课文10 “泰坦尼克”号的沉没

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课文10  “泰坦尼克”号的沉没
150. The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912.
6 ]/ K+ V2 l. H& u- U8 c2 f        巨轮“泰坦尼克”号1912年4月10日从南安普敦起锚驶向纽约。
151. She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891.
( ^, Z; v; |# ?/ F( B2 ^        船上载有1,316名乘客与891名船员。
2 Z) }  m( T6 `/ I152. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.
        却使用现代标准来衡量，45,000 吨的“泰坦尼克”号与算得上一艘巨轮了。
153. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built,
        当时，这艘轮船不仅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，
) U& u0 {% [! N/ f2 h7 w154. but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments.
        而且也被认为是不会沉没的。因为船由16个密封舱组成，
( \8 d4 R  X. f( e155. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.
        即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮的水面上。
  m5 o% ~) W8 S5 Y9 ~156. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.
        然而，这艘巨轮首航就下沉，造成大批人员死亡。人们将永远记着这艘巨轮的沉没惨剧。
, d2 E6 a; J4 K5 l' M5 c* U157. Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic,
        “泰坦尼克”起航后的第4天，它正行驶在北大西洋冰冷的海面上。
" t9 l: q  Y2 E" V$ c- c! `+ Z158. a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.
& r) X% \, e1 x! r        突然，了望员发现一座冰山。
159. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision.
9 G% ~2 |. z* M+ R6 R5 D        警报响过不久，巨轮急转弯，以避免与冰山正面相撞。
0 V) j$ J5 M4 L0 o% q% I& f2 j160. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.
* E# I6 b6 E8 Y) F1 }        “泰坦尼克”这个弯拐得及时，紧贴着高出海面100英尺的巨大的冰墙擦过去。
161. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened.
6 D* k2 Z9 k" V1 `+ g+ ~2 A4 N        突然，从船舱下部传来一声微颤音，船长走下船舱去查看究竟。
162. The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged.
        由于这个声音非常轻，没人会想到船身已遭损坏。
5 v! I/ H) {7 L8 j0 M163. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,
        在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，
6 |" z' J3 B/ b! r6 D164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
        16个密封舱已有5个进水。
1 O  |$ v- H* `4 v$ Y& c8 \165. The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.
        于是，他发出弃船的命令，几百人跳进了冰冷刺骨的海水里。
6 F% C, N0 \" b% S8 }7 x  E& W166. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.
1 |$ o  k7 ^2 q! `# @# A        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。