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.
        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。
3 t- T! q1 s2 F' o' P" D152. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.
0 Y& t/ u, z: L/ U& H% y/ O# d' `        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,
- G7 ?, Q1 h: r  A5 G! ~# H+ @        当时，这艘轮船不仅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，
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，
6 R& ~9 @- Q1 O9 c0 {' O. ~155. 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。
" u" V. N  i3 C7 C4 [" \( g156. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.
4 Z% y6 B! x+ x! I: B6 J& A  k        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。
$ U9 V: `# B, y4 K3 a157. 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。
158. 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.
; z" K/ ]! }6 b/ u, ]8 p        警报响过不久，巨轮急转弯，以避免与冰山正面相撞。
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.
        “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。
3 X+ h! S. d% w$ J  w7 n162. 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。
) `8 f9 k1 L, i1 H* t1 D& q4 c163. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,
2 Q( u% y3 {- F8 e! E  w        在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，
8 H) l* L" q$ S" L5 m164. 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.
        于是，他发出弃船的命令，几百人跳进了冰冷刺骨的海水里。
+ p6 C9 {5 }3 F: p" d; E166. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.
6 p+ n& [; l" h; L1 b        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。