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
  H' R* {( l4 x2 V5 c6 ?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。
& f8 z% g1 |" I9 `151. 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。
4 w' f6 B+ y0 i4 o6 d2 C  M  r152. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.
- `1 Q- T) T$ I0 b7 Q3 O        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。
. y/ `5 C! P5 e9 H7 E& u' O* u8 ?; x% F153. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built,
; I  X; W6 z" j- u' e9 ]        当时，这艘轮船不仅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，
/ V* M5 u) {, P+ ?  q7 F/ P2 ^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，
' F- A9 }3 F4 Y, J155. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.
, S4 j3 G6 o: T        即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮的水面上。
* B# G! @8 c& Q8 q8 ]156. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.
8 {4 t5 n) H$ `" }# s- e/ v( P        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。
) i) g7 O8 P$ j; D4 N+ V157. 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。
* P8 C3 [: n8 C; J: V1 ^) d158. a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.
        突然，了望员发现一座冰山。
  p3 ~* O) i7 y  D3 r6 l# M5 ~; q159. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision.
! h  d4 ?7 ^: n' e, ]% E1 k( A        警报响过不久，巨轮急转弯，以避免与冰山正面相撞。
$ J' p) D6 R( `" 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.
# K, i7 k, x- [, J, y        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。
$ z8 {6 H! c% t# _: s# X3 N% o163. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,
/ H, F! O, v6 m( y0 X        在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，
# ?( V$ x* r4 f% G164. 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.
        于是，他发出弃船的命令，几百人跳进了冰冷刺骨的海水里。
8 b4 A, Q" x  [. g9 _166. 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。