According to the passage, the truth about the ship Mary Celeste, namely “ghost ship”, has still been in debate for years. The ship was found in the coast of Portugal in 1872 with an empty status. There was no sign of destruction.

The author of the reading mentions some theories which has given to reason the mystery. One is that the captain of the ship and his family is murdered by the crew. The theory also proves that by the strange incident of 9 empty barrels of alcohol out of 1701 ones. Another is people in the Mary Celeste were killed for evidence after their fortunes were stolen by another ship. It was said that a British officer tried to arrest the crew of that suspected ship.

The lecture responses the reasons mentioned in the passage by the information about Benjamin Briggs, the captain of the mysterious ship and the crew of the suspicious one. Benjamin is known to be an skilled captain with much experience and prestige. He couldn’t be easy to knock out in that way. Responsing to the theory of the robber ship, the lecturer says that its captain is an trust-worthy man and there’s also really no arrestment or evidence against the ship.

The missing crew from the ship Mary Celeste is a mytery. Though may explanations were given for the mystery none of them were sound.

According to the passage mutiny is one of the explanation for the mystery. But according to the lecture the explanation of mutiny is not sound and the reasons given in the lecture are that the captain of the ship, Benjamin Briggs is an experienced captain and is also well respected by his crew.

The lecture also claims that piracy explanation is not a sound one as the ship with missing crew was found by another ship whose captain is a friend of Banjamin. Moreover there is no evidence that any of the personal belongings are missing from the ship.

The lecture indicates that one of the sound explanation for the mystery is that the crew might have abandoned the ship fearing a fire explosion due to some of the leaking alcohol barrels. Crew might have fell prey to storm or died due to starvation. Opened hatches in the abandoned ship also support this explanation.

The lecturer mainly focusses on the different theories surrounding the disappearance of the ship "Mary Celeste" also called as the "Ghost Ship".

The lecturer opposes the theory that the crew members killed the captain and his family owing to his rude behaviour stating that Captain Briggs was a highly respected person and of good reputation.

The lecturer also opposes the theory that the ship that actually found "Mary Celeste" was responsible for stealing belongings from the ship, killing the captain and the crew, and thus destroying evidence. He supports this by emphasizing that the captain of the other ship was a good friend of Captain Briggs. Also there weren't any evidence of any belongings being stolen from "Mary Celeste".

The lecturer finally says that a possible fire-threat could have been one of the reasons why the crew abandoned the ship. Fire in those days was highly feared. Since 9 out of 1701 barrels of alcohol were empty,the ship could have been abandoned by the captain and crew fearing that the alcohol fumes might ignite a fire. And the captain and the crew could have lost their lives due to the bad weather of the sea.

A ghost ship named Mary Celeste was abandoned in the coasts of Portugal in 1872. It was known to have been travelling from Newyork to Genoa, Italy. Several theories have been proposed as to what caused the abandon. The passage explains two of the possibilities, "A Mutiny" and "A Piracy".

The passage says that the Captain of Mary Celeste, Benjamin Briggs was overly strict which made his crew members to kill the captain and his family and throw them into the sea. But the lecture contrasts this by saying that the Captain was an experienced and a respected person who was in charge of his crew and had freindly relationships with them.

The passage suggests another possibility could be that the ship which found the Mary Celeste killed the crew and the passengers for greed of valuables and threw them overboard to erase any evidence and later took the ship to Gibralter to claim a prize for finding the abandoned ship. This theory too, is countered by the lecture. It says that niether did the passengers carry any valuables which led to piracy, nor did the court find any evidence against Dae E Gracias who found the ship. Also the captains of both the ships were found to be in good terms.

The lecture gives one plausible expalnation , since both the passage and the lecture agree with the fact that out of 1701 barrels of alcohol that were carried, 9 were found empty. The barrels of alcohol would have been emptied due to leakage which led to fumes. Captain Briggs feared an explosion from these fumes, He feared a fire most as never before had they exported alcohol. This also explains the opened hatches and portholes. Hence they fled on a life boat and got lost in the sea either due to starvation or falling prey to the storm.

In this set material listening passage make a little introduction about ghost ship Mary Celeste and his intrigued histories, and the reading passage explain one of the most clearly history about this mirterios ghost ship.
In the listening passage The story of mary celeste is an intrigued net of deferent stories, because it is a lost ship founded in Portugal in 1875 without passenger on board and his alcohol barres empty , but the most wear is the ship doesn’t have any violence sign . Is possible that some pirates attacked the navy founded to many alcohol.
Instead the reading passage shows the deeply analyze of one of the theories of MarY Celeste . First of all the captain Benjamin Briggs was one of the most important in his time and was the first time he collected alhcohol. Apparently he and his trupulation founded the alcohol has been lost, then the captain fail in panic and left the navy in lifeboats in the middle of the sea when they were killed by the ocean while the ship could be found earth with any problem.
In conclusion mary celeste is a fantastic story crated from a little error of an important protagonist to the sea.