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Section 1:
·The great ship, Titanic, sailed for 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.
colossal
·Big
·huge/enormous
·colossal
·gigantic
·Immense
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·At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as
unsinkable, for she had sixteen water- tight compartments
·regard A as B
·We regard his works as classics
tight
·These shoes are too tight for me
·A tight ship
·A water-tight bag
·an air-tight package
·wind-resistant
·Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.
·Wood floats in water.
·A balloon floated across the sky
·The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage
with heavy loss of life.
Tragic
·Tragedy
·Comedy
·Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies
·It’s a tragedy for our country
·悲惨的经历
·悲惨的故事
·悲惨的事故
voyage
·go on/make a voyage
·他进行了一次环球航行
·He went on a voyage around the world
·The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage
with heavy loss of life.
Section 2:
·Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge
iceberg was suddenly spotted by a look-out.
set out
·set off
·leave
·启程
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·Columbus set out to discover America in the 15th century
·+for
·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.
collision
·collide with
·hit
·The car hits the truck
·The car hits me
·I hit the car
·I hit the tree
·The bus collided with a van. 公共汽车与客货车相撞.
·One bullet struck his car, narrowly missing him.
·A man narrowly escaped death when a fire broke out in his home on Sunday morning.
·(上海春)The performer was waving his stick in the street and it ___ missed the child standing nearby.
A．narrowly
B．nearly
C．hardly
D．closely
·The final score of the basketball match was 93-94.We were only ________ beaten. [2007 天津卷]
A．nearly
B．slightly
C．narrowly
D．lightly
·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.
·slight:轻微的，微小的(very small that seems unimpotant)
·A slight mistake
·slight difference
·faint：微弱的,模糊的 (not strong)
·a very faint noise
·the faint light of dawn
·a faint hope/possibility
·He became aware of the soft, _____ sounds of water dripping...
·We've made a _____ change of plan
·Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen water-
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.
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重点结构：to one’s +名词
abandon
·Abandon:抛弃
·abandon the dog
·abandon the child
·abandon the ship
·Give up 放弃，停止
·You'll never guess the answer - do you give up?
I give up - how many were there?
·We had to _____ the car and walk the rest of the way.
·She has still not _____ the search
·We _____ the plan in the end
plunge into
·(纵身）投入+水
·We ran down to the beach and plunged into the sea.
·At least 50 people died when a bus plunged into a river...
·陷入（不能自拔）+活动
·The two men plunged into discussion...
·The country (was) plunged into war after the death of the President
