestige, shouldn't have gone to the coast of Galicia, because it was
in wrong conditions, I believe that is a catastrophe.There are a lot of families
affected that work with the shellfish in this coast. In my opinion now they need
an economic support. This will have hard consequences for a long time.
Lorena Serrano Escobar | ||
| What happened to the Prestige? The tanker "Prestige" broke in two. It happened on 19th of November. The ship sent the SOS on 13th Wednesday. The ecosystems affected are the marine ecosystems. The animals that will be affected by this disaster are the sea animals and birds, because they live in this habitat. Pilar
Herrador Aguilar | ||
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most important natural catastrophe in Spain has been the Prestige disaster. The
Prestige is an oil tanker from Athens. The Prestige caused a disaster on 19th of November because it broke in two parts. The oil tanker sent an SOS on Wednesday 13th of December. It damaged the Galician coast, north Western corner Iberian Peninsula, The costa d Monte Pinda, Monte and Laguna de Louro, Estuario del Tambre and others were the most affected. The birds as much as shellfish were affected. The Prestige disaster is causing that the tree main industries in this area as fishing, agriculture and tourism are decaying. The government has sent soldiers to help to clean the coast. The natural catastrophe will take a minimum of five years. Pili Escudero Povedano | ||
| Since the Pretige
sank, Galicia and Spain aren't the same. People from Spain and the whole Europe
are removing crude. Galicia is cleaner although the sea of Galicia is dirty. Sergio Gómez | ||
| Black
future The "Prestige", oil tanker,
suffered an accident on the coast of Spain, on 13th November 2002. Sonia
Fernández Sánchez | ||
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19th of November the government believed that it was a nothing, but it was, so
the Prestige sank and the fuel went out then it arrived the beach of Galicia.
The fishermen aren't working and now they're cleaning the beaches, now, the fuel
is arriving at France..... In conclusion, the fishermen will spend a lot of time
to clean the beaches. Juan Antonio Zaragoza Navarro | ||
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lot of people have gone to Galicia to help. There are dead birds and fish, but
the most affected are the fishermen because they live on this. I think that the
responsibility is not just of the Galician people, also all of Spain. I think that the government do not help the villages of Galicia. Vanesa Martinez Guerrero | ||
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The Prestige is a ship that contaminated a lot of beaches. 6.000 tonnes of fuel escaped from the ship. The ship is managed by a Liberian Company in Athens. To empty the ship's cargo will take between a minimum of five and maximum of 39 months. So It's the worst catastrophe in Spain. At first the Prestige broke in two parts on 19th of November and It sent an S.O.S on Wednesday 13th of December. The ship has contaminated a lot of places. The ecosystems specially affected are: The Galician coast, north western corner Iberian Peninsula, the costa da Morte Pinda, Monte and Laguna de Louro, Estuario del Tambre and other more. The pollution has affected a lot of birds because now is a time of migration, also the pollution has affected marine life. The north beaches are contaminated. I think that this problem is very serious. A lot of volunteers are helping to take fuel oil off the beaches. But they have to stop when they have been working one hour because working for a lot of time is dangerous. They can feel sick and dizzy. It's a hard work. In conclusion this problem will last a lot of time because every day there are more contaminated places Nati Giraldo Ortega |
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