First ever full-sized scan of the Titanic?

泰坦尼克號首次全尺寸掃描揭示沉船全貌

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The Titanic lies nearly 4,000 metres down in the Atlantic, but she's so huge that in the?gloom, cameras can only show?tantalising?snapshots of the?decaying?ship – never the whole thing.

泰坦尼克號船體殘骸沉沒在大西洋海下近4000米處，由于船體巨大，在昏暗的海底，相機只能拍到這艘腐朽沉船的局部照片，很難捕捉到船的全貌。

gloom 昏暗，黑暗
tantalising 吸引人興趣的，吊人胃口的

decaying 腐蝕的

unprecedented?3D view of the Titanic, enabling the liner to be seen as if the water had been drained away.

這個新的全尺寸掃描模型展現(xiàn)了沉船的全貌。深海測繪公司麥哲倫（Magellan）和紀錄片制作公司大西洋制作公司（Atlantic Productions）利用深潛器材，創(chuàng)建了一個史無前例的泰坦尼克號3D模型視圖，所呈現(xiàn)的這艘巨輪的面貌就像它周圍的海水已被排干了一樣。

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unprecedented 前所未有的，史無前例的

The bow covered in?stalactites?of rust is still instantly recognisable, but the stern is a tangle of metal, where it collapsed as it corkscrewed into the seabed. Minute details can be seen, including individual?rivets?and the serial number on a propeller. The team hopes the scan will reveal more about the Titanic and how she sank.

船頭雖然覆蓋著如鐘乳石般懸垂的鐵銹，卻仍清晰可辨，而船尾則是扭成一團的金屬，這是因為當年它在被卷入海底時散架了。船體殘骸的微小細節(jié)一覽無遺，包括單個鉚釘和螺旋槳上的序列號。制作團隊希望這個掃描模型能揭示更多關于泰坦尼克號及其沉沒過程的信息。

stalactite?/ ?st?l?kta?t /?鐘乳石
rivets 鉚釘

詞匯表

gloom 昏暗，黑暗
tantalising 吸引人興趣的，吊人胃口的
decaying 腐蝕的
unprecedented 前所未有的，史無前例的
stalactite?/ ?st?l?kta?t /?鐘乳石
rivets 鉚釘

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閱讀理解：請在讀完上文后，回答下列問題。

1. Where is the wreck of the Titanic?

2. What is the bow covered in?

3. What minute details can be seen in the new scan?

4. What outcome does the team hope will come from the scan?

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答案

1. Where is the wreck of the Titanic???

The Titanic lies nearly 4,000 metres down in the Atlantic.

2. What is the bow covered in?

The bow is covered in stalactites of rust.

3. What minute details can be seen in the new scan?

Minute details can be seen, including individual rivets and the serial number on??a propeller.

4. What outcome does the team hope will come from the scan?

The team hopes the scan will reveal more about the Titanic and how she sank.