lifeboat

much sooner, whilst the Brits would have

gone down

not to the sound of the band playing, but to the sound of a polite

chorus

of "After you", "No, after you"...

GLOSSARY 词汇表

grip 吸引

blockbuster 大片

'unsinkable' luxury liner ‘永不沉没的’超级豪华客轮

iceberg 冰山

maiden voyage 初次航行

perished 死了

concluded 总结

enduring myth 长期以来的一个说法

locked down below 被锁在（甲板层）下面

deck 甲板

gallantry 绅士风度

withstood 挡住了

the women and children first rule 女士孩子优先的常规

lifeboat 救生船

gone down 沉下去

chorus 合唱