question: Imagine yourself on a boat looking out at the horizon and all you can see is the water meeting the sky with no land in sight and you are sailing straight ahead to meet the world. Jesse Martin does not have to imagine: he is living in it.

On Dec. 7, 1998, at 17 years old, Jesse set sail from Melbourne, Australia on his boat, attempting to become the youngest person to sail alone and nonstop around the world. He sailed south of New Zealand, through the South Pacific, around South America, north on the Atlantic, back south past Africa, through the Indian Ocean and back to Melbourne.

Even as a young child, Jesse had been an adventurer who traveled all over Europe and Asia with his parents. Born in Munich, Germany in 1981, he moved to Australia with his family when he was only two years old. They moved close to a rainforest in Cow Bay, about 3500kms north of Melbourne, where they built a small house with no electricity or running water. Jesse grew up at the beach enjoying the outdoors to its fullest.

At 14, he sailed for the first time with his father and brother, Beau. It was after this trip that he began to dream about sailing around the world.

Jesse's family played an important role. "I was made to believe I could do anything." he says. Although, he says, there were others that were not so encouraging or supportive, "People that I looked up to, respected and trusted told me I couldn't. Thankfully, I trusted myself. There were people that said that the boat couldn't be ready by the time I had to leave." However, through perseverance and belief in himself he was able to do what many told him was impossible.

On Oct.31, 1999, more than 10 months after he set sail, Jesse Martin went down in history as the youngest person to sail around the world alone, nonstop and unassisted.
1. who set sail from melbourne?
2. is he an adventurer?
3. where was he born?
4. what year?
5. how old was he when he first sailed?
6. who did he sail with?
7. what is the name of his sibling?
8. how old was Jesse when sailed from Melbourne?
9. did he sail past Africa?
10. was he alone?
11. who does he say was important?
12. was everyone supportive of him?
13. did some people think the boat would be ready?
14. how long did it take Jesse to sail around the world?
15. was he the youngest in history to do it?
16. what year did he complete the trip?
17. did Jesse grow up on a beach?
18. in which city?
19. how old was he when his family moved from australia?
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answer: 1. Jesse Martin
2. Yes
3. Munich, Germany
4. 1981
5. 14
6. his father and brother
7. Beau.
8. 17
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. His family
12. No
13. unknown
14. more than 10 months
15. Yes
16. 1999
17. Yes
18. Cow Bay
19. two

question: CHAPTER I

I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS

I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father's house. The sun began to shine upon the summit of the hills as I went down the road; and by the time I had come as far as the manse, the blackbirds were whistling in the garden lilacs, and the mist that hung around the valley in the time of the dawn was beginning to arise and die away.

Mr. Campbell, the minister of Essendean, was waiting for me by the garden gate, good man! He asked me if I had breakfasted; and hearing that I lacked for nothing, he took my hand in both of his and clapped it kindly under his arm.

"Well, Davie, lad," said he, "I will go with you as far as the ford, to set you on the way." And we began to walk forward in silence.

"Are ye sorry to leave Essendean?" said he, after awhile.

"Why, sir," said I, "if I knew where I was going, or what was likely to become of me, I would tell you candidly. Essendean is a good place indeed, and I have been very happy there; but then I have never been anywhere else. My father and mother, since they are both dead, I shall be no nearer to in Essendean than in the Kingdom of Hungary, and, to speak truth, if I thought I had a chance to better myself where I was going I would go with a good will."
1. Where were they leaving?
2. DId he regret it?
3. Was it a bad area?
4. Were his parents alive?
5. Where was the kingdom?
6. Where was he going?
7. When did the trip start?
8. What time of day?
9. Which house was he traveling to?
10. Was it sunny?
11. Who was watching for him?
12. What's his position?
13. Where was he?
14. Was he evil?
15. Had the boy eaten yet?
16. What was his name?
17. How far would the pastor travel with him?
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answer: 1. Essendean
2. yes
3. no
4. no
5. Hungary
6. he didn't know
7. 1751
8. morning
9. his father's
10. yes
11. Mr. Campbell
12. the minister of Essendean
13. by the garden gate
14. no
15. yes
16. Davie
17. as far as the ford

question: It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink far away from land. When this happens, the sailors have to get into small boats. If another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water, they will die. Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean . He did not take any food or water with him. Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish, so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food. Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24th,December 1953, he reached Barbados. He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water, the animals and plants in the sea.
1. What can be treacherous?
2. What sometimes happens to boats?
3. What was the doctor's name?
4. Did he think a person could drink sea water?
5. Do others think it's safe?
6. When did he leave?
7. What was one thing he ate?
8. what else did he eat?
9. Did he drink a lot of sea water?
10. how far did he go?
11. How much weight did he lose?
12. Did he cook the fish?
13. Read the instructions again thoroughly before you do your next one. Your answers are way to long. You can use yes or no as answers after you've highlighted your text, you just remove it and type a shorter answer. Thanks & bye.
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answer:
1. to travel by sea
2. Ships sometimes sin
3. Alain Bombard
4. doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this
5. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water.
6. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boa
7. caught fish
8. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.
9. drinking sea water
10. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other
11. He lost 20 kilos
12. He could not cook the fish
13. plants