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。
. U5 I6 m5 L$ J* n" \7 J- I151. 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。
152. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.
2 t: x6 Q1 Z  o$ y+ _" Q* n2 m        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。
5 J& @" z5 E+ S; T2 ^) p153. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built,
9 i: o7 F2 m; l, M        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.
1 ]1 v& h2 O( f5 C5 z- p' C        而且也被认为是不会沉没的。因为船由16个密封舱组成，
2 m8 D$ R+ B/ r4 Z155. 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。
  `: ~# l0 C& J5 N/ Y3 X1 ~2 ~9 A156. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.
4 Z7 n" G7 E: b4 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,
        “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.
+ n; S# X$ d; r- Q/ Y) v) S; D- U        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。
/ ?; f; ^& T# f160. 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。
" z2 k- x" r7 h0 p# H5 G% @; W) q161. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened.
% G4 F; D, X1 f        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.
        由于这个声音非常轻，没人会想到船身已遭损坏。
: O0 y7 S* ]: K4 m/ V3 e, Y; G" I163. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,
0 \8 L, E8 N' n( @        在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，
  Z" t" Y% \: v164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
        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.
& H' ^- L9 w( K4 {$ T" x) 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。
166. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.
2 Y9 I# P+ K. V3 s4 o        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。