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The great ship,
Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. She was
_1_
1,316 passengers and a crew of 891. Even
_2_modern standards, the 46,000 ton
Titanicwas a huge
ship. At that time,
3 , she was not only the largest ship that had
4 been built, but was regarded as
5 ,
for she had sixteen watertight compartments.(轮船的密封舱) Even if two of these were flooded, she
_
6_ still be able to float. The _
7 sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went
down on her first voyage with heavy _
8_ of life.
Four days after setting out, __
9_ the
Titanicwas sailing
10 the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a
huge iceberg was suddenly
11 by a lookout. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned
12 to avoid a direct collision. The
Titanicturned just in time,
13 missing the immense wall of ice
which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from
14 , and the captain went down to see what had happened. The noise had been so
15 that no one
thought that the ship had been
16 . Below, the captain
17 to his horror that the
Titanicwas sinking
rapidly, for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been
18 ! The order to
19 ship
was given and hundreds of people jumped into the icy water. As there were not enough lifeboats for
20 , 1,500 lives were lost.
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