为什么泰坦尼克号仍沉睡在海底？：英语精读讲义

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On April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning,

1912年4月15日凌晨2点20分，

the British ocean liner Titanic disappeared into the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean

英国远洋客轮泰坦尼克号消失在了北大西洋的深海中，

about 400 mi south of Newfoundland, Canada.

大致位于加拿大纽芬兰以南约400英里处。

It took 3,000 men 2 years to build this massive ship.

建造这艘巨轮花费了3000名工人2年的时间。

Its huge hull was held together by 3 million rivets

其庞大的船体由300万个铆钉固定连接，

and it could transport 2,200 passengers and crew.

能够搭载2200名乘客和船员。

But having struck an iceberg, 語法

但在撞上冰山后，

the ship took on water before sinking 12,600 ft to the dark depths, 短語動詞

这艘船开始进水，最终沉入12600英尺的黑暗深渊，

never to be fully salvaged. 語法

再也未能被完全打捞。

Today, we ask why.

今天，我们要探寻其中的原因。

In this episode of The Infographics Show,

在本期《The Infographics Show》中，

why is Titanic still at the bottom of the ocean?

为什么泰坦尼克号至今仍在海底？

Before we answer this question, 表達脈絡

在回答这个问题之前，

let's first look at what we know about Titanic's last few days at sea.

让我们先看看泰坦尼克号在海上的最后几天发生了什么。

On April 10th, the RMS Titanic departed Southampton, England

4月10日，泰坦尼克号驶离英国南安普顿，

on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. 短語搭配

开始了横跨大西洋的处女航。

The Titanic was designed by the Irish shipbuilder Thomas Andrews

泰坦尼克号由爱尔兰造船工程师Thomas Andrews设计，

and it was owned by Bruce Ismay.

归Bruce Ismay所有。

It was thought to be unsinkable. 語法

它曾被认为是永不沉没的。

The ship traveled to Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland

这艘船先航行至法国瑟堡和爱尔兰昆士敦

to pick up some passengers before setting out into the Atlantic 短語動詞

接上了部分乘客，然后驶入大西洋，

full steam ahead to New York. 習語

全速开往纽约。

On its first journey across the highly competitive Atlantic ferry route,

在竞争激烈的大西洋渡轮航线上的首次航行中，

the ship carried some 2,200 passengers and crew.

该船搭载了约2200名乘客和船员。

Just before midnight on April 14th,

就在4月14日午夜前，

the Titanic collided with an iceberg

泰坦尼克号撞上了一座冰山，

which smashed into at least five of its hull compartments.

冰山撞破了至少五个船体水密舱。

As these compartments filled with water,

随着这些水密舱被水注满，

the bow of the ship was pulled down until it was almost vertical.

船首被不断向下拉扯，直到几乎垂直。

Then the Titanic broke in half before sinking to its end.

接着，泰坦尼克号断成两截，最终沉没。

More than 1,500 people died,

超过1500人丧生，

either by being dragged down with the ship or freezing to death in the icy North Atlantic waters. 講解

他们要么被船体一同拖入海底，要么在冰冷的北大西洋海水中冻死。

It took nearly an hour and a half for help to arrive, 語法

救援在一个半小时后才抵达，

but more than 700 people were saved.

但仍有700多人获救。

Most of those survivors were women and children.

这些幸存者中大多数是妇女和儿童。

Millvina Dean was the last living survivor of the Titanic.

Millvina Dean是泰坦尼克号最后一位在世的幸存者。

She passed away on May 31st, 2009. 短語動詞

她于2009年5月31日去世。

Millvina was just 9 weeks old when the Titanic sank.

泰坦尼克号沉没时，Millvina只有9周大。

So, what do we know about the wreck remains of this big vessel?

那么，关于这艘巨轮的残骸，我们都知道些什么？

Firstly, we've already mentioned that the ship sank to 12,600 ft.

首先，我们已经提到，这艘船沉入到了12600英尺的海底。

That's a long way down.

那可是很深的距离。

In fact, it's over 2 mi at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

事实上，它位于大西洋海底超过2英里的深处。

It's pitch black and hard to access with extremely high water pressure. 講解

那里伸手不见五指，极高的水压让人难以靠近。

The ship also snapped into two pieces

这艘船还断成了两截，

which actually lay 1,970 ft apart from one another on the ocean floor.

在海底，这两部分实际上相距1970英尺。

The New York Times ran an article about an expedition run by Dr. Robert D. Ballard to find the wreck. 用詞

《纽约时报》曾发表过一篇关于Robert D. Ballard博士带领探险队寻找残骸的报道。

It took 11 dives to locate the debris,

他们潜水11次才找到碎片，

but the remains of Titanic were located on July 14th, 1986,

但泰坦尼克号的残骸最终于1986年7月14日被发现，

74 years after it sank.

此时距其沉没已经过去了74年。

On completing the mission, 語法

在完成任务后，

Ballard was quoted as saying, 短語搭配

Ballard被引述说道：

"I feel very confident the Titanic will never be raised.

"我非常确信泰坦尼克号永远不会被完全打捞上来。

It would be impossible to pull it out of the bottom.

把它从海底拉上来是不可能的。

Extensive rust has left the Titanic very fragile," he said. 語法

严重的生锈使泰坦尼克号变得非常脆弱，"他说。

"Its stern section,

"它的船尾部分，

a shambles of wreckage, 用詞

简直是一片狼藉的废墟，

is about 2,000 ft astern of the bow half. 用詞

在船首一半后方大约2000英尺处。

Why the two parts are so widely separated remains a mystery."

为什么这两部分分离得如此之远仍然是个谜。"

Following Ballard's discovery,

在Ballard的发现之后，

there were a number of other trips and between July and September 1987,

又进行了多次探索，在1987年7月至9月期间，

an expedition mounted by I.F. and a consortium of American investors 短語搭配

由I.F.和一个美国投资者财团发起的探险队

made 32 dives to Titanic using the submersible Nautile.

使用Nautile号潜水器对泰坦尼克号进行了32次下潜。

Somewhat controversially, 表達脈絡

这引发了一些争议，

they recovered and brought ashore more than 1,800 objects. 短語搭配

他们打捞并带回了1800多件物品。

Then in 1996,

后来在1996年，

there was an ambitious attempt to raise a section of Titanic itself,

有人雄心勃勃地尝试打捞泰坦尼克号本体的一段，

a section of the outer hull

那是一段外部船体，

that originally comprised part of the wall of two first class cabins 用詞

最初包含两个头等舱的部分墙壁，

on C deck extending down to D deck.

从C甲板一直延伸到D甲板。

It weighed 20 tons,

它重达20吨，

measured 15 by 25 ft,

尺寸为15乘25英尺，

and had four portholes in it.

上面有四个舷窗。

British newspaper The Independent

英国报纸《The Independent》

reported that the high-tech expedition to raise the Titanic

报道称，这次试图打捞泰坦尼克号的高科技探险行动

used flotation bags filled with diesel fuel,

使用了装满柴油的浮力袋，

which is lighter than water and could withstand the high pressure found at such depths. 短語搭配

柴油比水轻，能够承受如此深度的巨大水压。

Over a 6-day period,

在6天的时间里，

the so-called lift bags were attached to the section of the hull 用詞

这些所谓的浮力袋被固定在这段船体上，

with specially constructed cables.

使用的是专门制造的缆绳。

But when the bags were jettisoned to begin gently lifting the hull to the surface, 用詞

但当抛放袋子开始将船体缓缓升至水面时，

only four of the six successfully launched.

六个袋子中只有四个成功展开。

To salvage the mission, 習語

为了挽救这次任务，

a submersible equipped with mechanical arms,

一台配备了机械臂的潜水器

which was owned by the French government,

（由法国政府所有）

was brought in to save the day. 講解

被调来救场。

Former astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin even joined the crew to add additional expertise.

前宇航员Edwin Buzz Aldrin甚至加入了团队，以提供额外的专业知识。

The crew succeeded

团队成功了，

and the huge section of the ship was lifted more than 2 mi from the seabed

船体的巨大部分从海底被拉升了2英里多，

by the flotation balloons.

靠的就是那些浮力气球。

Onlookers paid as much as $6,000 to view the expedition from two ships nearby.

旁观者支付了高达6000美元的费用，在附近的两艘船上观看这次探险行动。

So, the Titanic has not been fully recovered,

所以，泰坦尼克号虽然没有被完全打捞，

but then a big section has been,

但也打捞上来了一大块，

which in itself is quite an achievement. 短語搭配

这本身就是一个了不起的成就。

Is there still a chance to go back and recover more of the shipwreck?

还有机会再回去打捞更多沉船残骸吗？

Maybe not.

也许没有了。

Earlier this year,

今年早些时候，

the BBC reported that the hull might eventually disappear altogether

BBC报道称，船体最终可能会完全消失，

as scientists have said that a species of bacteria is slowly eating away its iron construction. 短語動詞

因为科学家们表示，一种细菌正在慢慢侵蚀其钢铁结构。

However, if you have enough spare cash, 短語搭配

然而，如果你有足够的闲钱，

there will soon be a once-in-a-lifetime tourist opportunity to glide around the Titanic's wreck. 短語搭配

很快就会有一个千载难逢的旅游机会，可以去泰坦尼克号的残骸周围滑翔参观。

American company OceanGate is planning to dive to the wreck site in 2019.

美国公司OceanGate计划在2019年下潜到残骸地点。

The first voyage is already fully booked 短語搭配

首航已经订满，

at a hefty price tag of over $105,000 per person. 短語搭配

票价高达每人超过105000美元。

And the Bluefish,

而Bluefish，

a self-described experiential concierge firm, 用詞

一家自称“体验式礼宾”的公司，

is also planning Titanic trips around the same time.

也计划在同一时间组织泰坦尼克号之旅。

So, at least there's a chance to get a glimpse 短語搭配

所以，至少还有机会去看一眼，

before she disappears forever. 文化背景

在它永远消失之前。

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Is it worth paying more than $100,000 to see the Titanic?

花超过10万美元去看泰坦尼克号值得吗？

Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

请在评论区告诉我们你的想法。

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What actually happens in the Bermuda Triangle.

《百慕大三角到底发生了什么》。

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感谢收看，

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