• large（体积大 、数量大） • -- an empty large box（体积大） / a large number of people（数量大） • great （伟大） • vast （辽阔、广阔） -- vast desert • immense（adj.极广大的, 无边的） • -- immense = immeasurable 不可测量的 （measurable adj.可测量的） • -- an immense stadium / an immense iceberg • enormous（重点突出数量、程度、体积）---强 调程度时比big语气, 且更正式。 • -- We had an enormous lunch. • -- He made a big success. / He made an enormous success.
• bitter adj.痛苦的
• tragedy n.悲剧, 惨案（in tragedy以悲剧形式）
• • • • -- The holiday ended in tragedy. comedy n.喜剧 comic adj.喜剧的, 滑稽的 comical adj.古怪的, 可笑的（含有贬义）
• liner n.班船 • voyage n.航行（海上航行） • flight飞行 journey长途行程 The voyage is more than the old lady can bear. • navigation 航海, 航行学, 航海[航空]术 • -- navigation light 夜航灯光, 导航灯 • iceberg n.冰山 • lookout n.了望员
• jump（侧重强调快速地跳） -The boy is jumping up and down. • leap vt. 跳跃, 跳越（-- He leapt out of the sleeping bad.） • dive vi.潜水, 跳水, 下潜, 俯冲
• lifeboat n.救生船 • passenger n.乘客, 旅客 • crew n.全体人员
• plunge v.投入，跳入 • （= jump or rush suddenly and wildly）
• -- He got so angry that he plunge into the water.
• -- When the ship Titanic sank in the ocean, a large number of people plunged into...
• -- The boy is shuddering, why? • Because he was frightened.
• faint adj.微弱的（= weak adj.弱的, 虚弱的）
• -- faint sound, weak sound / weak voice, faint voice
• tremble v.震颤（有规律的、小幅度的抖 动）
• -- Look, your hands are trembling. what's wrong with you?
• shiver v.强调由于寒冷、惧怕而一连串地 抖动
I found he's shivering in a cold.
• shudder vi.强调全身的颤栗
• collision n.碰撞 • collide vi 碰撞, 抵触 -The plane collided with the mountain. • crash v.坠毁 • It is said that there is an airplane that crashed in the mountains. • conflict vi.和某事（某人）相抵触 My idea conflicts with yours. • clash vi.相冲突 His wedding clashed with my examination, so I couldn't go. • narrowly adv.刚刚，勉强地 • miss v.避开 • slight adj.轻微的
• giant（n.巨人, 大力士 adj.庞大的, 巨大的） = gigantic（adj.巨人般的, 巨大的） • -- a giant person • tremendous （= big、fast、powerful） • -- The plane is travelling at tremendous speed. • titanic（用于修饰人和物、体积大、力量 大） • -- The ship is titanic. • huge • -- 强调体积大a huge stone / 数量巨大 a huge sum of money
• • • • • • • ton n.吨, 大量, 许多 unsinkable adj.不会下沉的，不会沉底的 sinking n.沉没 Atlantic n.大西洋 adj.大西洋的 alarm n.警报 sharply adj.突然地, 急剧地, 强烈地, 尖锐地 direct adj.直接的, 笔直的 trembling adj.发抖的, 震颤的, 颤抖的 n.发抖, 震颤
• -- She blamed her husband in a flood of words on seeing him.
• float v.漂浮, 飘浮
• = drift（vi,vt漂浮, 漂荡, 漂流 n.漂流物, 漂流）
• tragic adj.悲惨的（= unfortunate） -- a tragic accident • miserable（adj.痛苦的, 悲惨的）
• She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891. • She was carrying... （carry 表示载有） • a crew of 一组人员
• Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic w as a colossal ship. • modern standards 现代的标准 • by = according to 表示依据 • -- by regulation依据规则 （regulation n.规则, 规章） • -- by rules依据条例（rule n.规则, 惯例） • -- by our estimate 依据我们的估计 • （estimate n.估计, 估价, 评估 v.估计, 估价, 评估） • -- by one's looks • = by one's appearance 根据某人的长相 • （appearance n.外貌, 出现） • according to… 依据（事实、课文等客观存在的现实）
• abandon v.抛弃（因为某事而被迫放弃自己喜爱的事物）
-- He abandoned his research because of the war.
• desert （vt.放弃, 遗弃, 离弃）
• -- desert the army / desert the duty / desert his family
1.The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. • • • • • • • The great ship, Titanic, sailed for... 背景介绍 sail for… 航海去往某处 set out for / set off for 出发去往某处 leave for / head for / make for 出发去往某处 -- He will set out for the Atlantic. -- The plane is making for the airport. -- We are heading for Canada.
• -- according to the fact 依据事实 • -- according to the Text 依据这篇课文 • in accordance with = according to • in accordance with… 依据（法律等），更加正式 • -- in accordance with law in accordance with rules • in my opinion 在我看来
L10 The loss of the Titanic Smile
Discussion
• Have you seen the film"Titanic"? • What do you think about the film?
New words and expression
• • • • • • • • Southampton n.南安普敦（英国港市） colossal adj.庞大的（= large in size） -- A ship Titanic was colossal. -- A colossal monument /A colossal statue big -- You give me a big surprise. -- He is a big person.（重要） -- The box is big.（large and heavy）
Question
• What would have happened if only two of the sixteen watertight compartments had been flooded?
More questions
• • • • • • • 1.Where was the Titanicsailing? 2.What was seen by a lookout? 3.When did the ship turn sharply? 4.What was heard from below? 5.What did he find? 6.When did everything jump overboard? 7.Why were 1,500 people drowned?