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
- f/ Q$ M. V6 y( z150. 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。
# J- S% F- ]8 I' g151. She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891.
% A5 e' v. y8 B2 q) M0 E0 L7 V        船上载有1,316名乘客与891名船员。
' |( Y: [5 H6 |+ r9 v152. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.
5 V. _# \' }5 K1 e# n1 u        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,
- F" w7 K5 T' X( w        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，
155. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.
  _/ L8 c; [* o- H! w5 J! X        即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮的水面上。
! l) ~- L/ b; L& I156. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.
$ W5 N$ M3 o! D0 \- n2 u2 W% R        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,
# X8 S7 A1 h3 M0 ]  @        “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。
& @, }  X$ d* z  o1 W158. 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) _7 E( P1 c        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.
) k8 \4 x* ]* J) P5 T0 v: [5 E# R        “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。
) ~, e7 }7 Y! E0 i$ L" {$ F161. 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。
! X( n8 k  M. w5 f' @162. 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。
5 G; d% ?' Y, H1 ^163. 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，
' x7 w( ^" ]+ w& z1 t9 Z+ M# }164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
0 h  m7 F& `5 Y8 l  W8 f        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.
. `# q/ T) ]& o% @        于是，他发出弃船的命令，几百人跳进了冰冷刺骨的海水里。
' T3 \7 n0 h/ t( y: g: n+ W166. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.
        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。