3rd class assignment 8/21

Hello, Laraine

       "Traveling in steerage" meant for new arrivals to America's shores the smelly  washroom ,crowded with about 2000 people,dirty and narrow bunk

        Steerage is near the bottom of the ship, and close to the steering equipment.

        Because the cheapest ticket were in steerage.

        They often played cards, sang, danced, told stories and practiced their English.

                        

Perfect Enya! And definitely, money was the reason people put up with
steerage. They did not have any and it was a way to get to America.


On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:20 AM, IvyLabs Forum 美國常春藤教育博雅滙 <alerts@hoop.la>
wrote:

Hi,Laraine

     "traveling in steerage" mean:You must shared two bathroom with about 300 passengers and your belongings had to fit in a narrow bunk.

      steerage was the area near the ship'bottom.It was close to the steering equipment.

       Because the cheapest tickets is for steerage.

       They played cards, sang, danced, told stories, and practiced English.

                                                                         Cindy

Yes exactly, and one of the questions in class will be, from the book, does
it look like Jessie traveled in steerage? Nice work Cindy! See you soon.
Laraine


On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:58 AM, IvyLabs Forum 美國常春藤教育博雅滙 <alerts@hoop.la>
wrote:

    “traveling in steerage" meant people spend journey in the worst cabin. In there, 2000 passengers crowded together and share little fresh air and few washroom and sleep in a nerrow bunk.

    Steerage was the area near the ship's bottom. It was close to the steering equipment.

    Because the cheapest tickets were in the steerage.

    They sang songs, told stories each other, played games and practiced their English. 

     

   

This was an excellent response Mark. It was very detailed, and what you said is exactly right. Nice work.