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Titanic






The British luxury passenger liner sank … April 14-15, 1912, en route to New York City from Southampton, England, during its maiden voyage. The vessel sank with a loss of about 1515 lives at a point some 400 miles south of Newfoundland.

The great ship, … that time the largest and most luxurious afloat, had a double-bottomed hull that was divided … 16 watertight compartments. Because four of these could be flooded without endangering the liner`s buoyancy, it was considered unsinkable.

As we know the «Titanic» belonged … the traveling company White Star. Its chief competitor was the Cunard Line. Its «Mauretania» and «Lusitania», ruled the waves, each of them larger and faster than anything … White Star`s fleet. White Star`s response was the «Titanic».

The company had had the ship designed for size – it was easily the largest ocean liner ever built – and … comfort. As first-class passengers climbed her Grand Staircase they were surrounded … elaborately carved oak. Sunlight poured through a glass rotunda. Parlor suites featured luxurious sitting rooms and the best of them had private 50-foot promenades. Rooms in the second class were considered less luxurious, but passengers still took their meals off sparking blue and white china … an oak-panelled dining-room.

Many of the «Titanic`s» other features may seem commonplace today – a swimming pool, a Turkish bath, a gymnasium complete … rowing machines and stationary bicycles, but in 1912 these were exotic shipboard luxuries. The ship`s construction had required $7, 5 mln.

The «Titanic» set sail …noon, nearly crashing on her way … sea. She rolled so much water that the liner «New York» broke from her moorings and drifted within 4 feet of the «Titanic». At the last second the «New York» was secured … a tugboat. Shortly before 11 p.m. on Friday, April 14, the steamer «Californian», just 20 miles away, called to say that she was surrounded … ice. The «Titanic»`s wireless operator overwhelmed by messages to and from passengers as well as nautical reports, gave a tragic foolish reply: «Shut up. I`m busy».

Forty minutes later, as the «Titanic»`s 46 000 tons bore over the water at more than 21 knots, lookout Fleet stared in horror … a black iceberg on the horizon. He cried out and without a moment`s hesitation William Murdoch, officer in charge … the bridge, swung the ship to port and threw her into reverse.

The «Titanic» had missed hitting the iceberg head-on. But the ship had been grazed and some half dozen wounds opened. The total surface area of these cavities was less than12 square feet. Soon Thomas Andrews, the ship`s chief builder and a first-class passenger, grimly gave Captain Smith the news- in short order the «Titanic» would be no more.

The ship radioed frantically … help, her great nose began to dip into the water though there was little panic … the passengers. But the ship`s top officers grew anxious. They knew what the others didn`t: the «Titanic»`s lifeboats would accommodate barely half of those … board.

What followed we perfectly know.

1. What is the Russian for:

Afloat, a double-bottomed hull, to endanger the liner`s buoyancy, parlor suite, promenade, rowing machines and stationary bicycles, to brake from her moorings, nautical reports, to swing the ship to port, to graze, the total surface area of these cavities

2. What is the English for:

На пути в Нью-Йорк, водонепроницаемые отсеки, непотопляемый, главный конкурент, отделанный дубовыми панелями, отправиться в плавание, буксир, впередсмотрящий, дать задний ход, носом врезаться в айсберг, вскоре Титаника не станет, погружаться в воду, разместить лишь половину находящихся на борту людей

3. Say what might have happened if

- the «Titanic»`s wireless operator had not been overwhelmed by messages to and from passengers

- at the last second the «New York» had not been secured by a tugboat

- the officer in charge of the bridge had not swung the ship to port and thrown her into reverse

- the «Titanic»`s lifeboats could have accommodated all those on board

-.the passengers had known about the Titanic’s life- boat capacity

4. Discuss the Titanic’s facilities and the reasons for its capsizing






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