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“泰坦尼克”号亲历者故事 　　The Titanic story is a gripping1) tale of bravery and frailty2). One can easily feel that through the stories of people aboard it. 　　“泰坦尼克”号的故事扣人心弦，既展示了人性的勇敢，也暴露了人性的弱点。读读“泰坦尼克”号上那些人的故事，你很容易就能感受到。 　　 　　Douglas Spedden 道格拉斯?斯佩登 　　little boy who held a white teddy bear 怀抱白色泰迪熊的小男孩 　　 　　Douglas Spedden was just seven when his rich parents took him on his ill-fated first cruise3). He knew nothing of the disaster. The entire family escaped in lifeboat No. 3, but Douglas carried on sleeping clutching his white teddy bear Polar. He woke to a rising sun and towering icebergs. Look at the beautiful North Pole, he cried, with no Santa Claus on it! Back home in New York, the family tried to put the disaster behind them. Fate was not kind to them. Tragically, young Douglas escaped one disaster only to be claimed by another. It was ironic that he was to die the victim of another wonder of the modern age, killed in a car accident in 1915. 　　But that was not the end of the story. A relative discovered a storybook his mother Daisy had written for Douglas in 1913 recounting the voyage through the eyes of a little boys toy. Since being published in 1994, Polar the Titanic Bear has sold 250,000 copies. 　　道格拉斯?斯佩登第一次远航就被自己富有的父母带上了这次不幸之旅，那时的他只有7岁。他对这次灾难一无所知。当他们一家人乘坐3号救生艇逃离危险时，小道格拉斯正紧紧地抱着自己的白色泰迪熊波拉尔沉睡着。醒来的时候，他看到了冉冉升起的太阳和高耸如塔的冰山。“看，多漂亮的北极，”他大声喊着，“上面没有圣诞老公公！”回到纽约的家之后，斯佩登一家试图忘却这场灾难。然而，命运对他们却并不仁慈。很不幸，小道格拉斯虽然在“泰坦尼克”号事件中幸免于难，却被另一场灾难夺去了生命。具有讽刺意味的是，他成了近代另一个奇迹发明(汽车)的牺牲品，在1915年丧生于一场车祸中。 　　然而，故事并没有到此结束。道格拉斯的母亲黛西曾在1913年为儿子写过一本故事书，从一个小男孩的玩具熊的视角回顾了“泰坦尼克”号之行。后来他们的一位亲戚发现了这本书。自1994年出版以来，这本《泰坦尼克号上的小熊波拉尔》已售出25万册。 　　 　　Molly Brown 莫莉?布朗 　　rich woman who defied4) the seaman in charge to take over a lifeboat 奋起反抗管船的 　　船员并接管所在救生艇的富有女人 　　 　　As the Titanic went down Molly Brown helped get fellow first-class passengers onto the lifeboats. She was loaded into lifeboat No. 6 with 24 women and two men. It had a capacity of 65. She argued fiercely with Quartermaster Robert Hichens, who