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1、TheLossoftheTitanicWhatwouldhavehappenedifonlytwoofthesixteenwater-tightcompartmentshadbeenflooded?Thegreatship,Titanic,sailedforNewYorkfromSouthamptononApril10th,1912.Shewascarrying1,316 passengersandacrewof891.Evenbymodernstandards,the46,000tonTitanicwasacolossalship.Atthattime,h
2、owever,shewasnotonlythelargestshipthathadeverbeenbuilt,butwasregardedasunsinkable,forshehadsixteenwatertightcompartments.Eveniftwoofthesewereflooded,shewouldstillbeabletofloat.Thetragicsinkingofthisgreatlinerwillalwaysberemembered,forshewentdownonherfirstvoyagewithheavylossoflife.F
3、ourdaysaftersettingout,whiletheTitanicwassailingacrosstheicywatersoftheNorthAtlantic,ahugeicebergwassuddenlyspottedbyalookout.Afterthealarmhadbeengiven,thegreatshipturnedsharplytoavoidadirectcollision.TheTitanicturnedjustintime,narrowlymissingtheimmensewalloficewhichroseover100feet
4、outofthewaterbesideher.Suddenly,therewasaslighttremblingsoundfrombelow,andthecaptainwentdowntoseewhathadhappened.Thenoisehadbeensofaintthatnoonethoughtthattheshiphadbeendamaged.Below,thecaptainrealizedtohishorrorthattheTitanicwassinkingrapidly,forfiveofhersixteenwatertightcompartme
5、ntshadalreadybeenflooded!Theordertoabandonshipwasgivenandhundredsofpeopleplungedintotheicywater.Astherewerenotenoughlifeboatsforeverybody,1,500liveswerelost.Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语Southampton（1.1）/sauI'$mpt+n/n．南安普敦（英国港市）lookout（1.10）/'luk-aut/n．瞭望员collision（1.11）/k+'li{+n/n．碰撞
6、colossal（1.4）/k+'l&s+l/adj．庞大的narrowly（1.11）/'n$r+uli/adv．刚刚，勉强地watertight（1.6）/'w&:t+tait/adj．不漏水的miss（1.11）/mis/v．避开compartment（1.6）/k+m'pa:tm+nt/n．（轮船的）密封舱slight（1.12）/slait/adj．轻微的tremble（1.12）/'tremb+l/v．震颤flood（1.7）/fl)d/v．充满水faint（1.13）/feint/adj．微弱的float（1.7）/'fl+(t/v．漂浮，飘浮
7、horror（1.14）/'hr&+/n．恐惧tragic（1.7）/'tr$d{ik/adj．悲惨的abandon（1.15）/+'b$nd+n/v．抛弃liner（1.7）/'lain+/n．班船plunge（1.16）/pl)nd{/v．投入，跳入voyage（1.8）/'v&i-id{/n．航行lifeboat（1.16）/'laifb+ut/n．救生船iceberg（1.10）/'aisb*:g/n．冰山Notesonthetext课文注释1 sailfor，驶往……。2 evenbymodernstandards，即使依照现代标准来衡量。by作“
8、依照”、“按照”讲。3 regardedasunsi
