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LESSON 2 Passive Voice with Modals; Using the By Phrase

EXPLORE

1 READ the article about a ship that sank in 1865. Notice the words in bold.
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A Treasure Ship Tells Its Story: . CANAD A
The SS Republic WIS. VT. ME.
MICH. N.Y. N.H.
In October 1865, soon after the end of the American ILL. IND. PA. MASS.
R.I.
CONN.
Civil War, the SS Republic left New York on a journey UNITED OHIO DELAWARE
N.J.
W. VA.
to New Orleans. Five hundred barrels of goods and STATES VA. MARYLAND
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KY.
D.C.
a reported $400,000 in coins were loaded onto the TENN. N.C.
SS Republic in New York. The money was shipped by MISS. S.C. ATLANTIC
bankers and businessmen. Because of the situation ALA. GA. OCEAN
after the war, which the southern states lost, coins from
the northern states could be used in the South to buy FLA.
almost twice as much as they could in the North.
BAHAMAS
Sadly, the SS Republic ran into a hurricane near the
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Carolinas and sank about 100 miles off of the coast of CUBA
Savannah, Georgia. Lifeboats and a raft were launched
3
by the crew and passengers. Most of the 80 people on
board survived. The coins, however, sank to the bottom of the ocean along with the ship.
In 2003, the wreck of the SS Republic was discovered by a company
called Odyssey Marine Exploration. Over 51,000 gold and silver coins were
recovered. Thousands of everyday items were also found. Many of these items
can now be viewed in public exhibitions and on Odyssey’s virtual museum:
www.OdysseysVirtualMuseum.com. Viewing these items is a
great way to see how people lived in the 1860s.

1 barrel: a large round container made of metal or wood
2 hurricane: a storm with very strong winds and rain
3 launch: to put a boat in the water

Painting of the SS Republic by
John Batchelor (courtesy of
Odyssey Marine Exploration)

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