The New Version of Titanic Will Set Sail in Late 2016.docVIP

The New Version of Titanic Will Set Sail in Late 2016 An Australian magnate Clive Palmer is getting ready to build a new version of Titanic that could set sail in late 2016. Clive Palmer unveiled blueprints for the famously doomed ship’s namesake at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York. He said construction is scheduled to start soon in China. Palmer said 40,000 people have expressed interest in tickets for the maiden voyage, taking the original course from Southampton, England, to New York. He said people are inspired by his quest to replicate one of the most famous vessels in history. 澳大利亚富豪克莱夫?帕尔默准备好出资建造“泰坦尼克二”号邮轮，预计它将于2016年末首航。 帕尔默在纽约“无畏”号航空母舰博物馆公布了与那艘难逃一劫的著名邮轮同名的船的设计蓝图。他表示建造工作将近期在中国启动。 帕尔默表示，现在已经有4万人表示很感兴趣，想要买船票见证首航之旅。“泰坦尼克二”号的首航路线与原始路线相同，从英国的南安普敦港口开往纽约。他说对于他这个复制历史上最著名游轮之一的想法，人们都表示非常激动。 The original Titanic was the world’s largest and most luxurious ocean liner when it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank on April 15, 1912. Only 700 people of the more than 2,200 on board survived the most famous maritime disaster in history, partly because there were not enough lifeboats to carry everyone. Palmer said an unknown climate change―compared with the time when the original ship sailed―may have a positive effect on the new ship’s fate. “One of the benefits of global warming is there hasn’t been as many icebergs in the North Atlantic these days,” Palmer said. Passengers on board the replica will dress in the fashion of that period and eat dishes from the original menu, in dining rooms copied from the ill-fated predecessor. Joining Palmer was a lady named Helen Benziger, the great granddaughter of Titanic survivor Margaret “Molly” Brown. Benziger, who agreed to serve on the advisory board for the Titanic II, said her great grandmother, who died in 1932, would have loved to see the Titanic rebuilt and complete the journey it never got to finish. 1912年4月15日，世界上规模最大最奢华的原版远洋游轮“泰坦尼克”号在北大西洋撞击冰山而沉没，当时船上的2200多名乘客只有700人存活下来，这是历史上最广为人知的海难事故。之所以有这么多的人丧生，部分原因