Answer to Dictation 1
A postcard written by a worker on the Titanic in 1912 could fetch $15,000.
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Answer to Dictation 2
He wrote the card to his sister while the Titanic was at port in Belfast.
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Answer to Dictation 3
The postcard features photos of the Titanic on one side.
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Answer to Dictation 4
On the address side of the card there is a postmark from a post office.
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Answer to Dictation 5
The card is one of many objects from the wreck of the Titanic.
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Answer to Dictation 6
Its builders said the ship's design made it unsinkable.
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Answer to Dictation 7
The impact made a huge hole in the ship's hull.
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Answer to Dictation 8
He escaped and ended up on an overturned lifeboat.
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Answer to Dictation 9
He waited to be rescued but died of exposure to severe cold.
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Answer to Dictation 10
The story of the Titanic was made into a 1997 Oscar-winning movie.
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