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1、新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)1090681新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)10.txt讓人想念而死,是謀殺的至高境界,就連法醫(yī)也鑒定不出死因。。。。。。Lesson10ThelossoftheTitanic“泰坦尼克“號(hào)的沉沒(méi)一、【Text】課文Thegreatship,Titanic,sailedforNewYorkfromSouthamptononApril10th,1912.Shewascarrying1316passengersandacrewof89l.Evenbymodernstandards,the46,000tonTitanicwasacol
2、ossalship.Atthattime,however,shewasnotonlythelargestshipthathadeverbeenbuilt,butwasregardedasunsinkable,forshehadsixteenwatertightcompartments.Eveniftwoofthesewereflooded,shewouldstillbeabletofloat.Thetragicsinkingofthisgreatlinerwillalwaysberemembered,forshewentdowno
3、nherfirstvoyagewithheavylossoflife.Fourdaysaftersettingout,whiletheTitanicwassailingacrosstheicywatersoftheNorthAtlantic,ahugeicebergwassuddenlyspottedbyalook-out.Afterthealarmhadbeengiven,thegreatshipturnedsharplytoavoidadirectcollision.TheTitanicturnedjustintime,nar
4、rowlymissingtheimmensewalloficewhichroseover100feetoutofthewaterbesideher.Suddenly,therewasaslighttremblingsoundfrombelow,andthecaptainwentdowntoseewhathadhappened.Thenoisehadbeensofaintthatnoonethoughtthattheshiphadbeendamaged.Below,thecaptainrealizedtohishorrorthatt
5、heTitanicwassinkingrapidly,forfiveofhersixteenwatertightcompartmentshadalreadybeenflooded!Theordertoabandonshipwasgivenandhundredsofpeopleplungedintotheicywater.Astherewerenotenoughlife-boatsforeverybody,1500liveswerelost.二、【Newwordsandexpressions】生詞和短語(yǔ)◆Southamptonn.南
6、安普敦(英國(guó)港市)◆colossaladj.龐大的◆watertightadj.不漏水的◆compartmentn.(輪船的)密封艙◆floodv.充滿水◆floatv.漂浮,飄浮◆tragicadj.悲慘的◆linern.班船◆voyagen.航行◆icebergn.冰山◆lookoutn.瞭望員◆collisionn.碰撞◆narrowlyadv.剛剛,勉強(qiáng)地◆missv.避開(kāi)◆slightadj.輕微的◆tremblev.震顫◆faintadj.微弱的◆horrorn.恐懼◆abandonv.拋棄◆plungev.投入,跳入
7、◆lifeboatn.救生船★Southamptonn.南安普敦(英國(guó)港市)★colossaladj.龐大的big,large,huge,great,vast,immense,enormous,giant,gigantic,tremendous,titaniccolossal:largeinsizeAshipTitanicwascolossal.acolossalmonument;acolossalstatuebig:大的,重要的Yougivemeabigsurprise.Heisabigperson.Theboxisbig.la
8、rge:體積大,數(shù)量大anemptylargeboxalargenumberofpeoplegreat:偉大vast:遼闊,廣闊vastdesertimmense:immeasurable不可測(cè)量的animmensestadium,immensei