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Will you hold the boat a moment? I just have to run back to my room...
等一下，我去拿东西。　　
Mr. Lightoller, why are the boats being launched half full?
船怎么半满就降下？
Not now, Mr. Andrews.
我们在忙，安德鲁斯先生。　　　
There, look, 20 or so in a boat built for 65,
看，一艘可乘65个人的船，才坐了20个人左右？
and I saw one boat with only 12...12!　　
还有一艘只坐了十二人。
Well, we weren't sure of the weight, Mr. Andrews. These boats may buckle.
我们怕太重，救生艇承受不了。　　
Rubbish! They were tested in Belfast with the weight of 70 men!
胡说八道，它能承受七十人的重量。　　
Now, fill these boats, Mr. Lightoller, for God's sake, man!
把船都装满，莱托勒先生。　　
Please, I need more women and children, please.
多来几位女士和小孩。　　
Get back in there. This is not an exit.　　
这不是出口，退回去。　
Get back in there. This is not an exit.
这不是出口，退回去。　　
You can't keep us locked in here like animals.
你不能把我们这样，像野兽一样关着。
The ship's bloody sinking!
船要沉了.　　
Bring forward the women! Unlock the gates.
让女的出来！把锁打开。　　
Women only! No men!
妇女先出来！

妙语佳句
1.run back to
跑回到；追溯到
Did they run back to the kitchen to get that special sugar-free sweetener for you, or happily fix an order the chef flubbed?
侍者有回到厨房帮你拿特定的无糖甜品，或者愉快地改正厨师犯的差错？
2.buckle
vi. 扣住；变弯曲
vt. 扣住；使弯曲
n. 皮带扣，带扣
Pa waited 10 minutes before he beat Howell with his belt buckle, just for offering a soda cracker to the little duchess.
爸爸过了10分钟才开始用皮带扣抽打豪厄尔：仅仅因为他给小女公爵一块苏打饼干。
3.launch
vt. 发射（导弹、火箭等）；发起，发动；使…下水
vi. 开始；下水；起飞
n. 发射；发行，投放市场；下水；汽艇
We launch a big advertising campaign to promote our new toothpaste.
我们发动了一场声势浩大的广告宣传攻势，旨在推销新型牙膏。
4.locked in
被锁住；对变化不敏感的；无法改变
We are not hiding, we are locked in here – nobody tells us anything, the doors are locked and we are inside.
我们并不是主动躲在这里的，我们是被锁在这里了-我们不知道任何事情，因为门锁上了，而我们就在里面。
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翻译
1.船怎么半满就降下？ 　　　
2.你不能把我们这样像野兽一样关着。　
上期答案
1.This strutting martinet isn't letting any men on at all.
2.There's one on the other side letting men on.