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.
; U' N' o3 Q; [* O        巨轮“泰坦尼克”号1912年4月10日从南安普敦起锚驶向纽约。
$ @: N* C+ B$ ]: G, D6 Q& k* f151. 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.
3 E: w2 {9 }4 h: E% w3 T        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。
& u1 L2 a7 G0 I) }7 I" ^8 b/ }3 D153. 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，
154. but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments.
$ p' S7 R, i" z$ D. O9 H4 n# E        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.
3 Q+ {/ b2 g3 P6 J1 n# u        即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮的水面上。
9 @# y  o. n: q156. 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。
- |) Q# L; K8 P8 P" A157. Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic,
$ ~7 W( V! a2 ?        “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.
5 h0 U" }+ z. ], N2 p- Z5 ?9 K        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。
* {% N9 h7 i2 d5 g" M160. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.
  ~; m2 a0 h% T! t        “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.
        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。
+ k$ f$ n1 y5 d; }( T4 q: M7 d, M$ W162. The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged.
4 ?# u5 G% a1 |        由于这个声音非常轻，没人会想到船身已遭损坏。
1 y, ^# ~  q: J% C0 I163. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,
) f: p% m( ]- O  F( n* d5 |        在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，
164. 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.
& E" y# _" K, M0 A  v" w+ K7 ^+ A" Y. a" h        于是，他发出弃船的命令，几百人跳进了冰冷刺骨的海水里。
/ b8 a) N; K) ^! T- s: w  D166. 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。