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。
+ E" f* T, ^7 b/ z6 ~4 J$ i151. She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891.
  H7 K+ r; z3 X6 p# v9 }: j        船上载有1,316名乘客与891名船员。
9 l: I* X" j# J* b152. 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。
$ A( @8 P" H6 Z0 _' ^$ @' p9 q153. 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.
7 j2 k: [. ~7 h4 R6 L3 J  Z( z. o        而且也被认为是不会沉没的。因为船由16个密封舱组成，
0 ]# l7 c* H4 i& M- _; g* s5 ^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。
* s9 s: X6 o& F& e# C1 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.
9 z, N* o8 T+ _& |9 J$ n. m        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。
1 s. z  B" Q: m4 e6 e) R/ Q5 O/ w157. 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。
4 y* Q& R% L9 n: z158. 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.
+ r1 Q; m1 y4 A# K        警报响过不久，巨轮急转弯，以避免与冰山正面相撞。
; T/ L7 g; T* Y! f. d160. 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.
8 n: k, z) a: _$ H        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。
) q2 v- l/ `+ ], q& y- F1 w% i162. The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged.
8 w" r1 R" a# ]  }/ N7 }# m& v        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,
        在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，
' q$ ~' J5 p$ ?8 J. U# n) c! w  E* U164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
8 e9 E: F$ ^5 N  b        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。
, [4 V+ r2 m; N9 [8 f2 u; p166. 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。