In the lecture professor made several points about the mystery of Mary Celeste, an abandoned ship off the coast line of Portugal in 1872. The professor argues that piracy or mutiny and other ship crew member those who found it do not provide clear evidences about its abandoned. However, the reading contends that earlier two character might have played vital role as a cause to abandoned ship. The professor's lecture casts doubt on the reading by making a number of points that are contrary to the mystery of Mary Celeste.

The first point professor uses to refute on the reading is that the piracy is not the accurate information because captain Benjamin Briggs was respectful and experience and mutiny on board had not taking any belongings from the crew members. However, the reading states that mutiny might have killed the crew member and abandoned the ship.

Another reason professor suspect on the reading is that crew members of "De E Gracious" those who found Mary Celeste have no reason to abandoned ship. He thinks this because captain of De E Gracious was a very good friend of Briggs. whereas reading claims that De E Gracious crew might abandoned the ship by taking some valuables and greed of getting prize for finding a lost ship.

Finally, the lecturer advocates that the ship might be abandoned because of the fear of its explosion. He believe this because the powerful fumes leaking out of the alcohol board on the ship might frightened the crew member which forced them to evacuate the ship. In contrary, the reading states different opinion about empty bottle remains on the ship.

In conclusion, the professor made several points that oppose the points on the reading. Leaving personal belongings as it is and good friendship between two captain proves that piracy and greed are not the major cause of its abandoned. Moreover, he supports that nervousness among crew members because of explosion could be the valid reason.

The passage actually talks about a so called "ghost ship " and the ways that may explain the incident somehow, and the lecture that follows explains why piracy is ruled out and the reasonable explanation is that the crew abandoned the ship themselves .
The first reason the lecturer gives is that the sailors were respectful of their captain and trusted him and would have never killed him and his family .
The second is the fact that the captain of the other ship that found the abandoned ship , was known to be a friend of the captain Benjamin Briggs and as a result wouldn't have slayed his own friend, and was cleared of all charges at the end of the trial .
And last , the lecturer provides us with the ultimate plausible explanation , which is that the crew abandoned the ship because of the fear of explosion, that was the worst fear in those ages . The 9 empty barrels and the open hatches and portholes can be a proof of this , since the leak of alcohol could have caused fire and consequently an explosion.

Mary Celeste is the name of an abandoned ship. This ship was found in the coast of Portugal in 1872 and is considered the original “ghost ship”. The reason Mary Celeste was abandoned is a controversial issue until today and, thus, there are many different explanations for its mytery. The lecture presents one of the these. And by doing, it cast some doubts about the reasons presented by the written text.

That last gives the two following explanations for the Mary Celeste mytery: 1. there was a mutiny aboard the ship, in which the captain, Benjamin Briggs, and his family were killed and 2. those who are considered to have found the abandoned ship in Portugal were actually the responsibles for its cast away.

The lecturer, however, claims that the captain of the crew that find the ship was a friend of Benjamin Briggs. The lecture also rejects any kind of pirate explanation for the mytery. Its main explanation is the following: it was the first time that the captain and his grew were carrying alcohol. Therefore, due to some error in that transportation, they faced the risk of an explositon. During that period, everbody feared fire. Thus, they abandoned the ship and probably die in the sea afterwards.

There have been lots of explanations about what had happened to the Mary Celeste, a ship found on the coastline of Portugal in 1872,with the crew-missing. Some argue that the crew murdered the harsh captain and his family and then left in a lifeboat.Those people present as a proof the 9 empty barrels of alcohol. Others suggest that the crew of the Mary Celeste was actually attacked by the DIGracia (the ship who found the Mary Celeste), which they claim was searching for some valuables.They also explain that the crew of the "ghost ship" was killed as to destroy evidence for an assault and also for the remuneration for the finding of a missing ship.

The speaker, however, disagrees with these theories. According to him, the captain of the DIGracia was a friend to the leader of Mary Celeste, and would not have attacked him. The second theory is also rejected because the crew had left all of its personal belongings and also the captain was inexperienced. Finally, the speaker suggests another , more possible theory: that the ship might have exploded because of the alcohol on it and the crew might have died from starvation in the lifeboat.

In 1872 a crew-less ghost ship was found close to the Portuguese's coast. It was the Mary Celeste, a ship supposed to head in Genoa –Italy – leaving from New York. It never did it, indeed. Both the reading and the lecture suggest some hypothesis about how really happened. The former proposing the mutiny or the piracy possible causes and the latter refuting them while highlighting a third perspective.

First, the passage explains how a mutiny could have took place on the ship. The captain was known to be severe and the crew might have demurred against him and than killed him. The crew would have eschewed after on the lifeboat. However, the lecturer suggests the unlikelihood of this perspective, the captain being a redoutable and experienced one.

According to the reading a second likely cause is at stake: the crew of the Dei Gratia, the ship which found the Mary Celeste could have stolen some valuables, such as the alcohols' barrels. After that, they might have killed everyone and asked for a reward. The nine barrels missing out of the 1701 that were on the ship, could confirm that. The lecturer refute the above cause, arguing the Dei Gratia's captain was friend of the Mary Celeste's.

Furthermore, the lecture presents a third, more likely hypothesis. This was the first time Benjamin Briggs, the captain, was transporting some alcohols. Thus, while finding some of the barrels were loosing liquids and some fumes were pervading the ship, Benjamin and his crew might got scared. The risk of an explosion may have spurred them to leave the ship, jumping on their lifeboat. In conclusion, they all might have died while caught in a storm, or while starving in the middle of the ocean.