Background: 好莱坞经典电影《泰坦尼克号》讲述了在 1912 年与冰山相撞而沉船的超级豪华客轮的故事。据最近来自一个澳大利亚大学的研究报告称，当年船上英国乘客的生存率低于美国乘客，是因为英国乘客们在上救生船时遵守了排队的礼貌规则。

The story of the Titanic continues to

grip

us. The Hollywood

blockbuster

starring Leonardo diCaprio and Kate Winslet brought the horror and romance of the tragedy to a new generation.

But when the

'unsinkable' luxury liner

went down after hitting an

iceberg

on her

maiden voyage

more than 1,500 people

perished

in the icy waters of the north Atlantic.

Now David Savage, a Behavioural Economist from Queensland University of Technology, has

concluded

that more British passengers died than Americans because they stood in line.

But his study also destroys another

enduring myth

. He found no evidence that poorer passengers were

locked down below

and unable to reach the

deck

to escape. And his work also suggests that

gallantry withstood

the rising waters. Mostly, he says,

the women and children first rule

was followed.

But if he's right about the rest then Leonardo diCaprio, who played an American in the movie, would have cheated to survive and Kate Winslet would have got a seat in a