Titanic

This week the world remembers the favours ship's historic journey. 记念。。。历史性旅程。

Titanic, the largest passenger ship of its time, set out on its modern voyage one hundred years ago this week. Famous long before it set sail, this "ship of dreams" of feared the finest luxuries of its day.

Scheduled to sail from Southampton, England, to New York City, Titanic welcomed passengers from all walks of life. No doubt, each one boarding the ship on April 10, 1912, was filled with excitement and confidence. This confidence existed because Titanic was said by all to be "unsinkable." But that confidence led to a grave error in judgement.

With over 2,200 people on board, the ship should have carried 32 lifeboats. But believing lifeboats were unnecessary, those in charge decided to take only 20. They didn't want to add too much clutter to the deck. But the unthinkable happened. Four days later the ship hit an iceberg and sank in less than three hours. In the end, only 711 people were saved. A total of 1,513 lives were lost.

In their own words
Seven-year-old Eva Hart's mother had a premonition that something terrible would occur. Frightened and awake, Mrs. Hart fell the impact and notified her husband. According to Eva, "He put my mother and me in a lifeboat,  and we never saw him again."

Amazing survival stories
Others, though, survived despite the odds. Crew member Frank Prentice held onto the railing as the stern lifted up out of the water. "I was hanging on, getting higher and higher in the air, and I dropped in and hit the water with a terrific crack." Prentice was rescued by a nearby lifeboat.

The ship's  barber, K. Whiteman was blown off the ship by an explosion and was eventually rescued from the freezing waters.

A false sense of security
According to Edwina Mackenzie, "You could not get people to go on lifeboats. They felt safer on the Titanic,... But as we wee rowing away, we could see the Titanic gradually sinking....That scream of death was worse than any sound."

A trip that had begun as a dream come true ended in a nightmare 100 years ago today.


Writing Tips:
led (lead)- tour guide led us to visited some placed.
led to (lead to) - cause something happen.

Vocabulary Tips:
walk of life -行业
*Henry is smart and he works hard. He will do well in whatever walk of life he choose.
walks of life-各行各业。
*People from all walks of life participated in the charity campaign.
grave (n)-坟墓 a place where bury dead bodies.
grave (adj)- 重大的，沈重的，严重的，严峻的。
*The country is now facing a grave economic crisis.
*The patient is in grave condition, and the doctor told the family to be prepared.
unthinkable -没想到的，难以想象，无法置信的， thinkable-想得到的。
*His selfishness and self-centered attitude is unthinkable.
the unthinkable-令人无法想象的事情。
*The unthinkable happened, this famous singer suddenly stopped his singing career and became a teacher.
Clutter- junk, things are not look neat and pretty.
premonition-预兆，预感，通常都是不好的。。 a feeling, a thought that something very bad will happen. "pre"-前，在前
*Sara had a premonition that there would be danger during the trip, so she decided not to go.不祥的预感
*Larry had a premonition that he would get laid off soon.
impact-撞击力，冲击力，冲击。two things hit each other, you can feel the force.
*The impact from the crash shattered the windshield and the driver was wounded.
impact-影响
impact on -对那个对象造成影响用“”。
*The article discusses the impact of global warming on people.
explosion-爆炸， 爆发。 向外。
*The oil tank explosion caused a lot of damages in the nearby area.
*The nuclear plant explosion is the center of attention around the world. 注意，瞩目的焦点。
occur- happen.
despite- do not take notice of something.
stern- the back of the boat.

Information:
During the period of Titanic, there are many ship were sank:
Titanic, Olympic and Britannic (Brittanic) are build by a same ship liner.
Olympic was served for transportation of the military crews, and had three times collision during the World War I.
Britannic (Brittanic) was served as a floating hospital,   sank during the World War I. It hit the explosive mine and only took 18 minutes to sink.
Lusitania and Mauretaria
Lusitania was sank by Germany's submarine torpedo.
cruise- is safe and comfortable nowadays.


Chat Room:
scheduled to sail 。
to sail -行驶，航行。
set sail -开船，起航，起程，出航。
ship (n)-船
ship (v)- transfer the goods from one place to another. 运送，运输。
Those goods are shipped by truck from New York to Atlanta.
taxi (n)-计程轮价的车，出租计程车
taxi (v)-滑行，快速行驶
The plane is taxiing on the runway. 飞机在跑道上滑行。
bus (n)-公共汽车
bus (v)-在餐馆里端盘子，托盘子。
bus your tray.-吃完记得把自己的托盘清理了。
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me/I -我
I -是主词， 不能做“受词”用。
me- 是受词，不能当 “主词” 用。
Jim and I are going to the library.
I heard the teacher talking about him and me.
I heard the teacher talking about me.
He put my mother and me in a lifeboat.
而不是He put my mother and I in a lifeboat

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