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
; [1 a2 U, ]9 m6 v7 }/ }150. The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912.
8 ?8 R9 _/ A- {* [9 @/ Y- X  T& K        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.
5 |4 N8 d* m, @( b7 u        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,
        当时，这艘轮船不仅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，
' l+ D. Q' O' O) ~2 d) Y1 i154. 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.
        即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮的水面上。
; P+ Q0 D1 _$ Q$ q- y( b" F9 P156. 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 d6 X# g* A% x; p9 _% Y. x        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,
) U0 Y, Q1 @, D0 T, p3 m. K1 ?        “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.
" z5 Z) p4 ~0 s. P        “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。
3 W# t; j7 a  j  t9 w0 Z161. 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。
. o% B  k, L+ u  y% m- [5 e! \' @" o162. 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。
  i" S. e: r: V0 d# X. R* o163. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,
& U- S% W; O6 _1 I' t2 W        在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，
164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
        16个密封舱已有5个进水。
5 l# W: V4 g9 o, E- C165. The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.
: L% R  V, m+ H        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.
# W7 d. S. ^: K        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。