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。
8 A8 p# Q2 E8 R% b. x: R; x152. 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。
9 w( o3 l7 @2 A" i6 F& \! z& l9 ]3 b153. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built,
4 o% C' g  @9 a1 j. a) n/ U! I. x6 P        当时，这艘轮船不仅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，
( b1 L3 t! D( o; z154. but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments.
. c5 Z2 O# r4 C7 }* R        而且也被认为是不会沉没的。因为船由16个密封舱组成，
2 B4 R( c% f/ |155. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.
5 `2 G; }9 r0 G5 x6 _        即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮的水面上。
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.
6 K+ q8 a9 j+ U% ?1 S# v        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。
6 T- i$ ?( G8 F5 r$ q3 R2 \157. 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.
        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.
# I! {& M# _4 F" _& N* I        “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。
) ?+ t, J9 U' N; ?- X162. 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。
: Z* ?- m, [* ?4 c3 n, `+ }6 S. P163. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,
- F$ ^/ q2 W, k" t' r+ ^1 x3 q        在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，
% w8 ~4 [* K9 L) U. e. o) w) x164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
: G7 O4 S  P& t% S! R" q% Y1 k        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.
4 t  D" x; t: ~0 G5 g, S0 B  \        于是，他发出弃船的命令，几百人跳进了冰冷刺骨的海水里。
) X' X' \/ \: h166. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.
8 n2 g# l& f. p, ]- c! c$ `        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。