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
3 Z0 @/ @9 U1 x( O1 j( N6 W150. 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。
5 G6 B* t& F" I0 \6 Y/ q151. She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891.
: ~% T- [- w" e        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.
6 X" U$ t* M7 x# G2 }        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,
9 b# n( R/ J, n4 f        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，
4 l  c0 W( @  o  ^/ X155. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.
; v5 o4 o- ~3 l' {8 \& c        即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮的水面上。
( E7 R: H' h$ ]1 b& t, u* ]: z$ L156. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.
        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。
; ?* _; r3 ^# e$ D' Z4 U" B157. Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic,
- o) I0 L( H3 D  D        “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。
9 J( @- _! Y( V% w$ [158. a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.
" d, q9 t9 b$ Y) u4 t) N        突然，了望员发现一座冰山。
3 \' k6 W# B/ \# c" s" d159. 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。
. p6 z& m# R( T" S160. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.
  |1 W' ?' D& m, W        “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。
9 y2 N2 k$ s; {. h8 l3 X# ]# T161. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened.
! q# \. M3 T% _  I; X0 S        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/ `& X7 i7 U+ o( d; Z" f, c. }6 v162. The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged.
  E  Y+ ~7 H4 H$ R; T( P0 y; H  P# c        由于这个声音非常轻，没人会想到船身已遭损坏。
% {0 E' Q9 x. X' ]- M9 e; o163. 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，
1 x: T& I1 H# v4 S( E164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
& A  U/ ^# S# D- l: \$ B% O        16个密封舱已有5个进水。
; Z1 P3 M) `8 l: V/ |165. The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.
+ d( d2 M2 g6 ~+ N        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.
" a# z% v+ N9 @: Y. j( h        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。