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[00:06.05]10 "泰坦尼克"号的沉没
[00:12.09]Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:14.81]听录音,然后回答以下问题.
[00:17.53]What'd have happened
[00:20.85]情况会是怎么样?
[00:24.16]if only two of the 16 water-tight compartments had been flooded?
[00:31.58]如果16个密封舱中仅有两个舱进水
[00:39.00]The great ship,Titanic
[00:41.34]巨轮"泰坦尼克"号
[00:43.68]sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th,1912.
[00:47.56]1912年4月10日从南安普敦起锚驶向纽约.
[00:51.44]She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891.
[00:55.92]船上载有1,316名乘客与891名船员.
[01:00.40]Even by modern standards,
[01:02.22]即便用现代标准来衡量,
[01:04.05]the 46,000 ton Titanicw was a colossal ship.
[01:07.13]46,000吨的"泰坦尼克"号也算得上一艘巨轮了.
[01:10.22]At that time,however,
[01:11.98]当时,
[01:13.74]she was not only the largest shipthat had ever been built,
[01:16.53]这艘轮船不仅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船,
[01:19.31]but was regarded as unsinkable,
[01:21.58]而且也被认为是不会沉没的
[01:23.85]for she had sixteen water-tight compartments.
[01:26.53]因为船由16个密封舱组成,