高中英語(yǔ) Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic新概念講義 第三冊(cè)

1、Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic “泰坦尼克“號(hào)的沉沒(méi)【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語(yǔ)Southampton n. 南安普敦（英國(guó)港市）colossal adj. 龐大的watertight adj. 不漏水的compartment n. （輪船的）密封艙flood v. 充滿水float v. 漂浮， 飄浮tragic adj. 悲慘的liner n. 班船voyage n. 航行iceberg n. 冰山lookout n. 瞭望員collision n. 碰撞narrowly adv. 剛剛，勉強(qiáng)地miss v. 避開(kāi)s

2、light adj. 輕微的tremble v. 震顫faint adj. 微弱的horror n. 恐懼abandon v. 拋棄plunge v. 投入，跳入lifeboat n. 救生船Southampton n. 南安普敦（英國(guó)港市）colossal adj. 龐大的big, large, huge, great, vast, immense, enormous, giant, gigantic, tremendous, titaniccolossal: large in sizeA ship Titanic was colossal.a colossal monument; a co

3、lossal statuebig:大的，重要的You give me a big surprise.He is a big person.The box is big.large:體積大，數(shù)量大an empty large boxa large number of peoplegreat: 偉大vast:遼闊，廣闊 vast desertimmense: immeasurable 不可測(cè)量的 an immense stadium, immense icebergenormous 重點(diǎn)突出數(shù)量、程度、體積；強(qiáng)調(diào)程度時(shí)，語(yǔ)意強(qiáng)于bigEg: He made a big success. / He

4、made an enoumous success.giant: 巨大的，高大的a giant person 巨人 ； gigantictremendous: big, fast, powerfulThe plane is traveling at tremendous speed.titanic 用于修飾人和物，體積大、力量大The ship is titanic.huge:強(qiáng)調(diào)體積大 a huge stone 數(shù)量巨大 a huge sum of moneywatertight adj. 不漏水的a watertight shipwatertight 引申為無(wú)懈可擊的，毫無(wú)破綻的watert

5、ight arguments 無(wú)懈可擊的論點(diǎn)watertight excuse 毫無(wú)破綻的借口waterproof 防水的；waterproof watch 防水手表waterproof coat 防水雨衣compartment n. （輪船的）密封艙flood v. 充滿水vt. & n. vt. be filled with water; the ship is flooded. The room was flooded with moonlight.L10-01 end 1041”L10-02 begin 1100” Our classroom was flooded with

6、sunshine.n. 洪水， in flood 河水泛濫； 引申表示連續(xù)不斷的During the rains, the river is in flood.in a flood of words 滔滔不絕的She blamed her husband in a flood of words on seeing him.float v. 漂浮， 飄浮drift tragic adj. 悲慘的unfoutunate; a tragic accidentmiserable 苦難的 bitter 痛苦的tragedy n. 悲劇， 慘劇 in tragedy 以悲劇形式The holiday en

7、ded in edy 喜劇 comic 喜劇的，滑稽的 comical 古怪的，可笑的liner n. 班船voyage n. 航行voyage 海上航行flight 飛行journey 長(zhǎng)途行程navigation 航海，航海術(shù)The voyage is more than the old lady can bear.iceberg n. 冰山lookout n. 瞭望員collision n. 碰撞collide vi 碰撞，撫觸The plane collided with the mountaincrash v. 墜毀It is said that there i

8、s 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Eg: His wedding clashed with my examination, so I couldnt go.narrowly adv. 剛剛，勉強(qiáng)地miss v. 避開(kāi)slight adj. 輕微的tremble v. 震顫tremble v. 有規(guī)律的、小幅度的抖動(dòng)Look, your hands are trembling, whats wrong with y

9、ou?shiver v. 強(qiáng)調(diào)由于寒冷、懼怕而一連串地抖動(dòng)I found hes shivering in a cold.shudder vi. 強(qiáng)調(diào)全身的顫栗The boy is shuddering, why? Because he was frightened.faint adj. 微弱的faint: weakfaint sound / weak sound; weak voice / faint voicefaint: unconscious 失去知覺(jué)He has been faint for a long time.slight 輕微的，微不足道的a slight headache;

10、 a slight bookhorror n. 恐懼abandon v. 拋棄abandon 因?yàn)槟呈露黄确艞壸约合矏?ài)的事物He abandoned his research because of the war.desert 背棄，遺棄desert the army; desert the duty; desert his familyplunge v. 投入，跳入plunge: jump or rush suddenly and wildlyHe got so angry that he plunge into the water.When the ship Titanic sank i

11、n the ocean, a large number of people plunged intojump:側(cè)重強(qiáng)調(diào)快速地跳The boy is jumping up and down.leap: 跳躍 He leapt out of the sleeping bad.dive 跳水、潛水lifeboat n. 救生船L10-02 end 1100”L10-03 begin 1153”【Text】§ Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic “泰坦尼克“號(hào)的沉沒(méi)What would have happened if only two of the sixt

12、een water-tight compartments had been flooded?The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. She was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 89l. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At that time, however, she was not only the large

13、st ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss

14、of life.Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a look-out. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly miss

15、ing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened. The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged. Below, the captain realized t

16、o his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded! The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water. As there were not enough life-boats for everybody, 1500 lives were lost.【課文講解】The loss o

17、f the TitanicThe great ship, Titanic, sailed for 背景介紹sail for 航海去往某處set out (off) for 出發(fā)去往某處leave for, head for, make forEg: He will set out for the Atlantic.The plane is making for the airport.We are heading for Canada.She eas carryingcarry 表示載有； a crew of 一組人員Even by by : according to 表示依據(jù)modern s

18、tandards 現(xiàn)代的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)by regulation 依據(jù)規(guī)則 ; by ruies 依據(jù)條例by our estimate 根據(jù)我們的估計(jì)by ones looks / by ones appearance 根據(jù)某人的長(zhǎng)相according to 依據(jù) （事實(shí)、課文等客觀存在的現(xiàn)實(shí)）according to the fact 依據(jù)事實(shí)according to the text 依據(jù)這篇課文在我看來(lái)： in my opinionaccording to / in accordance within accordance with 更加正式in accordance with law 依據(jù)法律

19、in accordance with rulesat that time 在當(dāng)時(shí)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(yǔ)中： regard sb. / sth. as + (n. / pron. / adj. / doing / done)Eg: I regarded his idea as totally unacceptable.We cant regard the matter as settled.for 表示原因be able to 強(qiáng)調(diào)有能力be rem

20、embered 被永遠(yuǎn)記住go down: sinkon her first voyage 處女航， 首航with heavy loss of life 損失慘重，造成大批人員的死亡four days after setting out : four days after setting offspotted: suddenly discovered by a look outicy waters 水域，海域the alarm had been given 發(fā)出警to avoid不定式表目的just in time 很及時(shí)missing 現(xiàn)在分詞做狀語(yǔ)，表示對(duì)主句的補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明narrowly 勉

21、強(qiáng)地which 指代the immense wall of icefrom below 從下方 from above 從上方 so faint that no one thought thatso thatto ones horror 使某人感到驚訝five of her sixteen watertight compartments had been filled with water.The order was given 命令被下達(dá)to abandon ship 棄船，不定式做定語(yǔ)As (because ) there were not enough lifeboats 1,500 li

22、ves died.the order was given. 命令被下達(dá)to abandon ship 棄船 不定式做做定語(yǔ)ability 能力the ability to do sth.order sb. to do sth.be capable of doing sth. 強(qiáng)調(diào)有做某事的能力capability of doing sth. 做某事的能力L10-03 end 1153”L10-04 begin 1044”【Special difficulties】Word Building 構(gòu)詞法動(dòng)詞后加-er, 如果是以不發(fā)音的-e結(jié)尾的，只加-r, 表示行為的主動(dòng)者，做某事的人。work-

23、worker teach-teacher murder-murdererwrite-writer read-reader動(dòng)詞后加-ist, 表示某種主義者、信仰者；從事某種事業(yè)、研究的人copy-copyist type-typist novel - novelistdrug- druggist tobacco- tobacconist形容詞后加-ness, 抽象名詞，表示一種性質(zhì)、情況、狀態(tài)kind-kindness bitter-bitterness happy-happinesswilling-willngness某些動(dòng)詞后加-ion, 構(gòu)成名詞suggent-suggestion 以-

24、te結(jié)尾的動(dòng)詞，把不發(fā)音的-e去掉，再加-iontranslate-translation complete- completiongraduate- graduation某些以-aim /-ain 結(jié)尾的動(dòng)詞，把-i 去掉，再加-ationexplain-explanation exclaim-exclamation以-ity 結(jié)尾，放在形容詞之后，構(gòu)成抽象名詞，表示性質(zhì)、狀態(tài)以-able / -ible 對(duì)尾的形容詞變成名詞，充成 ability / -ibilityable-ability probable-probability possible-possibility mobile-

25、mobilityExercese Supply the missing words in the following sentences:1 He studied physics at university. He is a p_ .2 He works in a mine. He is a m_ . 3 Pasteur did a great service to _ (human ).4 He is trying to make a good _ ( impress ).5 His paintings have been admired for their _ (original ).Ke

26、y: 1. physicist 2. miner 3. humanity 4. impression 5. originality【Multiple choice questions】Comprehension1 When the Titanic set out from Southampton _ .a. she was carrying a very large cargob. she was making a voyage which is only attempted by very large shipsc. only two of her watertight compartmen

27、ts were floodedd. she was sailing on her maiden voyage1. D2 What happened once the icebery had been spotted?a. The Titanic got lost in the icy waters of the North Atlantic.b. The alarm was given that there was a collision ahead.c. The Titanic quickly changed her course.d. The Titanic turned just as

28、the iceberg rose steeply out of the water.2. C3 The Titanic sank because _ .a. she had been badly damaged by an icebergb. the captain was slow to realize the true nature of the damagec. no more than five of her watertight compartments had been floodedd. instead of trying to save her, people plunged

29、into the water3. AStructure4 _ were 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891 . (ll.2-3)a. On her board b. On board her c. Boarding her d. On boarding ner4. B her 指代的是the great shipon board the plane / the train5 No one thought she _ sink, for she had sixteen watertight compartments. (ll.5-6)a. would be possible to b. would be able to c. should d. could possibly5. D 表示下沉的可能性6 She _ four days when a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted. (ll.9-10)a, sailed b. was sailing c. has sailed d. had been s