Lesson10TheLossoftheTitanicTextandlanguagepointsShewascarrying1,316passengersandacrewof891.Evenbymodernstandards,the46,000tonTitanicwasacolossalship.--bymodernstandards--thestandardofliving生活水平--bebelow/uptothestandards

colossal-巨大的,龐大的--acolossalmonument巨大的紀(jì)念碑Atthattime,however,shewasnotonlythelargestshipthathadeverbeenbuilt,butwasregardedas

unsinkable,forshehadsixteenwatertightcompartments.regard..as...--把...視為,看作--Iregardhimasafool.我把他看作一個(gè)傻瓜--Hewasregardedasafool.Unsinkableun+sink+able--unforgivable,unforgettable,unforeseeable,unspeakablewatertight-adj.不漏水的,水密的--awater-resistantcoat,awaterproofwatchEveniftwoofthesewereflooded,shewouldstillbeabletofloat.flood-v.注滿,充滿--Mydeskisfloodedwithpaper.我的桌子上堆滿了紙--aroomfloodedwithsunlight充滿陽(yáng)光的房間n.充溢,大量--afloodoflight一大片強(qiáng)光--afloodofpeople人潮如涌Thetragicsinkingofthisgreatlinerwillalwaysberemembered,forshewentdownonherfirstvoyagewithheavy

lossoflife.tragic-悲慘的,悲劇的--tragedy-comedy(comic)Liner-班輪，班機(jī)：大型商船或飛機(jī)voyage-n.航程,航空,航海記--make/goonavoyage.--flight,travel,journey,triploss-n.損失,傷亡--beataloss迷惑的；不解的：--Iamatalosstounderstandthoseremarks.我不理解那些話Fourdaysaftersettingout,whiletheTitanicwassailingacrosstheicywatersoftheNorthAtlantic,ahugeicebergwassuddenlyspottedbyalookout.water-[常用復(fù)]大片的水;海[河,湖,池]水--crossthewaters渡過(guò)大海spot-vt.辯認(rèn)或認(rèn)出，特別指用眼睛看出--spotafriendinthecrowd在人群中認(rèn)出一個(gè)朋友lookout-n.望員,監(jiān)視哨,看守--alookouttower了望塔Afterthealarmhadbeengiven,thegreatshipturnedsharplytoavoidadirectcollision.sharply-adv.銳利地,急劇地--increase/rise/fall/dropsharply--ShelookedupsharplywhenImentionedhername.collision-n.碰撞,沖突--collide-v.抵觸：抵觸；沖突：--Iftheaimsoftwocountriescollide,theremaybewar.如果兩國(guó)的目標(biāo)沖突，就可能發(fā)生戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。

collidewith與...相撞；沖突；抵觸--Myideascollidewithhers.TheTitanicturnedjustintime,narrowlymissingtheimmensewalloficewhichroseover100feetoutofthewaterbesideher.intime-adv.及時(shí)narrowly-adv.勉強(qiáng)地,精細(xì)地--Shenarrowlylosttheelection.--Henarrowlyescapeddrowning.他差一點(diǎn)淹死。immense-extremelylarge;huge.極大/巨大的--animmenseterritory廣大的領(lǐng)土--animmenseimprovement巨大的改進(jìn)Suddenly,therewasaslighttremblingsoundfrombelow,andthecaptainwentdowntoseewhathadhappened.Thenoisehadbeensofaintthatnoonethoughtthatheshiphadbeendamaged.slight-notloud

faint—hardtobenoticedFrombelow--Someoneappearedfromunderthetable.--Mybestfriendcameoutfrombehindthedoor.Below,thecaptainrealizedtohishorrorthattheTitanicwassinkingrapidly.Toouramazement,thestatueturnedouttobeaverymodernlady.Tooursurprise,nothinghappened.Hebrokethevase,muchtomyannoyance.Tomydelight,Igotthefamoussinger’sautograph.Tomydisappointment,Ididnotpasstheexam.Theordertoabandonshipwasgivenandhundredsofpeopleplungedintotheicywater.abandon—desert,forsakeplunge-v.投入,跳進(jìn),陷入--Thehuntingdogsplungedintotheforestinpursuitofgame.獵狗們沖入森林追捕獵物

使突然陷入：一種特定的狀態(tài)或情形--“Thestreetwasplungedincoolshadow”街道突然陷入蔭涼之中

全心投入，全神貫注于--Thestudentsplungedintotheirexaminations.學(xué)生們?nèi)褙炞⒃诳荚嚿蟬ynonymsTheTitanicSheThe46,000tonTitanicTheshipThelineradjectivesthelargestshipthegreatshipthisgreatlineracolossalshipthe46,000tonTitanicahugeicebergtheimmensewalloficeQuestionsandanswersPairwork:Askyourpartneratleastonequestionforeachofthesentencesinthetext.Answerthequestionsthatyourpartnerasksyouconcerningthetext.ThesinkingoftheTitanicFourdays—settingsail—icywaters—NorthAtlantic—hugeiceberg—lookoutAlarmsgiven—greatshipturnedsharply—collisionJustintime—missedwallofice—100feet—besideherSuddenly—slighttrembling—below—captain—whathappenedNoise—faint—noonethought—ship—damagedCaptainrealized—Titanicsinkingfast—five/sixcompartments—floodedOrder—abandonship—hundredsofpeople—icywaterNotenoughlifeboats—1,500liveslostvocabularyColossal—immense,hugeRegarded—considered,thoughttobeCompartments—sections,divisionsFlooded—filledwithwaterFloat—stayedonthesurfaceofthewaterAvoid—escape,missNarrowly—onlyjustPage51.Summerywriting.discussionTelluswhatyouknowaboutanymajortrans