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1、泰坦尼克号的沉没ThelossoftheTitanic泰坦尼克号的沉没Thegreatship,Titanic,sailedforNewYorkfromSouthampton（南安普顿）onApril10th,1912.Shewascarrying1,316passengersandcrew（船员）of891.Evenbymodernstandards,the46,000tonTitanicwasacolossalship.Atthetime,however,shewasnotonlythelargestshipthathadeverbeenbuilt,butwasregardeda
2、sunsinkable（不会沉没的）,forshehadsixteenwatertight（不漏水的）compartments（船舱）.Eveniftwoofthesewereflooded,shewouldstillbeabletofloat（漂浮）.Thetragic（悲剧的）sinkingofthisgreatliner（大客轮）willalwaysberemembered,forshewentdownonherfirstvoyage（航行）withheavylossoflife.Fourdaysaftersettingout,whiletheTitanicwassailing
3、acrosstheicy（冰冷的）wateroftheNorthAtlantic,hugeiceberg（冰山）wassuddenlyspotted（察出）byalookout（瞭望员）.Afterthealarmhadbeengiven,thegreatshipturnedsharplytoavoidadirectcollision（碰撞）.TheTitanicturnedjustintime,narrowlymissingtheimmense（沉浸于）walkoficewhichroseover100feetoutofthewaterbesideher.Suddenly,ther
4、ewasaslighttrembling（打颤）soundfrombelow,andthecaptainwentdowntoseewhathadhappened.Thenoisehadbeensofaint（微弱的）thatnoonethoughthattheshiphadbeendamaged.Below,thecaptainrealizedtohishorror（极度的恐惧）thattheTitanicwassinkingrapidly,forfiveofhersixteenwatertightcompartmentshadalreadybeenflooded（溢满）!Theor
5、dertoabandonshipwasgivenandhundredsofpeopleplunged（跳入）intotheicywater.Astherewerenotenoughlifeboats(救生船)foreverybody,1,500liveswerelost.Sailfor驶向sailforA(place)fromB(place)航海从B处出发，去往A处For后面接目的地，类似的词组还有：setoutforsetoffforleaveforheadformakefor出发去往某处e.g.HewillsetoutfortheAtlantic.e.g.Theplane
6、ismakingfortheairport.e.g.WeareheadingforCanada.拓展：Rowfor划向…Speedfor飞速驶向Flyfor飞向Leavefor动身去Eg;I‘mleavingforLondontomorrow.我明天动身去伦敦。Acrewof全体成员crew[kru:]n.队，组；全体人员，全体船员vi.一起工作vt.使当船员例句：Willyoucrewformeintomorrow'srace?你愿意在明天的赛艇比赛中充当我赛艇上的队员吗?▲by…standard bebelow/uptostandard ▲voyagemake/goonavov
7、agevoyage（海上、水上）旅行travel（一般的）旅行journey（规律性的）旅行trip（短距离的）旅行flight（空中）旅行▲Sailacross横渡Across横向（west—east）Though纵穿（south—north）notonly…butalso并列连词=aswellasEg：hehasnotonlyknowledgebutalsoexperience。hehasexperienceaswellasknowledge。说明：1
