【英语阅读题WhentheshiptheTitanicwasdesignedfortheWhiteStarShippingCompany,everyonewasveryexcited.Itwasgoingtobethebiggest,theheaviest,mostluxuriouspassengershipever!Evenitsnamemakesyouthinkofgreatsizeandst】
英语阅读题
WhentheshiptheTitanicwasdesignedfortheWhiteStarShippingCompany,everyonewasveryexcited.Itwasgoingtobethebiggest,theheaviest,mostluxuriouspassengershipever!Evenitsnamemakesyouthinkofgreatsizeandstrength.‘Titanic’meansveryverystrongandpowerful.
On10April1912,theTitanicsetoffonitsfirstvoyageacrosstheAtlantictoAmerica.AstheTitanicsailedwest,warningsoficebergsweresenttotheship,butdidn’treachthebridge.SotheTitanicwastravellingatalmosttopspeedwhenithitaniceberg.Itsanktwohoursandfortyminuteslater.Therewere2,223peopleonboardand1,517died.On6May,2006,thelastsurvivortohavememoriesoftheTitanic’ssinking,LillianGertrudAsplund,diedatherhomeinMassachusetts,UnitedStates.Asplund,whowasjustfiveyearsoldatthetime,lostherfatherandthreebrothersinthetragedy.
Oneofthemostfamousstoriesisoftheband.On15April,theTitanic’seight-memberband,ledbyWallaceHartley,hadtriedtokeeppassengerscalmandupbeat.Thebandcontinuedplayingmusicevenwhenitbecameclearthattheshipwasgoingtosink.Noneofthebandmemberssurvivedthesinking.Hartleywasconsideredahero,andhisfuneralinEnglandwasattendedbythousands.
ThesinkingoftheTitanichasbeenthesubjectofmanybooks,filmsandevensongs.The1997movieTitanicbroughtthestorybackagainandthesonginthemovieMyHeartWillGoOnisstillverypopulartoday.
1whatdosetitanicmean?
2whendidtheshipthetitanicsetoffitsfirstvoyage?
3howmanypeoplesurvivedthetragedy
4whywashartleyconsideredahero
5isthesongmyheartwillgoonstillpopular