7_04 泰坦尼号的幸存者——哈罗德_布莱德的故事.pptVIP

Please read the words keep sleep steep sweep dive alive arrive survive fear near appear disappear save wave brave leave receive believe voyage damage message float lifeboat overcoat Parts of a ship radio room engine room radio cabin bridge rowlock deck lifebelts lifeboats rope ladder … People on a ship captain radio operators passengers Crew band … Expressions related to shipping joined the ship set off boarded docked in on board ice warning … summary ?The Titanic makes its first voyage from England to the United States. But it is heading for disaster. The Titanic, which is called “Queen of the Seas”, is the “the biggest…and the best” (page 5). Harold Bride starts a new job as a radio operator on the ship. He becomes good friends with Jack Phillips, who is the Senior Radio Operator. The beginning of the disaster is on Sunday, 14th April. The Titanic strikes an iceberg and it starts sinking. Children and women are allowed to leave first. A few minutes later, they realize that it’s too late to wait for other ships, so some passengers prepare themselves for the end. However, Phillips continues to work in the radio room as water is getting into it. “Incredibly, the band still played” (page 22)! At last the Titanic is gone. Luckily, Harold Bride spends the rest of the trip to New York in the radio room of another ship, sending messages to passengers’ families and friends on land.?? I was impressed after reading this story because there were many brave and selfless people on the Titanic. Although most of them died in that disaster, they will encourage me forever. They gave the chance of survival to the women and children. For example, “Incredibly, the band still played”? (page 22)! “The water had reached the deck outside our cabin, but still Phillips didn’t leave the wireless. He continued sending more and more messages” (page 17). He cared about other