Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic

1、 Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic “泰坦尼克“号的沉没【New words and expressions】 生词和短语Southampton n. 南安普敦（英国港市）colossal adj. 庞大的watertight adj. 不漏水的compartment n. （轮船的）密封舱flood v. 充满水float v. 漂浮， 飘浮tragic adj. 悲惨的liner n. 班船voyage n. 航行iceberg n. 冰山lookout n. 瞭望员collision n. 碰撞narrowly adv. 刚刚，勉强地miss v. 避开

2、slight adj. 轻微的tremble v. 震颤faint adj. 微弱的horror n. 恐惧abandon v. 抛弃plunge v. 投入，跳入lifeboat n. 救生船Southampton n. 南安普敦（英国港市）colossal adj. 庞大的big, large, huge, great, vast, immense, enormous, giant, gigantic, tremendous, titaniccolossal: large in sizeA ship Titanic was colossal.a colossal monument; a c

3、olossal statuebig:大的，重要的You give me a big surprise.He is a big person.The box is big.large:体积大，数量大an empty large boxa large number of peoplegreat: 伟大vast:辽阔，广阔 vast desertimmense: immeasurable 不可测量的an immense stadium, immense icebergenormous 重点突出数量、程度、体积；强调程度时，语意强于bigEg: He made a big success. / He

4、made an enoumous success.giant: 巨大的，高大的a giant person 巨人 ； gigantictremendous: big, fast, powerfulThe plane is traveling at tremendous speed.titanic 用于修饰人和物，体积大、力量大The ship is titanic.huge:强调体积大 a huge stone 数量巨大 a huge sum of moneywatertight adj. 不漏水的a watertight shipwatertight 引申为无懈可击的，毫无破绽的watert

5、ight arguments 无懈可击的论点watertight excuse 毫无破绽的借口waterproof 防水的；waterproof watch 防水手表waterproof coat 防水雨衣compartment n. （轮船的）密封舱flood v. 充满水vt. & n. vt. be filled with water; the ship is flooded.The room was flooded with moonlight.Our classroom was flooded with sunshine.n. 洪水， in flood 河水泛滥； 引申表示连续不断的

6、During the rains, the river is in flood.in a flood of words 滔滔不绝的She blamed her husband in a flood of words on seeing him.float v. 漂浮， 飘浮drift tragic adj. 悲惨的unfoutunate; a tragic accidentmiserable 苦难的 bitter 痛苦的tragedy n. 悲剧， 惨剧 in tragedy 以悲剧形式The holiday ended in edy 喜剧 comic 喜剧的，滑稽的 c

7、omical 古怪的，可笑的liner n. 班船voyage n. 航行voyage 海上航行flight 飞行journey 长途行程navigation 航海，航海术The voyage is more than the old lady can bear.iceberg n. 冰山lookout n. 瞭望员collision n. 碰撞collide vi 碰撞，抚触The plane collided with the mountaincrash v. 坠毁It is said that there is an airplane that crashed in the mounta

8、ins.conflict vi. 和某事（某人）相抵触My idea conflicts with yours.clash vi. 相冲突Eg: His wedding clashed with my examination, so I couldnt go.narrowly adv. 刚刚，勉强地miss v. 避开slight adj. 轻微的tremble v. 震颤tremble v. 有规律的、小幅度的抖动Look, your hands are trembling, whats wrong with you?shiver v. 强调由于寒冷、惧怕而一连串地抖动I found hes

9、 shivering in a cold.shudder vi. 强调全身的颤栗The boy is shuddering, why? Because he was frightened.faint adj. 微弱的faint: weakfaint sound / weak sound; weak voice / faint voicefaint: unconscious 失去知觉He has been faint for a long time.slight 轻微的，微不足道的a slight headache; a slight bookhorror n. 恐惧abandon v. 抛弃a

10、bandon 因为某事而被迫放弃自己喜爱的事物He abandoned his research because of the war.desert 背弃，遗弃desert the army; desert the duty; desert his familyplunge v. 投入，跳入plunge: jump or rush suddenly and wildlyHe got so angry that he plunge into the water.When the ship Titanic sank in the ocean, a large number of people pl

11、unged intojump:侧重强调快速地跳The boy is jumping up and down.leap: 跳跃 He leapt out of the sleeping bad.dive 跳水、潜水lifeboat n. 救生船【Text】 Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic “泰坦尼克“号的沉没What would have happened if only two of the sixteen water-tight compartments had been flooded?The great ship, Titanic, sailed fo

12、r New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. She was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 89l. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had si

13、xteen 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.Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the ic

14、y waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a look-out. 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

15、. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went 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 water

16、tight 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 life-boats for everybody, 1500 lives were lost.【课文讲解】The loss of the TitanicThe great ship, Titanic, sailed for 背景介绍sail for 航海去往某处set out (off

17、) for 出发去往某处leave for, head for, make forEg: He will set out for the Atlantic.The plane is making for the airport.We are heading for Canada.She eas carryingcarry 表示载有； a crew of 一组人员Even by by : according to 表示依据modern standards 现代的标准by regulation 依据规则 ; by ruies 依据条例by our estimate 根据我们的估计by ones l

18、ooks / by ones appearance 根据某人的长相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 依据这篇课文在我看来： in my opinionaccording to / in accordance within accordance with 更加正式in accordance with law 依据法律in accordance with rulesat that time 在当时not only but (also ) 不仅而且be regarded as:

19、 be considered to be, be thought of as 把看作为口语中： regard sb. / sth. as + (n. / pron. / adj. / doing / done)Eg: I regarded his idea as totally unacceptable.We cant regard the matter as settled.for 表示原因be able to 强调有能力be remembered 被永远记住go down: sinkon her first voyage 处女航， 首航with heavy loss of life 损失惨

20、重，造成大批人员的死亡four days after setting out : four days after setting offspotted: suddenly discovered by a look outicy waters 水域，海域the alarm had been given 发出警to avoid不定式表目的just in time 很及时missing 现在分词做状语，表示对主句的补充说明narrowly 勉强地which 指代the immense wall of icefrom below 从下方 from above 从上方 so faint that no

21、one thought thatso thatto ones horror 使某人感到惊讶five of her sixteen watertight compartments had been filled with water.The order was given 命令被下达to abandon ship 弃船，不定式做定语As (because ) there were not enough lifeboats 1,500 lives died.the order was given. 命令被下达to abandon ship 弃船 不定式做做定语ability 能力the abili

22、ty to do sth.order sb. to do sth.be capable of doing sth. 强调有做某事的能力capability of doing sth. 做某事的能力【Special difficulties】Word Building 构词法动词后加-er, 如果是以不发音的-e结尾的，只加-r, 表示行为的主动者，做某事的人。work-worker teach-teacher murder-murdererwrite-writer read-reader动词后加-ist, 表示某种主义者、信仰者；从事某种事业、研究的人copy-copyist type-typ

23、ist novel - novelistdrug- druggist tobacco- tobacconist形容词后加-ness, 抽象名词，表示一种性质、情况、状态kind-kindness bitter-bitterness happy-happinesswilling-willngness某些动词后加-ion, 构成名词suggent-suggestion 以-te结尾的动词，把不发音的-e去掉，再加-iontranslate-translation complete- completiongraduate- graduation某些以-aim /-ain 结尾的动词，把-i 去掉，再

24、加-ationexplain-explanation exclaim-exclamation以-ity 结尾，放在形容词之后，构成抽象名词，表示性质、状态以-able / -ible 对尾的形容词变成名词，充成 ability / -ibilityable-ability probable-probability possible-possibility mobile-mobilityExercese Supply the missing words in the following sentences:1 He studied physics at university. He is a p

25、_ .2 He works in a mine. He is a m_ . 3 Pasteur did a great service to _ (human ).4 He is trying to make a good _ ( impress ).5 His paintings have been admired for their _ (original ).Key: 1. physicist 2. miner 3. humanity 4. impression 5. originality【Multiple choice questions】Comprehension1 When th

26、e Titanic set out from Southampton _ .a. she was carrying a very large cargob. she was making a voyage which is only attempted by very large shipsc. only two of her watertight compartments were floodedd. she was sailing on her maiden voyage1. D2 What happened once the icebery had been spotted?a. The

27、 Titanic got lost in the icy waters of the North Atlantic.b. The alarm was given that there was a collision ahead.c. The Titanic quickly changed her course.d. The Titanic turned just as the iceberg rose steeply out of the water.2. C3 The Titanic sank because _ .a. she had been badly damaged by an ic

28、ebergb. the captain was slow to realize the true nature of the damagec. no more than five of her watertight compartments had been floodedd. instead of trying to save her, people plunged into the water3. AStructure4 _ were 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891 . (ll.2-3)a. On her board b. On board her c

29、. Boarding her d. On boarding ner4. B her 指代的是the great shipon board the plane / the train5 No one thought she _ sink, for she had sixteen watertight compartments. (ll.5-6)a. would be possible to b. would be able to c. should d. could possibly5. D 表示下沉的可能性6 She _ four days when a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted. (ll.9-10)a, sail