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
+ b% U6 W5 _- L7 k150. The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912.
" n6 I4 |  x: t8 X0 g        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.
        船上载有1,316名乘客与891名船员。
+ ?. r7 e3 H" v6 y( f152. 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,
5 m& l) P6 _+ d  N        当时，这艘轮船不仅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，
7 B8 M) P# O# V) g5 p; y3 {- O154. 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，
+ G1 f7 x6 x3 N- }5 h155. 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。
- [/ o0 D! f: i+ s# ]3 r$ C156. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.
7 E2 z" s9 @* w$ b) m        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。
9 k! B  j; p: {1 f157. 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。
5 ?6 Q3 Q1 x! j' C5 F) C158. a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.
        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.
6 c, \1 H3 e6 y        警报响过不久，巨轮急转弯，以避免与冰山正面相撞。
" r% [! T0 w$ r8 u6 c7 [: d: S. ^& d160. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.
        “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.
        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。
* H3 @1 D- l% R2 R: K* z162. The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged.
) O$ e$ A+ w& w2 e- A# k4 w* t        由于这个声音非常轻，没人会想到船身已遭损坏。
- Z  J8 \) Z  C- B( M+ ]) n! ?# z163. 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，
$ U, ]" X5 `  a1 F; O164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
. f8 j4 Y) q. r3 k( X& X) r        16个密封舱已有5个进水。
165. The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.
% i& j) O  ^8 e5 c5 z# n$ r  p7 n        于是，他发出弃船的命令，几百人跳进了冰冷刺骨的海水里。
166. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.
        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。