faint

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【Newwordsandexpressions】生词和短语

◆Southamptonn.南安普敦（英国港市）

◆colossaladj。庞大的

◆watertightadj。不漏水的

◆compartmentn。(轮船的）密封舱

◆floodv.充满水

◆floatv。漂浮,飘浮

◆tragicadj。悲惨的

◆linern。班船

◆voyagen.航行

◆icebergn。冰山

◆lookoutn.瞭望员

◆collisionn.碰撞

◆narrowlyadv。刚刚，勉强地

◆missv。避开

◆slightadj.轻微的

◆tremblev.震颤

◆faintadj。微弱的

◆horrorn.恐惧

◆abandonv。抛弃

◆plungev。投入，跳入

◆lifeboatn.救生船

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★Southamptonn。南安普敦（英国港市）

★colossaladj.庞大的

big,large，huge,great，vast,immen，enormous,giant，gigantic,

tremendous,titanic

colossal:largeinsize

AshipTitanicwascolossal.

acolossalmonument；acolossalstatue

big：大的，重要的

Yougivemeabigsurpri.

Heisabigperson。

Theboxisbig。

large:体积大,数量大

anemptylargebox

alargenumberofpeople

great：伟大

vast:辽阔，广阔vastdert

immen：immeasurable不可测量的

animmenstadium,immeniceberg

enormous重点突出数量、程度、体积；强调程度时，语意强于big

Eg:Hemadeabigsuccess./Hemadeanenoumoussuccess。

giant：巨大的，高大的

agiantperson巨人；gigantic

tremendous:big，fast,powerful

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Theplaneistravelingattremendousspeed。

titanic用于修饰人和物，体积大、力量大

Theshipistitanic。

huge:强调体积大ahugestone数量巨大ahugesumofmoney

★watertightadj。不漏水的

awatertightship

watertight引申为无懈可击的，毫无破绽的

watertightarguments无懈可击的论点

watertightexcu毫无破绽的借口

waterproof防水的；waterproofwatch防水手表

waterproofcoat防水雨衣

★compartmentn.（轮船的）密封舱

★floodv.充满水

vt.&n。

edwithwater;theshipisflooded。

Theroomwasfloodedwithmoonlight。

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Ourclassroomwasfloodedwithsunshine.

n.洪水，inflood河水泛滥；引申表示连续不断的

Duringtherains,theriverisinflood.

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inafloodofwords滔滔不绝的

Sheblamedherhusbandinafloodofwordsoneinghim。

★floatv.漂浮，飘浮

drift

★tragicadj。悲惨的

unfoutunate；atragicaccident

mirable苦难的bitter痛苦的

tragedyn.悲剧，惨剧intragedy以悲剧形式

Theholidayendedintragedy.

comedy喜剧comic喜剧的，滑稽的comical古怪的,可笑的

★linern.班船

★voyagen.航行

voyage海上航行

flight飞行

journey长途行程

navigation航海，航海术

Thevoyageismorethantheoldladycanbear.

★icebergn.冰山

★lookoutn.瞭望员

★collisionn.碰撞

collidevi碰撞，抚触

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Theplanecollidedwiththemountain

crashv.坠毁

Itissaidthatthereisanairplanethatcrashedinthemountains.

conflictvi。和某事（某人）相抵触

Myideaconflictswithyours.

clashvi.相冲突

Eg：Hisweddingclashedwithmyexamination,soIcouldn’tgo。

★narrowlyadv.刚刚，勉强地

★missv。避开

★slightadj.轻微的

★tremblev。震颤

tremblev.有规律的、小幅度的抖动

Look,yourhandsaretrembling，what'swrongwithyou？

shiverv.强调由于寒冷、惧怕而一连串地抖动

Ifoundhe’sshiveringinacold.

shuddervi。强调全身的颤栗

Theboyisshuddering，why?Becauhewasfrightened.

★faintadj。微弱的

faint:weak

faintsound/weaksound;weakvoice/faintvoice

faint:unconscious失去知觉

Hehasbeenfaintforalongtime。

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slight轻微的，微不足道的

aslightheadache；aslightbook

★horrorn。恐惧

★abandonv.抛弃

abandon因为某事而被迫放弃自己喜爱的事物

Heabandonedhisrearchbecauofthewar。

dert背弃,遗弃

dertthearmy；derttheduty；derthisfamily

★plungev.投入，跳入

plunge:jumporrushsuddenlyandwildly

Hegotsoangrythatheplungeintothewater。

WhentheshipTitanicsankintheocean，alargenumberofpeople

plungedinto…

jump:侧重强调快速地跳

Theboyisjumpingupanddown.

leap：跳跃Heleaptoutofthesleepingbad.

dive跳水、潜水

★lifeboatn。救生船

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§Lesson10ThelossoftheTitanic“泰坦尼克“号的沉没

Whatwouldhavehappenedifonlytwoofthesixteenwater—tight

compartmentshadbeenflooded?

Thegreatship，Titanic，sailedforNewYorkfromSouthamptonon

April10th,1912。Shewascarrying1316pasngersandacrewof89l。

Evenbymodernstandards，the46,000tonTitanicwasacolossalship。

Atthattime,however,shewasnotonlythelargestshipthathadeverbeen

built,butwasregardedasunsinkable,forshehadsixteenwatertight

twoofthewereflooded,shewouldstillbeable

tofloat。Thetragicsinkingofthisgreatlinerwillalwaysberemembered，

forshewentdownonherfirstvoyagewithheavylossoflife。

Fourdaysafterttingout,whiletheTitanicwassailingacrosstheicy

watersoftheNorthAtlantic,ahugeicebergwassuddenlyspottedbya

look—healarmhadbeengiven,thegreatshipturnedsharplyto

anicturnedjustintime,narrowlymissing

theimmenwalloficewhichroover100feetoutofthewaterbeside

ly,therewasaslighttremblingsoundfrombelow,andthe

hadbeensofaint

,thecaptain

realizedtohishorrorthattheTitanicwassinkingrapidly,forfiveofher

sixteenwatertightcompartmentshadalreadybeenflooded！Theorderto

abandonshipwasgivenandhundredsofpeopleplungedintotheicywater.

Astherewerenotenoughlife-boatsforeverybody,1500liveswerelost.

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【课文讲解】

ThelossoftheTitanic

Thegreatship，Titanic，sailedfor…背景介绍

sailfor航海去往某处

tout（off）for出发去往某处

leavefor，headfor,makefor

Eg：HewilltoutfortheAtlantic.

Theplaneismakingfortheairport。

WeareheadingforCanada。

Sheeascarrying…

carry表示载有;acrewof一组人员

Evenby…by：accordingto表示依据

modernstandards现代的标准

byregulation依据规则;byruies依据条例

byourestimate根据我们的估计

byone’slooks/byone’sappearance根据某人的长相

accordingto依据（事实、课文等客观存在的现实）

accordingtothefact依据事实

accordingtothetext依据这篇课文

在我看来：inmyopinion

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accordingto/inaccordancewith

inaccordancewith更加正式

inaccordancewithlaw依据法律

inaccordancewithrules

atthattime在当时

notonly…but(also）…不仅…而且

beregardedas：beconsideredtobe,bethoughtofas把…看作为

口语中：regardsb。/+(n。/pron。/adj。/doing/done)

Eg:Iregardedhisideaastotallyunacceptable。

Wecan’tregardthematterasttled。

for表示原因

beableto强调有能力

beremembered被永远记住

godown:sink

onherfirstvoyage处女航,首航

withheavylossoflife损失惨重,造成大批人员的死亡

fourdaysafterttingout…：fourdaysafterttingoff…

…spotted…:suddenlydiscoveredbyalookout

icywaters水域，海域

thealarmhadbeengiven发出警

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toavoid…不定式表目的

justintime很及时

missing现在分词做状语,表示对主句的补充说明

narrowly勉强地

which指代theimmenwallofice

frombelow从下方fromabove从上方

…sofaintthatnoonethoughtthat…

so…that…

toone’shorror使某人感到惊讶

fiveofhersixteenwatertightcompartmentshadbeenfilledwithwater。

Theorderwasgiven命令被下达

toabandonship弃船,不定式做定语

As（becau）therewerenotenoughlifeboats…1,500livesdied。

theorderwasgiven.命令被下达

toabandonship弃船不定式做做定语

ability能力

theabilitytodosth。

h.

becapableofdoingsth。强调有做某事的能力

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

capabilityofdoingsth.做某事的能力

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【Specialdifficulties】

WordBuilding构词法

动词后加-er,如果是以不发音的-e结尾的,只加-r，表示行为的主动

者，做某事的人。

work-———workerteach—-—-teachermurder-———murderer

write---—writerread-—--reader

动词后加-ist，表示某种主义者、信仰者；从事某种事业、研究的

人

copy——-—copyisttype-—--typistnovel———-novelist

drug—--—druggisttobacco-—-——tobacconist

形容词后加-ness，抽象名词，表示一种性质、情况、状态

kind——-—kindnessbitter---—bitternesshappy—---happiness

willing-—--willngness

某些动词后加—ion，构成名词

suggent-—-—suggestion…

以—te结尾的动词，把不发音的-e去掉，再加-ion

translate—---translationcomplete————completion

graduate-——-graduation

某些以—aim/—ain结尾的动词，把—i去掉，再加-ation

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explain——-—explanationexclaim-——-exclamation

以—ity结尾,放在形容词之后，构成抽象名词，表示性质、状态

以—able/-ible对尾的形容词变成名词，充成–ability/-ibility

able—---abilityprobable--—-probabilitypossible—-—-possibility

mobile—--—mobility

Exerce

Supplythemissingwordsinthefollowingntences：

____。

_____.

3Pasteurdidagreatrviceto_____(human)。

4Heistryingtomakeagood_____（impress）.

5Hispaintingshavebeenadmiredfortheir_____（original)。

Key：ist2。ty4。impression5。

originality

【Multiplechoicequestions】

Comprehension

1WhentheTitanictoutfromSouthampton_____.

a。shewascarryingaverylargecargo

b。shewasmakingavoyagewhichisonlyattemptedbyverylargeships

oofherwatertightcompartmentswereflooded

sailingonhermaidenvoyage

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1.D

2Whathappenedoncetheiceberyhadbeenspotted？

a。TheTitanicgotlostintheicywatersoftheNorthAtlantic。

rmwasgiventhattherewasacollisionahead.

anicquicklychangedhercour。

d。TheTitanicturnedjustastheicebergrosteeplyoutofthewater.

2。C

3TheTitanicsankbecau_____。

a。shehadbeenbadlydamagedbyaniceberg

tainwasslowtorealizethetruenatureofthedamage

c。nomorethanfiveofherwatertightcompartmentshadbeenflooded

d。insteadoftryingtosaveher,peopleplungedintothewater

3。A

Structure

4_____were1,316pasngersandacrewof891。（ll。2-3)

dherc。

boardingner

指代的是thegreatship

onboardtheplane/thetrain

5Noonethoughtshe_____sink,forshehadsixteenwatertight

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compartments。（ll。5-6）

d。

couldpossibly

5.D表示下沉的可能性

6She_____fourdayswhenahugeicebergwassuddenlyspotted.(ll.9—

10)

a,sailedb。nsailing

有了段时间four,用过去完成进行时

6．D

7Sofaint_____thatnoonethought…(ll。13—14）

nthenoic。itwasthenoid.

ithadbeenthenoi

So位于句首，句子必须倒装

7．B

8Astherewere_____lifeboatsforeverybody…（ll.16—17）

leb。wd。toofew

notenoughlifeboats

8.D

Vocabulary

9Thegreatship_____sharplytoavoidadirectcollision。(ll。10—11)

a。dc。wentbackd。cornered

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突然转向

veer=turn

9.A

10TheTitanicturned_____narrowlymissingtheimmenwall…)ll。

11-12)

denimpulc。withnotimeto

spared。nearlyontime

justintome躲得很及时

innexttonotime=atonce,immediately

onasuddenimpul:凭一时的冲动

10。C

11。Thecaptainwentdownto_____。（l。13)

a。exploreb。ed。inquire

重点在于下去调查

11．B

12Therewasnotenough_____inthelifeboatsforeverybody.（ll.16—

17）

。placec。volumed。area

room空间volume容量,容积area地区place地方，地点

12。A

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