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。
6 F+ v9 K1 k) `  A151. She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891.
9 b+ P4 a1 y- n: b% ~        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.
        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,
/ N. E7 s. t, c. f9 _$ ^* 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.
: ?5 M( b2 D& j6 t% P7 C        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.
, a  Y4 ^4 s/ [3 q; s* S/ f        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.
3 t( P, H2 z6 S# @) q, d/ \  L3 U* g        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。
157. Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic,
$ V, }+ `. o1 F  B$ q        “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。
7 |- T2 O7 F; D* D8 O: M158. a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.
1 z- V9 d# ?/ C) W; G        突然，了望员发现一座冰山。
* F# i5 W# I, J1 T4 o1 P$ x1 F159. 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。
7 M& p% y2 o. \% {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.
# D& p7 R2 t3 o+ [        “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。
. Z& D8 `8 i) G2 p6 C: D162. The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged.
8 Z4 z& V4 i* ^. a6 [  D1 u: k3 M        由于这个声音非常轻，没人会想到船身已遭损坏。
% }9 N2 t5 K3 x163. 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，
- A/ Z% y4 r9 m/ h) }0 d164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
. T! o( I: s  P! Q* \. |' Y6 ]        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.
* }& H1 U4 k2 Q* `# U( c- a        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.
5 q: ~5 Z; h" Z& Z        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。