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Lesson10ThelossoftheTitanicLecturer:PatienceWangNewwordsandexpressionsReadthenewwordsandexpressionsonpage50.ListeningListentothetapeonceandthenanswerthequestionsbelow.1.WherewastheTitanicsailing?2.Whatwasseenbyalookout?3.Whendidtheshipturnsharply?4.Diditsailalongsidetheiceberg,ordiditcollidewithit?5.Whatwasheardfrombelow?6.Whatdidthecaptaindo?7.Whatdidhefind?8.Whendideveryonejumpoverboard?9.Whywere1,500peopledrowned?ListeningcomprehensionChoosethecorrectanswerstothequestionsonpage53.Lesson10ThelossoftheTitanic(Ⅰ)Thegreatship,Titanic,sailedforNewYorkfromSouthamptononApril10th,1912.Shewascarrying1,316passengersandcrewof891.Evenbymodernstandards,the46,000tonTitanicwasacolossalship.Atthetime,however,shewasnotonlythelargestshipthathadeverbeenbuilt,butwasregardedasunsinkable,forshehadsixteenwatertightcompartments.Eveniftwoofthesewereflooded,shewouldstillbeabletofloat.Thetragicsinkingofthisgreatlinerwillalwaysberemembered,forshewentdownonherfirstvoyagewithheavylossoflife.Lesson10ThelossoftheTitanic(Ⅱ)Fourdaysaftersettingout,whiletheTitanicwassailingacrosstheicywateroftheNorthAtlantic,hugeicebergwassuddenlyspottedbyalookout.Afterthealarmhadbeengiven,thegreatshipturnedsharplytoavoidadirectcollision.TheTitanicturnedjustintime,narrowlymissingtheimmensewalkoficewhichroseover100feetoutofthewaterbesideher.Suddenly,therewasaslighttremblingsoundfrombelow,andthecaptainwentdowntoseewhathadhappened.Thenoisehadbeensofaintthatnoonethoughthattheshiphadbeendamaged.Below,thecaptainrealizedtohishorrorthattheTitanicwassinkingrapidly,forfiveofhersixteenwatertightcompartmentshadalreadybeenflooded!Theordertoabandonshipwasgivenandhundredsofpeopleplungedintotheicywater.Astherewerenotenoughlifeboatsforeverybody,1,500liveswerelost.sailsailv.1.(ofaboatorshiporthepeopleonit)totravelonwaterusingsailsoranengine(船)航行；(人)乘船航行e.g.(1)驶入海港tosailintoharbour(2)最早进行环球航行的人之一oneofthefirstpeopletosailaroundtheworld2.(ofaboatorshiporthepeopleinit)tobeginajourneyonwater起航e.g.(1)我们明天下午两点起航。Wesailat2p.m.tomorrow.(2)他从青岛起航，向台湾进发。HesailedforTaiwanfromQingdao.n.1.[c,u]帆2.atripinaboatorship乘船航行e.g.横渡海湾的两小时航程atwo-hoursailacrossthebaysailboardn.帆板sailingboat(BrE)=(AmEsailboat)帆船sailingshipn.(大型)帆船sailorn.水手；海员sailingn.1.[u]帆船运动；（乘帆船的）航行e.g.去进行帆船运动togosailing2.[c](从某港口开出的)航班e.g.下一个航班什么时候开航？Whattimeisthenextsailing?crewcrewn.1.allthepeopleworkingonaship,plane,etc.(轮船、飞机等上面的)全体工作人员e.g.全体机务人员crewmembers2.agroupofpeoplewithspecialtechnicalskillsworkingtogether(有专门技术的)一组工作人员e.g.电影摄制组afilmcrew摄制组acameracrew救护车急救组anambulancecrewv.tobepartofacrew,especiallyonaship当（尤指船上的）工作人员e.g.通常这条船配有五名船员。Normallytheboatiscrewedbyfivepeople.colossalcolossaladj.extremelylarge巨大的；庞大的e.g.(1)巨大的雕像acolossalstatue(2)那歌手现在可赚大钱了。Thesingerearnsacolossalamountofmoney.colossusn.1.(fml)apersonorthingthatisextremelyimportantorlargeinsize巨人；巨物2.[c](pl.colossi)anextremelylargestatue巨型雕像regardregardv.~sb./sth.(withsth)/~sb./sth.assthtothinkaboutsb./sth.inaparticularway将~认为；把~视为；看待e.g.人们普遍认为她是该国最优秀的作家之一。Sheisgenerallyregardedasoneofthebestwritersinthecountry.asregardssb./sth(fml)concerningorinconnectionwithsb./sth关于，至于e.g.关于你信中所提到的第一点~Asregardsthefirstpointinyourletter~n.1.[u]~to/forsb./sth(fml)注意；关注；关心；考虑e.g.你不考虑我的感情。Youhavenoregardformyfeelings!2.[u](~forsb./sth)(fml)尊重；尊敬；敬佩e.g.我非常敬佩他的能力。Ihadgreatregardforhisabilities.3.(regards)[pl.](用于信函的结尾或转达问候)致意，问候e.g.(1)谨此致意，~敬上Withkindregards,Yours~(2)看到你哥哥时，代我向他问好。Giveyourbrothermyregardswhenyouseehim.in/withregardtosb./sth(fml)concerningsb./sth关于，至于e.g.一个国家关于人权的法律acountry’slawsinregardtohumanrightssinksinkv.(sank,sunk)1.togodownbelowthesurfaceortowardsthebottomofaliquidorsoftsubstance下沉；下陷；沉没e.g.船沉入海底。Theshipsanktothebottomofthesea.2.(ofanobject)tomoveslowlydownwards下沉；下陷；沉降e.g.(1)太阳西坠。Thesunwassinkinginthewest.(2)楼房的地基开始下陷。Thefoundationsofthebuildingarestartingtosink.watertightwatertightadj.1.thatdoesnotallowwatertogetinorout不透水的；防水的；e.g.不透水的容器awatertightcontainer2.(ofanexcuse,aplan,anargument,etc借口、计划、论点等)carefullypreparedsothatitcontainsnomistakes,faultsorweaknesses严密的；无懈可击的；天衣无缝的e.g.案由必须做到无懈可击。Thecasehastobemadewatertight.compartmentcompartmentn.1.oneoftheseparatesectionswhicharailwaycarriageisdividedinto(铁路客车车厢被分隔成的)隔间2.oneoftheseparatesectionsthatsth.suchasapieceoffurnitureorequipmenthasforkeepingthingsin(家具或设备等的)分隔间，隔层e.g.这书桌有一个秘密隔层。Thedeskhasasecretcompartment.floodfloodn.1.[c,u]alargeamountofwatercoveringanareathatisusuallydry洪水；水灾e.g.大雨使全国许多地方泛滥成灾。Theheavyrainhascausedfloodsinmanypartsofthecountry.2.[c](~ofsth.)averylargenumberofthingsorpeoplethatappearatthesametime大批，大量(的人或事物)e.g.(1)难民潮afloodofrefugees(2)大量投诉afloodofcomplaints(3)小孩哭得泪人似的，Thechildwasinfloodsoftears.v.1.Ifaplaceploodsorsth.foodsit,itbecomesfilledorcoveredwithwater(使)灌满水；淹没e.g.只要一下大雨这房子就淹水。Thehousefloodswheneveritrainsheavily.2.tobecomesofullthatitspreadsoutontothelandaroundite.g.河水泛滥淹没了河谷。Theriverfloodedthevalley.3.(~in/into/outofsth)toarriveorgosomewhereinlargenumbers大量涌入；蜂拥而出e.g.难民不断涌入邻国。Refugeescontinuetofloodintoneighbouringcountries.floatfloatv.1.tomoveslowlyonwaterorintheair浮动；