新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic
1 . She was carrying 1,316 passengers and crew of 891.船上載有1，316名乘客與891名船員。
2 . A huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.突然，瞭望員發現一座冰山。
3 . At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable,當時，這艘輪船不僅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，而且也被認為是不會沉沒的。
4 . The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.於是，他發出棄船的命令，幾百人跳進了冰冷刺骨的海水裡。
5 . 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，這艘巨輪首航就下沉，造成大批人員死亡。人們將永遠記著這艘巨輪的沉沒慘劇。
6 . After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision.警報響過不久，巨輪急轉彎，以避免與冰山正面相撞。
7 . Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened.突然，從船艙下部傳來一聲微顫音，船長走下船艙去查看究竟。
8 . Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.卻使用現代標準來衡量，45，000 噸的「泰坦尼克」號與算得上一艘巨輪了。
9 . The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912.巨輪「泰坦尼克」號1912年4月10日從南安普敦起錨駛向紐約。
10 . Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,在下面，船長驚恐的地發現「泰坦尼克」號正在急速下沉，
11 . Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy water of the North Atlantic,「泰坦尼克」起航後的第4天，它正行駛在北大西洋冰冷的海面上。
12 . The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense walk of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.「泰坦尼克」這個彎拐得及時，緊貼著高出海面100英尺的巨大的冰牆擦過去。
13 . The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged.由於這個聲音非常輕，沒人會想到船身已遭損壞。
14 . for she had sixteen watertight compartments.因為船由16個密封艙組成，
15 . for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!16個密封艙已有5個進水。
16 . As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.由於沒有足夠的救生艇運載所有乘客，結果，1，500 人喪生。
17 . Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.即使有兩個艙進水，仍可漂浮的水面上。