Lesson

10The

loss

of

the

Titanic“泰坦尼克”號的沉沒Colossaladj.龐大的（=large

in

size）--A

ship

Titanic

was

colossal.--A

colossal

monument/A

colossal

statueTremendousGiantTitanicGiganticimmensebig--You

give

me

a

big

surprise.--He

is

a

big

person.（重要）--The

box

is

big.（largeandheavy）large（體積大、數量大）--an

empty

large

box（體積大）/a

large

number

of

people（數量大）great

（偉大）vast

（遼闊、廣闊）

--vast

desertimmense（adj.極廣大的,無邊的）--immense=immeasurable

不可測量的（measurableadj.可測量的）--animmensestadium/animmenseicebergenormous（重點突出數量、程度、體積）---強調程度時比big語氣high,且更正式。--We

had

an

enormous

lunch.--He

made

a

big

success./He

made

an

enormous

success.Giant（n.巨人,大力士adj.龐大的,巨大的）=gigantic（adj.巨人般的,巨大的）--a

giant

person

tremendous

（=

big、fast、powerful）--The

plane

is

travelling

at

tremendous

speed.Titanic（用于修飾人和物、體積大、力量大）--The

ship

is

titanic.Huge--強調體積大a

huge

stone/數量巨大a

huge

sum

of

moneywatertightadj.不漏水的（--a

watertight

ship）

watertight（引申為無懈可擊的、毫無破綻的）--watertight

arguments無懈可擊的論點/watertight

excuse毫無破綻的借口Airtightbottle密封瓶waterproof（adj.防水的）flameproofproof（adj.不能透入的）--waterproof

watch防水手表/waterproof

coat防水雨衣Admittedly,suchsafeguardsarenotwatertight

compartmentn.（輪船的）密封艙Part—分開、部分Depart離開Impartial公平的Participate參加Participant參加者Particle分子微粒Counterpart相對的人或物Putyourbagsandcoatintheoverheadluggagecompartment.把包袋和外衣放在頭上的行李架上。floodv.充滿水（=be

filled

with

water）

--The

ship

is

flooded.--The

room

was

flooded

with

moonlight.--Our

classroom

is

flooded

with

sunshine.roadsfloodedwithcarsHelicoptersrescuedmanyfloodvictims.Floodn.洪水（--in

flood洪水泛濫）--During

the

rains,the

river

is

in

flood引申表示連續不斷的、滔滔不絕的（--in

a

flood

of

words

）She

blamed

her

husband

in

a

flood

of

words

on

seeing

him.Floatv.漂浮,飄浮=drift（vi,vt漂浮,漂蕩,漂流n.漂流物,漂流）Dustfloatsintheair.Thecanoefloateddownstream.獨木舟順流而下。leavesfloatingdownfromthetrees從樹上飄落下來的葉子tragicadj.悲慘的（=unfortunate）--a

tragic

accident/loss/mistakemiserable（adj.痛苦的,悲慘的）bitteradj.痛苦的tragedy

n.悲劇,慘案（--in

tragedy以悲劇形式）--The

holiday

ended

in

tragedy.Comedy

n.喜劇comicadj.喜劇的,滑稽的comicaladj.古怪的,可笑的（含有貶義）linern.班船，客輪郵輪Airliner客機Line航線airline航空公司voyagen.航行（海上航行）/flight飛行/journey長途行程--The

voyage

is

more

than

the

old

lady

can

bear.navigation

航海,航行學,航海[航空]術--navigationlight夜航燈光,導航燈JourneyTourTravelTripVoyageExcursionExpeditioncruiseIcebergn.冰山lookoutn.了望員collisionn.碰撞collide

vi

碰撞,抵觸--The

plane

collided

with

the

mountain.crash

v.墜毀--It

is

said

that

there

is

an

airplane

that

crashed

in

the

mountains.conflict

vi.和某事（某人）相抵觸--My

idea

conflicts

with

yours.clash

vi.相沖突--His

wedding

clashed

with

my

examination,so

I

couldn't

go.Aclashbetweenthe2colors不協調Bein/comeintocollisionwithsthHiscarhadacollisionwithabus.他的車與公交車相撞了。Scienceandreligioncomeintocollisiononthequestion.科學與宗教在這問題上意見互相對立。Thecariscompletelywreckedbytheforceofthecollision.這輛汽車受到很大的撞擊力而完全損壞。Hispoliticalactivitiesbroughthimintocollisionwiththelaw.Thelinerisreportedtohavebeenincollisionwithanoil-tanker.Narrowlyadv.剛剛，勉強地Henarrowlyescapedintheaircrash.他險些在飛機失事中遇難。missv.避開Yes,it'sgreat,butsometimesImissChina.He[Hiscar]swervedtomissthedog.他[他的車]突然轉向以避開那只狗。slightadj.輕微的YouhaveaslightfeverSomeslightincidentmaytouchoffamajorwarHelefthomewithouttheslightest/faintestregret.tremblev.震顫（有規律的、小幅度的抖動）--Look,your

hands

are

trembling.what's

wrong

with

you?Shiver

v.強調由于寒冷、懼怕而一連串地抖動

--I

found

he's

shivering

in

a

cold.shudder

vi.強調全身的顫栗--The

boy

is

shuddering,why?Becausehe

was

frightened.Faintadj.微弱的（=weakadj.弱的,虛弱的）v.昏倒，變得衰弱--faint

sound,weak

sound/

weak

voice,faint

voice=unconscious（adj.失去知覺,無意識的）--He

has

been

faint

for

a

long

time.Shefaintedawaywiththeshockofthenews.

Hefaintedfromhunger.Thesoundsfaintedawayinthedistance.Therewasafaintfeelingofunrestatthetable.餐桌上稍微有一種不安的氣氛。abandonv.拋棄（因為某事而被迫放棄自己喜愛的事物）

He

abandoned

his

research

because

of

the

war.desert

（vt.放棄,遺棄,離棄）--desert

the

army/desert

the

duty/

desert

his

familyplungev.投入，跳入（=jump

or

rush

suddenly

and

wildly）

He

got

so

angry

that

he

plunge

into

the

water.Sheplungeddeepintoherthought.Thecompanyplungeddeeperintodebt.jump（側重強調快速地跳）--The

boy

is

jumping

up

and

down.Leapvt.跳躍,跳越（--He

leapt

out

of

the

sleeping

bag.）Divevi.潛水,跳水,下潛,俯沖deepdiving深入研究horror:慘狀

極端厭惡

驚駭

=fright/fear

horrible=terrible/frightful/fearful/dreadfulhorrify=frighten/terrify/fear/dreadDoyoulikehorrormovies?你喜歡恐怖電影嗎？Thetowermustremainasareminderforfuturegenerationsofthehorrorofwar.Shedidnottrusthim,andwhenevershesawhimorthoughtabouthim,shefeltwithinherheartasenseofhorror.Text課文

The

great

ship,

Titanic,

sailed

for

New

York

from

Southampton

on

April

10th,

1912.The

great

ship,Titanic,sailed

for...背景介紹sail

for…航海去往某處set

out

for/setofffor出發去往某處leave

for/head

for/make

for出發去往某處--He

will

set

out

for

the

Atlantic.--The

plane

is

making

for

the

airport.--We

are

heading

for

Canada.She

was

carrying

1,316

passengers

and

acrew

of

891.She

was

carrying...（carry

表示載有）a

crew

of一組人員TheAirbus310planewascarrying142passengers,includingatleastthreebabies,andacrewof11Yemenis.墜毀的空客310客機上載有142名乘客，其中包括至少3個嬰兒，以及11名也門籍機組乘員。Theaircrafthasacrewof6.amemberofthecrewofasubmarine.潛水艇編隊中的成員。Thepresidentissurroundedbyacrewofbadadvisersandprofessionalcheats.Itwasapirateshipwithablackflagandacrewofarmedpirates.那是一艘海盜船，船上掛著一面黑旗，還有一群全副武裝的海盜。Theshiphadacrewof48,exclusiveofofficersEven

by

modern

standards,

the

46,000

ton

Titanic

was

a

colossal

ship.

modern

standards

現代的標準by=

according

to

表示依據--by

regulation依據規則（regulationn.規則,規章）--by

rules依據條例（rulen.規則,慣例）--by

our

estimate依據我們的估計（estimaten.估計,估價,評估v.估計,估價,評估）--by

one's

looks

=by

one's

appearance根據某人的長相according

to…依據（事實、課文等客觀存在的現實）--according

to

the

fact依據事實--according

to

the

Text

依據這篇課文in

accordance

with=according

to

in

accordance

with…依據（法律等），更加正式--in

accordance

with

law/in

accordance

with

rulesin

my

opinion在我看來At

the

time,

however,

she

was

not

only

the

largest

ship

that

had

ever

been

built,

but

wasregarded

as

unsinkable,

for

she

had

sixteen

watertight

compartments.At

that

time在當時not

only...but(also)...不僅…而且…be

regarded

as=be

considered

to

be=be

thought

of

as把...看作為口語中：regard

sb./sth.

As+(n./porn./adj./doing/done)--I

regard

his

idea

as

totally

unacceptable.--We

can't

regard

the

matter

as

settled.（adj.定下的,決定的）for

表示原因beregardedasTheresultshouldinnowayberegardedasadefeat.Artcanberegardedasanotherwaytoexpressourfeelings.Iamveryhappytoday,canberegardedasthefirstcooking.Anomarriedwomanwillberegardedasabnormalorlowerthanothers.Thisfundamentalresearchisregardedasofgreatvalue.Regardhimas(being)withoutprinciplesTheyregardthecontractashavingbeenbroken.Even

if

two

of

these

were

flooded,

she

would

still

be

able

to

float.be

able

to強調有能力The

tragic

sinking

of

this

great

liner

will

always

be

remembered,

for

she

went

down

on

herfirst

voyage

with

heavy

loss

of

life.be

remembered被永遠記住（alwaysadv.永遠,始終,總是）go

down=sinkon

her

first

voyage處女航,首航onhervirgin/test/trialvoyagewith

heavy

loss

of

life損失慘重,造成大批人員的死亡Adisastrousfirecausedlossoflifeandproperty.Withalotoflossoflife

Four

days

after

setting

out,

while

the

Titanic

was

sailing

across

the

icy

waters

of

the

NorthAtlantic,

ahuge

iceberg

was

suddenly

spotted

by

a

lookout.four

days

after

setting

out...=four

days

after

setting

off...spotted=discovered

icy（adj.冰冷的,冷淡的,蓋著冰的）waters（n.水域,海域）Toone’shorrorTohishorror,thereisabloodyhookhangingfromthedoorhandle.突然，他發現，打開的車門里面的把手上掛著一個血淋淋的鉤子。Tohishorrorthebuscaughtfire.使他驚恐的是公共汽車著了火。Tomyhorror,hetookagunoutofhispocket.他從兜里掏出手槍，使我驚恐萬分。Toone'sdelight/relief/horror/joySatisfaction/surprise/dismay/disappointment/astonishment/anger/annoyance/embarrassment/amazement/shameAbandonship/dressship/jumpship跳槽Ourshipissinking!Allhands,abandonship!船在下沉！全體棄船！thecaptainissuedtheordertoabandonship.Captain:Wedon'thaveotherchoices.Abandonship!Abandonshiporabandonhope!Icy/snowy/rainy/windy/foggy/sunny/cloudySpecialdifficulties難點

1>動詞后加-er如果是以不發音的e結尾的,只加r（表示行為的主動者,做某事的人）。work

worker

/

teachteacher/writewriter/readreadermurder（vt.謀殺,兇殺）murderer（n.殺人犯,兇手）2>動詞、名詞后加-ist（表示某種主義信仰者,從事某種職業、研究的人。）Copy

copyist（n.抄寫員,模仿者）type

typist（n.打字員）novel（n.小說,長篇故事）

novelist（n.小說作家）drug（n.藥）

druggist（n.藥商,藥劑師）tobacco（n.煙草,煙草制品）

tobacconist（n.煙草商,煙店）3>形容詞后加-ness（抽象名詞,表示一種性質、情況、狀態）kindkindness（n.仁慈,親切,好意,善意）bitterbitterness（n.苦味,辛酸,苦難）happyhappiness（n.幸福,快樂）---以結尾要變y為i加ness.willing（adj.樂意的,自愿的）willingness（n.自動自發,積極肯干）4>某些動詞后加-ion,構成名詞。

Suggestsuggestionpossess（vt.占有,擁有,持有）possession（n.擁有,占有）collectcollection（n.收藏,搜集品）以-te