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新概念英语第三册模仿翻译
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10
课：
The loss of
the Titanic
Lesson 10 The loss of the
Titanic“泰坦尼克”号的沉没
The great ship, Titanic,
sailed for New York from
Southampton on
April 10th, 1912. She was carrying 1,316
passengers and crew of 891. Even by
modern standards, the
46,000 ton
Titanic was a colossal ship. At the time, however,
she was not only the largest ship that
had ever been built,
but was regarded
as unsinkable, for she had sixteen
watertight compartments. Even if two of
these were flooded,
she would still be
able to float. The tragic sinking of this
great liner will always be remembered,
for she went down on
her first voyage
with heavy loss of life.
Four days after setting
out, while the Titanic was
sailing
across the icy water of the North Atlantic, huge
iceberg was suddenly spotted by a
lookout. After the alarm
had been
given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a
direct collision. The Titanic turned
just in time, narrowly
missing the
immense walk of ice which rose over 100 feet out
of the water beside her. Suddenly,
there was a slight
trembling sound from
below, and the captain went down to see
what had happened. The noise had been
so faint that no one
thought that the
ship had been damaged. Below, the captain
realized to his horror that the Titanic
was sinking rapidly,
for five of her
sixteen watertight compartments had already
been flooded! The order to abandon ship
was given and
hundreds of people
plunged into the icy water. As there were
not enough lifeboats for everybody,
1,500 lives were