the Titanic
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- a very large British passenger ship which in 1912 sank on its first voyage (= journey at sea) across the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg (= a large mass of floating ice), although its owners had claimed that it could never sink. There were not enough lifeboats for all the passengers and over 1 500 people died. As a result of this disaster, new laws were introduced concerning safety at sea. The wreck of the ship was found at the bottom of the sea in 1985 and there have been several attempts to raise it to the surface, though without success. The disaster has been the subject of several films. One of these, Titanic (1997), starred Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio and won 11 Oscars.
泰坦尼克号：一艘非常大的英国客船，在撞上冰山后于1912年在大西洋上沉没，但第一次航行，尽管它的主人声称它永远不会沉没。救生艇不足以容纳所有乘客，超过1500人死亡。由于这场灾难，引入了有关海上安全的新法律。1985年在海底发现了这艘船的残骸，尽管没有成功，但曾有几次尝试将其升到水面。这场灾难是几部电影的主题。其中之一泰坦尼克号（1997）出演了凯特·温斯莱特（Kate Winslet）和莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥（Leonardo DiCaprio），并获得了11项奥斯卡奖。