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6,000 miles away, Belfast, Ireland.

六千英里以外 在爱尔兰贝尔法斯特

Workers build a giant steel structure,

工人们正在建造一艘巨型钢铁轮船

a monument to the ambition of the age.

这是一座展示时代野心的丰碑

2,000 steel plates.3 million rivets.900 feet long.46,000 tons.

它耗用两千条钢板 三百万颗铆钉 长九百英尺 重达四万六千吨

The largest moving object on the planet.And it's unsinkable.

是这个星球上最大的移动物体 是不沉之船

April 14th, 1912.R.M.S. Titanic bound for New York.

1912年四月十四日 英国邮政泰坦尼特号豪华客船驶往纽约

Mankind puts its faith in technology.

人类对自己的技术充满信心

On board, a Morse code message system,the wireless telegraph.

船上设有一套莫尔斯电码信息系统 还有无线电报

Operator Jack Phillips,25 years old. A communications expert.

操作员杰克·菲利普斯 二十五岁 是位通信专家

He'll play a part in mankind's most famous disaster.

他将为人类这场最著名灾难的发生 起到推波助澜的作用

9:40pm,a warning from steamship Meseba, 8 miles ahead.

晚上九点四十分 前方八英里的麦塞巴汽船发来警报

Saw much heavy pack ice and a great number of large icebergs, also field ice.

发现大量重浮冰 许多大冰山和大浮冰

Weather good, clear.An invisible message sent at the speed of light.

天气正常 晴朗 一条无形信息正以光速传播

重点讲解

1、ambition

梦想；理想

His ambition is to sail round the world.

他的梦想是环球航行。

He harboured ambitions of becoming a Tory MP.

他梦想成为托利党下院议员。

雄心；抱负；野心

Even when I was young I never had any ambition.

即使是年轻时，我也从没有什么雄心壮志。

a mixture of ambition and ruthlessness.

既野心勃勃又冷酷无情

2、invisible

看不见的;隐形的

The lines were so finely etched as to be invisible from a distance.

线条被蚀刻得如此精细，在远处看都看不见。

The belt is invisible even under the thinnest garments.

这种腰带即便在最薄的衣衫下都看不出来。

无形的

Parents fear they might overstep these invisible boundaries.

父母担心他们可能会逾越这些无形的界限。

Her father's face had suddenly tightened as though he was being strangled by invisible hands.

她父亲的脸突然僵硬了,仿佛是被无形的双手扼住了脖子。

被人忽视的;不为人注意的

It was strange, how invisible a clerk could feel.

一名办事员会感到如此受人忽视，令人觉得不可思议。

The problems of the poor are largely invisible.

穷人的问题大多不受重视。