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　　1、What would have happened if only two of the sixteen water-tight compartments had been flooded?

　　The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912.

　　The great ship, Titanic, sailed for... 背景介绍

　　sail for… 航海去往某处

　　set out for / set off for 出发去往某处

　　leave for / head for / make for 出发去往某处

　　-- He will set out for the Atlantic.

　　-- The plane is making for the airport.

　　-- We are heading for Canada.

　　2、She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891.

　　She was carrying... (carry 表示载有)

　　a crew of 一组人员

　　3、Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.

　　modern standards 现代的标准

　　by = according to 表示依据

　　-- by regulation 依据规则 (regulation n.规则, 规章)

　　-- by rules 依据条例(rule n.规则, 惯例)

　　-- by our estimate 依据我们的估计(estimate n.估计, 估价, 评估 v.估计, 估价, 评估)

　　-- by one's looks = by one's appearance 根据某人的长相(appearance n.外貌, 出现)

　　according to… 依据(事实、课文等客观存在的现实)

　　-- according to the fact 依据事实

　　-- according to the Text 课文 依据这篇课文

　　in accordance with = according to

　　in accordance with… 依据(法律等)，更加正式

　　-- in accordance with law / in accordance with rules

　　in my opinion 在我看来

　　4、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.

　　At that time 在当时

　　not only... but(also)... 不仅…而且…

　　be regarded as = be considered to be = be thought of as 把...看作为

　　口语中：regard sb./sth. As + (n./porn./adj./doing/done)

　　-- I regard his idea as totally unacceptable.(adj.无法接受的, 不受欢迎的)

　　-- We can't regard the matter as settled.(adj.定下的, 决定的)

　　for 表示原因

　　5、Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.

　　be able to 强调有能力

　　6、The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her

　　first voyage with heavy loss of life.

　　be remembered 被永远记住 (always adv.永远, 始终, 总是)

　　go down = sink

　　on her first voyage 处女航, 首航

　　with heavy loss of life 损失惨重, 造成大批人员的死亡

　　7、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.

　　four days after setting out... = four days after setting off...

　　spotted = discovered

　　icy(adj.冰冷的, 冷淡的, 盖着冰的) waters(n.水域, 海域)

　　After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision.

　　the alarm had been given 发出警报

　　to avoid... 不定式表目的

　　The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over

　　100 feet out of the water beside her.

　　Just in time 很及时

　　Missing… 现在分词做状语, 对主句的补充说明

　　which 指代 the immense wall of ice

　　8、Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see

　　what had happened.

　　from below 从下方 / from above 从上方

　　9、The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged.

　　So faint that no one thought that...(so...that…)

　　10、Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her

　　sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!

　　to one's horror 使某人感到惊恐

　　to one's surprise 使某人感到惊讶

　　The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.

　　11、The order was given 命令被下达 / to abandon ship 弃船(不定式做定语)

　　-- be able to do sth 能够做某事 / the ability to do sth 做某事的能力

　　-- order sb to do sth 命令某人做某事 / the order to do sth 做某事的命令

　　-- be capable of doing sth 有能力做某事 / capability of doing sth 做某事的能力

　　ability(n.能力, 才干)

　　capable(adj.有能力的, 能干的, 有可能的)

　　capability(n.能力, 才能, 才干)

　　12、As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.

　　As = because

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