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。
9 n- P9 }& ?9 U151. She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891.
9 T! o$ [  V& S4 q        船上载有1,316名乘客与891名船员。
% T5 A3 v& i' f152. 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。
- l2 l1 R, s/ G; ]) w: N( m! @& F1 \153. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built,
2 ~( w4 n8 [( w& t1 o        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.
. G* J" X  C6 ^0 T        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.
; r! s* f, I. N) W8 A% j( v9 n        即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮的水面上。
! D, \6 ]/ P' Y156. 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。
/ r9 p( U( ~9 y/ v7 _8 {$ {6 B157. Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic,
  r% A1 J1 S/ t! l3 r, [, Y        “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 o3 `: `6 e* `7 c158. 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.
. o! P" U- a4 V$ t: S& V& p        警报响过不久，巨轮急转弯，以避免与冰山正面相撞。
4 N# z4 `: Q# c& A8 K160. 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.
0 p" w; L& Y2 S. o% i1 i2 w/ \        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。
162. The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged.
8 M( h5 l7 L2 k. S! ?5 N* {        由于这个声音非常轻，没人会想到船身已遭损坏。
163. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,
4 h4 n$ T* |, ~4 S        在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，
! ~9 d3 a4 M: m4 W164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
        16个密封舱已有5个进水。
. d# [5 y6 T% Q- ?' O. M, P- l( d9 D4 F165. The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.
+ {# |* V( s1 M) W        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/ k' g, G# F0 {& ]        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。