新概念三Lesson10ThelossoftheTitanic

1、self-introductionname: birthplace:major: tel :new concept english 3lesson 10 the loss of the titanicwarm uptitanicthe great shipjack and roseshipwrecks have you ever watched the movie “titanic”? how do you think about the movie? how do you think about the ship “titanic”?new words & expressions1.

2、colossal klsl adj. 巨大、龐大的 large in size, huge eg.he has a colossal nerve. 2.watertight w:ttat adj. 不漏水的 tight adj. 緊的；裝滿填滿的；密封不漏的 waterproof adj. 防水的 water-resistant adj. 防水的 anti-water adj. 防水的，抗水的partment kmp:tmnt n.輪船密封艙 4.flood fld v. 充滿水 be filled or covered with water eg. our street floods whe

3、never it rains. 泛濫、溢出 to over flow eg. the river flooded the valley. 充滿、滿是to cover completely eg. the room was flooded with light. n. 洪水、水災(zāi) 經(jīng)常用作floods 5.float flt v. 漂浮 to stay on the surface of a liquid without sinking eg. does this kind of wood float? n.漂浮物、魚漂 sth that floats6.tragic adj. trdk悲劇的;

4、悲慘的 sad eg. a tragic story that perhaps happens only in the movies.7.liner lan(r) n.班船，班機 8.voyage vd n. 旅行、航行 a journey made by boat or ship v.航海 travel over the sea9.iceberg asb: n.冰山10.lookout lkat n. 瞭望員、監(jiān)察所 a person who watches 監(jiān)視動作 the act of keeping watch eg. keeping a lookout for the enemy 前

5、景、遠景 a likely future eg. it is a good lookout for you if you study hard.text please close your text books. listen to the tape of the text carefully and try to answer the following question: how many tons was the titanic? had the titanic ever sailed before? did the captain think the ship had been dam

6、aged?why? what would have happened if only two of the sixteen water-tight compartment had been flooded? read the text by yourselves, try to retell it and pay attention to the usage of the past perfect tense. 過去完成時：表示該動作發(fā)生在過去某一動作之前，即過去的過去。具體指發(fā)生在過去的動作對過去某一點造成的某種影響或結(jié)果，用來指定在另一個過去行動之前就已經(jīng)完成了的一個事件。 結(jié)構(gòu)為:had

7、 done eg. i had been at the bus stop for 20 minutes when a bus finally came. notes on the texe the great ship, titanic, sailed for new york from southampton on april 10th, 1912. she was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891. even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton titanic was a colossal ship.

8、 1.great adj. 大的 very large in degree or amount 偉大卓越的 of excellent quality 重大的 very important 好的 very good2.sail for,行駛往、到3.crew 全體工作人員 all the people working on a ship or plane=staff a crew of 4.by 根據(jù)，按照 modern standards 現(xiàn)代標(biāo)準(zhǔn) at the time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever bee

9、n built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments. 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. 5.not onlybut (a

10、lso) 表并列 不僅還;不但而且 she is not only beautiful, but also smart. 6.regard as 把當(dāng)做 be regarded as eg. i regard her as my best friend.7. unsinkable adj. sink v. 下沉；下降；減少 un- 否定前綴 -able 形容詞后綴8.for 表原因9.be able to10.go down 下沉 four days after setting out, while the titanic was sailing across the icy waters o

11、f 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 wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. 11.set out

12、出發(fā)12.while引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，當(dāng)?shù)臅r候 強調(diào)同時性或某時間段內(nèi)一種情況發(fā)生時另一種情況出現(xiàn)13.spot v.挑出、查出、認(rèn)出 to see or notice n. 點、圓點、斑點 small mark 地點 place14. in time 及時15. narrowly missing 勉強避開16.which引導(dǎo)的定語從句 eg. these are the trees which were planted last year. suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain wen

13、t down to see what had happened. the noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged. below, the captain realized to his horror that the titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded! the order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water. as there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.17.sothat 如此以致于 eg. i worked so hard that i got the first place. 區(qū)別so that 為了,表目