新概念英語第三冊

新概念英語第三冊1090681

新概念英語第三冊10.txt讓人想念而死，是謀殺的至高境界，就連

法醫(yī)也鑒定不出死因。。。。。。Lesson10ThelossoftheTitanic

“泰坦尼克”號的沉沒

一、【Text】課文

Thegreatship,Titanic,sailedforNewYorkfromSouthampton

onApril10th,1912.Shewascarrying1316passengersandacrew

of891.Evenbymodernstandards,the46,000tonTitanicwas

acolossalship.Atthattime,however,shewasnotonlythe

largestshipthathadeverbeenbuilt,butwasregardedas

unsinkable,forshehadsixteenwatertightcompartments.Even

iftwoofthesewereflooded,shewouldstillbeabletofloat.

Thetragicsinkingofthisgreatlinerwillalwaysberemembered,

forshewentdownonherfirstvoyagewithheavylossoflife.

Fourdaysaftersettingout,whiletheTitanicwassailing

acrosstheicywatersoftheNorthAtlantic,ahugeicebergwas

suddenlyspottedbyalook-out.Afterthealarmhadbeengiven,

thegreatshipturnedsharplytoavoidadirectcollision.The

Titanicturnedjustintime,narrowlymissingtheimmensewall

oficewhichroseover100feetoutofthewaterbesideher.

Suddenly,therewasaslighttremblingsoundfrombelow,and

thecaptainwentdowntoseewhathadhappened.Thenoisehad

beensofaintthatnoonethoughtthattheshiphadbeendamaged.

Below,thecaptainrealizedtohishorrorthattheTitanicwas

sinkingrapidly,forfiveofhersixteenwatertight

compartmentshadalreadybeenflooded!Theordertoabandon

shipwasgivenandhundredsofpeopleplungedintotheicywater.

Astherewerenotenoughlife-boatsforeverybody,1500lives

werelost.

二、［Newwordsandexpressions］生詞和短語

?Southamptonn.南安普敦（英國港市）

?colossaladj.龐大的

?watertightadj.不漏水的

?compartmentn.（輪船的）密封艙

?floodv.充滿水

?floatv.漂浮，飄浮

?tragicadj.悲慘的

?linern.班船

?voyagen.航行

?icebergn.冰山

?lookoutn.瞭望員

?collisionn.碰撞

?narrowlyadv.剛剛，勉強地

?missv.避開

?slightadj.輕微的

?tremblev.震顫

?faintadj.微弱的

?horrorn.恐懼

?abandonv,拋棄

?plungev.投入，跳入

?lifeboatn.救生船

★Southamptonn.南安普敦（英國港市）

★colossaladj.龐大的

big,large,huge,great,vast,immense,enormous,giant,

gigantic,tremendous,titanic

colossal:largeinsize

AshipTitanicwascolossal.

acolossalmonument;acolossalstatue

big:大的，重要的

Yougivemeabigsurprise.

Heisabigperson.

Theboxisbig.

large:體積大，數(shù)量大

anemptylargebox

alargenumberofpeople

great:偉大

vast:遼闊,廣闊vastdesert

immense:immeasurable不可測量的

animmensestadium,immenseiceberg

enormous重點突出數(shù)量、程度、體積；強調(diào)程度時，語意強于big

Eg:Hemadeabigsuccess./Hemadeanenoumoussuccess.

giant:巨大的，高大的

agiantperson巨人；gigantic

tremendous:big,fast,powerful

Theplaneistravelingattremendousspeed.

titanic用于修飾人和物，體積大、力量大

Theshipistitanic.

huge:強調(diào)體積大ahugestone數(shù)量巨大ahugesumofmoney

★watertightadj.不漏水的

awatertightship

watertight引申為無懈可擊的，毫無破綻的

watertightarguments無懈可擊的論點

watertightexcuse毫無破綻的借口

waterproof防水的；waterproofwatch防水手表

waterproofcoat防水雨衣

★compartmentn.（輪船的）密封艙

★floodv.充滿水

vt.&n.

vt.befilledwithwater;theshipisflooded.

Theroomwasfloodedwithmoonlight.

Ourclassroomwasfloodedwithsunshine.

n.洪水，inflood河水泛濫；引申表示連續(xù)不斷的

Duringtherains,theriverisinflood.

inafloodofwords滔滔不絕的

Sheblamedherhusbandinafloodofwordsonseeinghim.

★floatv.漂浮，飄浮

drift

★tragicadj.悲慘的

unfoutunate;atragicaccident

miserable苦難的bitter痛苦的

tragedyn.悲劇，慘劇intragedy以悲劇形式

Theholidayendedintragedy.

comedy喜劇comic喜劇的,滑稽的comical古怪的，可笑的

★linern.班船

★voyagen.航行

voyage海上航行

flight飛行

journey長途行程

navigation航海，航海術(shù)

Thevoyageismorethantheoldladycanbear.

★icebergn,冰山

★lookoutn.瞭望員

★collisionn.碰撞

collidevi碰撞，撫觸

Theplanecollidedwiththemountain

crashv.墜毀

Itissaidthatthereisanairplanethatcrashedinthe

mountains.

conflictvi,和某事（某人）相抵觸

Myideaconflictswithyours.

clashvi.相沖突

Eg:Hisweddingclashedwithmyexamination,soIcouldn'tgo.

★narrowlyadv.剛剛，勉強地

★missv.避開

★slightadj.輕微的

★tremblev.震顫

tremblev.有規(guī)律的、小幅度的抖動

Look,yourhandsaretrembling,what'swrongwithyou?

shiverv.強調(diào)由于寒冷、懼怕而一連串地抖動

Ifoundhe'sshiveringinacold.

shuddervi.強調(diào)全身的顫栗

Theboyisshuddering,why?Becausehewasfrightened.

★faintadj.微弱的

faint:weak

faintsound/weaksound;weakvoice/faintvoice

faint:unconscious失去知覺

Hehasbeenfaintforalongtime.

slight輕微的，微不足道的

asiightheadache;aslightbook

★horrorn.恐懼

★abandonv.拋棄

abandon因為某事而被迫放棄自己喜愛的事物

Heabandonedhisresearchbecauseofthewar.

desert背棄，遺棄

desertthearmy;deserttheduty;deserthisfamily

★plungev.投入，跳入

plunge:jumporrushsuddenlyandwildly

Hegotsoangrythatheplungeintothewater.

WhentheshipTitanicsankintheocean,alargenumberofpeople

plungedinto…

jump:側(cè)重強調(diào)快速地跳

Theboyisjumpingupanddown.

leap:跳躍Heleaptoutofthesleepingbad.

dive跳水、潛水

★lifeboatn.救生船

三、【課文精析】

Thegreatship,Titanic,sailedfor…背景介紹

sailfor航海去往某處

setout(off)for出發(fā)去往某處

leavefor,headfor,makefor

Eg:HewillsetoutfortheAtlantic.

Theplaneismakingfortheairport.

WeareheadingforCanada.

Evenby…by:accordingto表示依據(jù)

modernstandards現(xiàn)代的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

byregulation依據(jù)規(guī)則；byruies依據(jù)條例

byourestimate根據(jù)我們的估計

byone'slooks/byone'sappearance根據(jù)某人的長相

accordingto依據(jù)(事實、課文等客觀存在的現(xiàn)實)

accordingtothefact依據(jù)事實

accordingtothetext依據(jù)這篇課文

accordingto/inaccordancewith

inaccordancewith更力口正式

inaccordancewithlaw依據(jù)法律

inaccordancewithrules

atthattime在當(dāng)時

notonly…but(also)不僅…而且

beregardedas:beconsideredtobe,bethoughtofas把???看

作為

口語中：regardsb./sth.as+(n./pron./adj./doing/

done)

Eg:Iregardedhisideaastotallyunacceptable.

Wecan'tregardthematterassettled.

for表示原因

beableto強調(diào)有能力

beremembered被永遠記住

godown:sink

onherfirstvoyage處女航，首航

withheavylossoflife損失慘重，造成大批人員的死亡

fourdaysaftersettingout…：fourdaysaft