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.
- \( ]3 n7 y7 \9 @        巨轮“泰坦尼克”号1912年4月10日从南安普敦起锚驶向纽约。
6 s5 q( h! ]1 {8 Q( B151. She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891.
$ X6 S! V- |0 E3 m: R3 J        船上载有1,316名乘客与891名船员。
( t( H8 y- O; U- b: D9 C9 ^3 N152. 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。
0 Y- H5 n4 h# ^6 X; i* ~9 F+ C" {9 P153. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built,
. a8 s% X2 V4 ^, S4 O8 D" e        当时，这艘轮船不仅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，
/ i" s. x1 |8 [# K. |+ N) Y* P154. but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments.
9 t, j$ |3 X) y# @+ {' Y        而且也被认为是不会沉没的。因为船由16个密封舱组成，
) [/ D& r) c" E7 l+ \+ v0 k& B. m155. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.
, P: n# g+ a2 t5 x: A3 T0 \        即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮的水面上。
8 x4 g1 O) B- U+ Z156. 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。
$ ?& @$ L2 M! b/ o7 K- X157. 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.
3 b5 t, E( ~% O: {6 t4 ~4 n        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.
8 d, s9 W% {' \/ p        警报响过不久，巨轮急转弯，以避免与冰山正面相撞。
: s; _; R$ F, C) z- D8 J. S! }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.
, E' }, a% s8 d+ O* Y: J        “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.
5 f8 n4 Q$ [; `- l+ 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.
0 [2 y0 ^8 l; |        由于这个声音非常轻，没人会想到船身已遭损坏。
( x, X; J/ {" i6 f& |* ?# a' C) U163. 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，
164. for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
! ~; U% M& I& i( e" @        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.
8 c2 ~( G+ y4 T        于是，他发出弃船的命令，几百人跳进了冰冷刺骨的海水里。
; ]3 Q+ t0 R& q1 t* u166. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.
: X/ o& H; q9 i. w        由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客，结果，1,500 人丧生。