The Tragic Story of the Titanic (Short Documentary) · Never Stop Learning
了解泰坦尼克号的历史与沉没事件，适合练习过去时和复杂句型。
in April of 1912 the largest passenger
1912年4月，世界上最大的客轮……
ship the world had ever seen set
这是人类历史上见过的最庞大的舰队。
off on her maiden voyage across the
开始了她的处女航……
Atlantic marketed as Unsinkable this Olympic class
这艘奥林匹克级别的邮轮被大西洋邮轮公司（Atlantic）宣传为“永不沉没”的船只（即“Unsinkable”）。
ocean liner sank days later after colliding
这艘远洋客轮在发生碰撞后几天内沉没了。
with an iceberg on this episode of
在这一集中，出现了一个“冰山”般的意外（或问题）……
never stop learning we will be taking
永远不要停止学习，我们会继续前进的。
a look at the most infamous ship
来看看那艘最臭名昭著的船只……
disaster of all all time the Titanic
有史以来最严重的灾难——泰坦尼克号事件
white Starline needed a way to compete
White Starline 需要一种方式来参与市场竞争。
in the ever evolving transatlantic trade kunard
在不断发展的跨大西洋贸易中，库纳德（Kunard）……
Lucitania and morania had speed but white
卢西塔尼亚（Lucitania）和莫拉尼亚（Morania）虽然速度很快，但颜色却是白色的。
star wanted to appeal to a different
那位明星希望吸引不同的受众群体（或：希望自己的作品能够吸引更广泛的观众）。
sort of Passenger their Olympic class of
算是“乘客”吧……属于奥林匹克级别的（服务或设施）。
ships would be the largest and most luxurious vessels the world had ever seen Titanic would be 50 % larger than Lucitania 30,000 gross tonnage,
这些船舶将是世界上有史以来最大、最豪华的船只。泰坦尼克号的体积比卢西塔尼亚号大50%，总吨位达到30,000吨。
and at a length of 882 ft, she was almost 100 ft longer.
她的长度为882英尺，比原来的长度多了近100英尺。
Construction of this massive ship began on March 31st, 1909, in the shipyards of Harland and Wolf.
这艘巨型轮船的建造工作始于1909年3月31日，在哈兰德与沃尔夫（Harland and Wolf）造船厂进行。
A double bottomed hull became the base, followed by 300 frames.
首先以双层底结构的船体作为设计基础，随后又制造了另外 300 个船体部件（即船体框架）。
Rising 66 ft in the air, these frames were then wrapped in 2,000 rolled steel plates.
这些结构物耸立在空气中，高度达66英尺（约20米），随后被2000块轧制的钢板包裹起来。
Each plate was 30 ft long and 5 ft in height.
每块板块的长度为 30 英尺（约 9 米），高度为 5 英尺（约 1.5 米）。
After 26 months, Titanic's hull was complete on Wednesday, May 31st, 1910.
经过26个月的建造，泰坦尼克号的船体终于在1910年5月31日（星期三）完成。
Thousands crowded the docks of Belfast to watch this Leviathan enter the water.
成千上万的人聚集在贝尔法斯特的码头旁，观看这艘巨型船只下水。
The entire process took just over a minute, but the ship wasn't ready yet.
整个过程仅用了一分多钟的时间，但飞船还没有准备好。
It would be another 10 months and millions of manh.
还需要再等 10 个月，以及花费数百万曼赫（货币单位）。
hours before the ship was ready to steam ahead on April 10th, 1912, Titanic was in Southampton being loaded for her maiden voyage.
在1912年4月10日这艘轮船准备启航的几个小时前，泰坦尼克号正在南安普顿装载货物，准备开始它的首次航行。
The ship had been designed with a max capacity of over 2400 passengers, but due to a coal strike in England,
该船的设计最大载客量为2400人以上。然而由于英格兰发生了煤炭罢工，
many people had decided to delay their trip to the new world.
许多人决定推迟前往新世界的旅行。
This left the ship with only 1,317 passengers as well as a crew of roughly 900.
这样一来，船上只剩下 1,317 名乘客和大约 900 名船员。
At noon, the massive ship weighed anchor and began moving through the narrow channel towards the open ocean.
中午时分，这艘巨大的轮船起锚，开始穿过狭窄的水道，驶向广阔的海洋。
As she glided through the water, her massive displacement caused the SS New York to be pulled into her wake.
当她在水面滑行时，她所产生的巨大水流作用使得“纽约号”（SS New York）被卷入了她的尾流中。
There were reports of people hearing what they thought were Gunshots as the ropes mooring the New York snapped.
有报道称，当固定纽约船只的绳索突然断裂时，人们听到了他们认为是枪声的声音。
The SS New York began to gravitate towards the Titanic.
SS New York”号开始逐渐靠近“泰坦尼克”号。
A nearby tug the Vulcan dashed into action in an attempt to keep the two ships from colliding.
附近的一艘拖船立即启动，试图阻止这两艘船只相撞。
Titanic's engines were put to full aern.
泰坦尼克号的引擎被开到了最大功率。
And somehow the two ships came within mere feet of each other.
不知怎么的，这两艘船的距离竟然缩短到了只有几英尺的距离。
But the collision was avoided.
不过这次碰撞最终被避免了。
On the bridge of Titanic, Captain Edward Smith heaved a sigh of relief.
在泰坦尼克号的甲板上，爱德华·史密斯船长松了一口气。
Months earlier, while in command of her sistership the Olympic, a similar incident had occurred.
几个月前，当她负责指挥她的姊妹舰“奥林匹克号”时，也发生过类似的事件。
The HMS Hawk was sucked into the side of Olympic, puncturing the hull of the brand new ship.
HMS Hawk”号被吸入了“Olympic”号的船体侧面，导致这艘崭新的轮船的船体遭到损坏。
With 25 years of experience as a captain for White Star, Smith had Been the ideal choice as commander of Titanic on her maiden voyage.
史密斯拥有25年的航海经验，曾担任“白星号”轮船的船长；因此，在“泰坦尼克号”首航时，他无疑是担任该轮船指挥官的理想人选。