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
2 F" ]1 q8 t3 f- l6 G6 N150. 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。
3 p8 R" Y3 ^( K) A" g, g0 n151. 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。
: m! h, E4 y% @: }4 q) e152. 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。
153. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built,
        当时，这艘轮船不仅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，
9 L3 V  F" j/ G/ V( {* A! q154. but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments.
/ e" d/ C  |* a/ j  ^        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.
        即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮的水面上。
+ C$ D7 C% ?( o156. 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。
. T# Q+ _1 l% |6 c# P: ^: p8 o4 }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。
. f$ W8 I4 Y' ?1 d% E  P158. a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.
3 u$ _6 G8 l' T6 ^% Y5 S        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.
/ K, u+ _1 K5 K7 C$ a$ R1 D        警报响过不久，巨轮急转弯，以避免与冰山正面相撞。
& M3 J: z) P: |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.
        “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。
) W& b7 `8 {) H1 \" b& s161. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened.
7 b) _. H" q$ ~- }# I# J        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。
; i3 r# m8 \, Q4 g% F& l& {4 ?162. The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged.
* B/ k# N, V! d* L4 [1 O8 a- Y$ d2 ^        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,
3 c2 X: n+ O4 U. O+ F9 B+ H        在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，
2 q# d& d7 Q9 K# i6 x$ G0 |- Q  N4 l( H164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
        16个密封舱已有5个进水。
2 s, X+ C3 {, m/ e8 _! \/ i4 U9 U1 @165. The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.
, Q- s. ]5 R+ `5 ~        于是，他发出弃船的命令，几百人跳进了冰冷刺骨的海水里。
) X) N) _. H& L" u& C166. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.
8 x' f" Y" ?6 H( N# e        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。