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The Titanic
泰坦尼克号
The Titanic was a British passenger ship that sank to the bottom of the ocean during its first voyage.
泰坦尼克号是一艘英国客轮，在第一次航行的过程中沉入海底。
The ship was constructed during the 1900s by a transportation company known as White Star.
这艘船是在20世纪由一家名为白星的航运公司建造的。
This was a part of their plan to introduce a new set of luxury passenger ships that would transport wealthy people across the Atlantic Ocean.
这是他们计划建造的一系列新豪华客轮的其中一艘，这些客轮将运送富人横渡大西洋。
White Star finished building the Titanic in 1911.
白星公司于1911年建成了泰坦尼克号。
At that time, it was the biggest ship that had ever been built.
这是截至当时建造出来的最大船只。
The Titanic was designed with safety compartments that could fill up with water if any issues occurred.
泰坦尼克号设计有安全隔间，如果发生事故，安全隔间可以用来装水。
Because of this, many people believed that the Titanic was unsinkable.
正因如此，许多人相信泰坦尼克号是不会沉没的。
In April 1912, the Titanic began its trip from England to the United States, carrying over 2,000 passengers.
1912年4月，泰坦尼克号开始了从英国到美国的旅程，船上载有2000多名乘客。
While at sea, the ship collided with an iceberg and began to overflow.
在海上时，这艘船与冰山相撞并开始进水。
Passengers and crew evacuated the ship, but there were not enough lifeboats on board to save everyone.
部分乘客和船员撤离了这艘船，但船上的救生艇不够所有人使用。
Out of the original 2,000 passengers, only 705 survived.
上船的2000名乘客中，只有705人生还。
The sinking of the Titanic has since been known as one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century.
自那以后，泰坦尼克号的沉没被认为是20世纪最大的悲剧之一。
