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.
4 K7 _+ c) Q1 Q3 u        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.
$ t: P1 U; u# W  n; Y        船上载有1,316名乘客与891名船员。
152. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.
% t- o! N$ g( J  z        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。
' z# X9 R& a! F; R153. 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，
0 S( V0 M! H5 f9 h4 \154. 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，
155. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.
6 b3 `2 f5 M* l$ d; r/ o8 j$ B        即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮的水面上。
) {& R  F' Z, D. C% Y156. 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。
: G* x: g( r! V157. 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。
+ m& w# b0 d; N158. a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.
+ e2 K, [' n) u, m. T        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.
* s% t+ {" Q" S: W( n6 q        警报响过不久，巨轮急转弯，以避免与冰山正面相撞。
7 b9 j, j, y4 s' `6 h5 @160. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.
4 j' y* ?! g+ T        “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。
6 I! L' W. c2 |! ^% m162. 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。
( w  E) ]/ w# ^% u* F. t7 Y4 x$ W163. 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，
% @- Y; C1 W, a) B8 i1 c164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
        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.
. Q. G+ K6 f0 q) i        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。