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Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic New words compartment n.（轮船的）密封舱 CET6 flood v.充满水 CET4 float v.漂浮 CET4 tragic adj.悲惨的 CET6 liner n.班船 voyage n.航行 iceberg n.冰山 collision n.碰撞 CET4 narrowly adv.刚刚，勉强地 miss v. 避开 CET4 slight adj. 轻微的 CET4 tremble v.震颤 CET4 faint adj.微弱的 CET4 horror n.恐惧 CET4 abandon v.抛弃 CET4 plunge v.投入，跳入 Text The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. She was carrying 1,316 passengers and crew of 891. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship. sail v.航行；启航 set sail 启航；张帆 sail for 船开向…；乘船往… crew n.队，组；全体人员 a crew of 一组工作人员 film crew 影片摄制组 flight crew 机组人员 At the time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments unsinkable sink v.下沉 n.洗碗池 The boat was beginning to sink fast. sink sank sunk Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life. loss n. lose v. Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy water of the North Atlantic, huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense walk of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened. The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged. so......that...... 如此。。。。以至于。。。 He is so clever that everybody likes him. He is such a clever boy that everybody likes him. Below, the captain realized to his horror