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 j) T, n7 P* ^# b& B0 Q& U( |1 p152. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.
4 n. `# `5 G9 F! f$ U' 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。
/ ?7 ^" ^( J5 C5 j2 d! r9 n153. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built,
9 }; T" q5 _9 v9 X# {2 C: u. T; Z        当时，这艘轮船不仅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，
2 S  {4 X; {9 C' D% B154. 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，
5 I+ e' q. U5 s! D: w- \7 m; ?155. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.
% q1 R" b9 o: O1 w7 e        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.
, n, X. y, s8 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,
2 q; f. h( D' ^) c0 I! F        “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。
  u1 v1 R" m, P: s" M0 b% n159. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision.
  x! e( Q8 t1 g7 V0 I2 n        警报响过不久，巨轮急转弯，以避免与冰山正面相撞。
% i& \. L- I1 H5 h' I& 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.
. [4 W4 w( P% _% K: ~9 [        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。
- P) D0 b5 {$ {; D0 Q; Q162. 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。
  E0 }" {# w1 L163. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,
% `7 d: R8 b+ N5 q6 s- o        在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，
2 L% ?2 `4 F# M" W164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
        16个密封舱已有5个进水。
8 S$ _2 i& v/ k  V& B. S0 C) e) U' u6 b165. The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.
0 W6 I* A; z5 e! z7 v! D        于是，他发出弃船的命令，几百人跳进了冰冷刺骨的海水里。
9 [/ l' k9 q' e) b* g8 p+ ?! b166. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.
+ D  q! Z1 a* V0 p) ~. Q/ y1 T        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。