新概念英语第三册第10课及词语翻译.docx

【新概念英语三】第10课 The Loss of Titanic 泰坦尼克号之沉【生词和短语】Southampton? n. 南安普敦（英国港市）colossal adj. 庞大的watertight? adj. 不漏水的compartment n. （轮船的）密封舱flood? v. 充满水float v. 漂浮，飘浮tragic adj. 悲惨的liner? n. 班船voyage n. 航行iceberg n. 冰山lookout n. 瞭望员collision n. 碰撞narrowly adv. 刚刚，勉强地miss? v. 避开slight adj. 轻微的tremble? v. 震颤faint adj. 微弱的horror? n. 恐惧abandon? v. 抛弃plunge v. 投入，跳入lifeboat n. 救生船【知识点分析】词汇【colossal】例句：1.This is indeed a colossal success.这确实是个巨大的成功。2.This massive overbuild is being fuelled by the colossal scale of industrialisation.大规模的工业化正在造成这种过度累积。近义：huge, tremendous, enormous, massive, macro【watertight】tight:密封例句：1.Mix all ingredients and store in a tight-lidded jar.将所有的成分混合在一起并置于密封的罐子中。2.We recommend storing beans in a clean, dry, air-tight container, in a cool dark place.我们建议应把咖啡豆保存在干净、干燥、密封的容器中，并应放在避光的地方。近义：sealed【flood】英英：cover with liquid, usually water例句：1.Rain may flood the low-lying land out.这场骤雨有可能把低洼地淹没。2.Ill flood the city in never-ending daylight!我就能使这座城市充满无尽的光明！3.When you do, you have the guarantee that the peace of God will flood your heart and mind.当你这样作，便能保证，神所赐的平安会充满你的心怀意念。【float】英英：be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink例句：1.From the battlement of the tower float a flag in the soft wind.在微风中，城堡的雉堞式装饰墙上飘著一面旗帜。2.I could float off this floor like a soap bubble if I wish to.只要我愿意，我可以像肥皂泡一样，在这间屋子里飘浮起来。3.Through the open windows snatches of melody float on the night air.乐曲断断续续地从敞开的窗户中飘出，在夜空中回荡。【tragic】追根溯源：tragedy→tragic例句：1.The train accident was tragic. Two trainers and ten trainees were dead.火车事故很惨，造成两名教练和十名受训队员死亡。2.And with his Irishmans sense of the tragic, she also knew he felt something about such emptiness.她也知道，凭他的爱尔兰人对悲剧和敏感性，他已感觉出一些这种空虚。近义：evil, unfortunate【collision】还原：collision→collidecollide:碰撞、冲突例句：1.Let us hope that it will not take a direct black hole collision with Earth to determine whether Einstein was right.我们只希望，不要等到黑洞直接撞上地球的那一刻，才得以证明爱因斯坦是对是错。2.There is more to the story than an angry collision between Greek profligacy and German moral