【趣谈英语】三只在泰坦尼克上幸存的狗-Three Dogs Survived the Titanic
英语课
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
ill-fated: doomed 1; unlucky
evacuate 2: to leave due to danger
capacity: the ability to safely hold a certain amount of people
undetected: not noticed
kennel 3: a confined place where animals are held
disembark: to get off a ship or plane
Three Dogs Survived The Titanic 4
It is a well-known fact that there weren’t enough lifeboats for the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic. But did you know that three dogs were among the survivors 5? Two Pomeranians and one Pekingese dog evacuated 6 safely onto the lifeboats. Some people would call this a crime, since over 1500 humans didn’t make it onto a lifeboat. The reality is that many of the lifeboats were not filled to capacity. Lifeboat 1 carried 12 people though it had a capacity for 40. In addition, these dogs were so tiny that they didn’t take up any space and probably went undetected. About nine other dogs went down with the ship. These dogs were in the ship’s kennel. The captain’s dog normally sailed with him, but his daughter had taken the animal off the ship before it set sail. There is also a rumour 7 that a cat and her kittens disembarked at Southampton before the Titanic continued its journey towards New York.
ill-fated: doomed 1; unlucky
evacuate 2: to leave due to danger
capacity: the ability to safely hold a certain amount of people
undetected: not noticed
kennel 3: a confined place where animals are held
disembark: to get off a ship or plane
Three Dogs Survived The Titanic 4
It is a well-known fact that there weren’t enough lifeboats for the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic. But did you know that three dogs were among the survivors 5? Two Pomeranians and one Pekingese dog evacuated 6 safely onto the lifeboats. Some people would call this a crime, since over 1500 humans didn’t make it onto a lifeboat. The reality is that many of the lifeboats were not filled to capacity. Lifeboat 1 carried 12 people though it had a capacity for 40. In addition, these dogs were so tiny that they didn’t take up any space and probably went undetected. About nine other dogs went down with the ship. These dogs were in the ship’s kennel. The captain’s dog normally sailed with him, but his daughter had taken the animal off the ship before it set sail. There is also a rumour 7 that a cat and her kittens disembarked at Southampton before the Titanic continued its journey towards New York.
命定的
- The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
- A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
n.狗舍，狗窝
- Sporting dogs should be kept out of doors in a kennel.猎狗应该养在户外的狗窝中。
- Rescued dogs are housed in a standard kennel block.获救的狗被装在一个标准的犬舍里。
adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的
- We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
- The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
撤退者的
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。