E02 002 泰坦尼克号：梦之船

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0:08 One chilly evening in Belfast, Ireland, in 1907, my family huddled around the dinner table 1907年，爱尔兰贝尔法斯特，一个寒冷的傍晚，我们一家人挤在餐桌旁。
0:16 It was late, and there was barely enough coal to keep the fire going 天色已晚，煤只勉强够让炉火不灭。
0:20 My name is Rashida and my sister's name is Jamila 我叫拉希达，妹妹叫贾米拉。
0:25 We sat shivering and hungry. Our parents had just finished work — Papa as a shipbuilder and Mama as a cook 我们哆哆嗦嗦、饥肠辘辘地坐着。父母刚下工——爸爸是造船工人，妈妈是厨娘。
0:34 Mama dished out steaming lamb and vegetables 妈妈端上了热气腾腾的羊肉和蔬菜。
0:39 Papa, usually very talkative at dinner, was unusually quiet 平日里在饭桌上总是滔滔不绝的爸爸，今天却异乎寻常地沉默。
0:44 When we finished, he spoke." Last year we left our homeland of Lebanon and immigrated to Ireland 吃完饭后，他开了口。“去年我们离开故土黎巴嫩，移民到了爱尔兰。
0:50 We work hard here, yet we can't save money! 我们在这里拼命干活，可就是攒不下钱！
0:54 Some Irish people treat us like dirt! 有些爱尔兰人根本看不起我们！
0:56 I have heard about America, a land full of immigrants 我听说美国是个遍地移民的地方。
1:00 Anybody who works hard there can buy land and have a decent life!" 在那儿只要肯干，就能买到地，过上好日子！
1:05 Mama frowned 妈妈皱起了眉头。
1:07 " Let's leave Ireland and take a boat to America!" Papa continued excitedly “咱们离开爱尔兰，乘船去美国吧！”爸爸兴奋地接着说。
1:13 " We can't afford the tickets!" Mama exclaimed “我们买不起船票啊！”妈妈大声说。
1:17 " We must be patient and save," Papa said confidently, his eyes shining “我们必须耐心攒钱，”爸爸自信地说，眼睛闪着光。
1:22 " It may take years, but eventually our dreams will come true!" “也许要好几年，但总有一天梦想会实现！”
1:26 My mother smiled, and I knew everything would be all right 妈妈笑了，我知道一切都会好起来的。
1:31 A new home didn't sound so bad! 新家听起来还真不赖！
1:35 On that same chilly evening in 1907 in Belfast, another plan was being hatched over dinner 就在1907年同一个寒冷的傍晚，贝尔法斯特的一场晚餐上，另一个计划正在悄悄酝酿。
1:42 The two men at this dinner were from a shipping company and a shipbuilding company 餐桌上这两位男士，一位来自航运公司，一位来自造船公司。
1:49 The topic of conversation was ocean liners, specifically, a plan to build three ships that would be bigger and faster than any other ship 他们谈论的话题是远洋客轮，具体来说，是一个建造三艘比任何船都更大更快的邮轮的计划。
1:59 They would be called the Olympic, the Gigantic, and the Titanic 它们将分别被命名为奥林匹克号、巨人号和泰坦尼克号。
2:06 Three years later, the men's dream came true; the order to construct these three great ships was read out to the workers in the Belfast shipyards 三年后，这些人的梦想成真了；在贝尔法斯特造船厂，向工人们宣读了建造这三艘巨轮的命令。
2:15 As my father and the other men listened to the specifications for the Titanic, they gasped 当我的父亲和其他人听到泰坦尼克号的规格时，都倒吸了一口凉气。
2:22 They had never built a ship of this size and power! 他们从未建造过如此庞大和强劲的船！
2:25 It would be almost 3 football fields in length and 12 stories high 它将有差不多三个足球场那么长，十二层楼那么高。
2:31 The Titanic was advertised as " practically unsinkable," because the ship would have special watertight sections 泰坦尼克号被宣传为“几乎不会沉没”，因为它将拥有特殊的水密隔舱。
2:38 Papa heard the Titanic's captain, Edward Smith, say that the ship " could be cut in half, and each half would remain afloat almost indefinitely." 爸爸听到泰坦尼克号的船长爱德华·史密斯说，这船“即使被切成两半，每一半也能几乎无限期地漂浮在水面上。”
2:46 People were amazed, and many bought tickets for its maiden voyage, including my own papa 人们惊叹不已，许多人购买了它的首航船票，包括我爸爸。
2:54 A third-class ticket from England to New York was about $35, equivalent to $1,000 today 一张从英格兰到纽约的三等舱船票大约是35美元，相当于现在的1000美元。
3:02 This was far less than a first-class ticket, which was around $2,500, or $60,000 today 这比一等舱票便宜得多，一等舱票价约2500美元，相当于今天的6万美元。
3:11 The Titanic was ready for departure on April 10, 1912, from Southampton, England 1912年4月10日，泰坦尼克号准备从英国南安普顿启航。
3:18 Thousands of people stood on the dock to wave good-bye and witness this historic event 数千人站在码头上挥手告别，见证这一历史性事件。
3:25 Papa, Mama, Jamila, and I waved to the crowd excitedly. We were off to America! 爸爸、妈妈、贾米拉和我兴奋地向人群挥手。我们要去美国了！
3:32 Over the first few days, Jamila and I explored the lower decks 头几天，贾米拉和我探索了下层甲板。
3:37 We met a crewman who told us the Titanic had a swimming pool, Turkish saunas, a gym 我们遇到一名船员，他告诉我们泰坦尼克号上有游泳池、土耳其浴室、健身房，
3:43 and a darkroom — only for the first-class passengers of course 还有一个暗房——当然，只供头等舱乘客使用。
3:48 Jamila and I played with the other children in third class. Their families were immigrants too 贾米拉和我和三等舱的其他孩子一起玩耍。他们的家人也都是移民。
3:55 In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thousands of immigrants were arriving in New York every day 在19世纪和20世纪早期，每天都有成千上万的移民抵达纽约。
4:01 They mainly came from Ireland, Italy, Germany, and Eastern Europe 他们主要来自爱尔兰、意大利、德国和东欧。
4:06 Some came from the Middle East, like me! 有些人来自中东，就像我一样！
4:10 On the third night on the Titanic, I felt a little bump. I immediately woke up Papa 在泰坦尼克号上的第三晚，我感到轻轻震了一下，立刻叫醒了爸爸。
4:18 He went away and talked to a sailor and found out that the ship had hit an iceberg! 他出去找一位船员交谈，得知船撞上了冰山！
4:24 Papa said," They're going to launch the lifeboats, but they said we'll be back on board for breakfast 爸爸说：“他们要放救生艇了，但说我们早上还能回船上吃早餐。”
4:30 Nothing to worry about!" He told Jamila and me to hold Mama's hand 没什么好担心的！”他叫我和贾米拉抓紧妈妈的手。
4:36 We all left the cabin and went down the corridor to find the stairs 我们都离开了客舱，沿着走廊去找楼梯。
4:41 They were locked! Hundreds of scared and confused third-class passengers were clinging to the locked gates 楼梯门锁上了！成百上千名惊恐困惑的三等舱乘客扒着锁住的门不放。
4:48 How could we get to the lifeboats? 我们怎么才能到救生艇那儿去呢？
4:51 Papa quickly led us one way, and then another way, and eventually we found some stairs 爸爸飞快地领着我们走一条路，又换另一条路，最后总算找到了一处楼梯。
4:57 " What about everyone else?" I asked Papa as we hurried along. He didn't answer “其他人怎么办？”我们匆忙赶路时，我问爸爸。他没有回答。
5:04 At last Mama, Papa, Jamila, and I arrived on the deck! 妈妈、爸爸、贾米拉和我终于来到了甲板上！
5:10 The officers called out for women and children to get into the lifeboats 船员们大声喊着让妇女和儿童上救生艇。
5:14 Papa kissed us and told us he would see us soon 爸爸亲吻了我们，说他很快就会和我们再见。
5:18 We tried to get into a lifeboat, but they stopped us because we were third-class passengers and not first class 我们试图登上救生艇，但他们拦住了我们，因为我们是三等舱乘客，不是一等舱的。
5:25 " First class has priority, ma'am," an officer told my mother, who was very upset “女士，一等舱优先。”一名船员告诉母亲，她非常难过。
5:32 After several lifeboats had been launched, many of them only half-full, Mama, Jamila, and I were allowed in 好几艘救生艇被放下后——其中许多都只装了一半人——妈妈、贾米拉和我才被允许上去。
5:39 I looked desperately around for Papa. He was helping people into a lifeboat 我拼命地四处寻找爸爸。他正在帮别人上救生艇。
5:45 Some people refused to get in because they believed the Titanic could never sink 有些人拒绝上船，因为他们相信泰坦尼克号永远不会沉没。
5:50 As our lifeboat was lowered onto the water, we could hear the ship's band playing as the huge ship creaked and moaned 当我们的救生艇被放到水面时，我们听见船上的乐队在演奏，而巨大的船身正在吱嘎作响、发出呻吟。
5:59 As our boat rowed away from the sinking ship, Mama and I could hear the panic on board 当我们的船划离正在下沉的巨轮时，我和妈妈能听到船上的恐慌。
6:05 People were rushing about on the deck, looking for lifeboats and screaming 人们在甲板上跑来跑去，寻找着救生艇，尖叫着。
6:10 Mama put her hands over my ears and Jamila's. It was horrible 妈妈用手捂住我和贾米拉的耳朵。那真是太可怕了。
6:16 I saw the huge ship tip so that one end stood straight up in the water, and then it disappeared into the deep, dark ocean 我看见那艘巨轮船身倾斜，一头直直地立在水里，然后就消失在了深邃、黑暗的海洋中。
6:25 The ship was gone, the screams were gone, and Papa was gone 船消失了，尖叫声消失了，爸爸也不见了。
6:31 I tried not to think as we waited in the lifeboat 在救生艇上等待时，我努力什么都不去想。
6:34 At dawn a ship called the Carpathia picked us up 黎明时分，一艘叫卡帕西亚号的船救起了我们。
6:39 As we stood on the deck, wrapped in blankets, I waited for Papa's arrival in a lifeboat 当我们裹着毯子站在甲板上时，我等待着爸爸乘着某艘救生艇到来。
6:45 But Mama said," You won't see Papa anymore, Rashida," and turned back to look at the sea 但是妈妈说：“你再也见不到爸爸了，拉什达。”然后转身望向大海。
6:52 Of all the 2,201 people on board the Titanic, only 711 survived. Why did this " unsinkable " ship sink? 泰坦尼克号上2201人中，只有711人生还。这艘“永不沉没”的船为什么会沉？
7:04 Perhaps the ship was going too fast, iceberg warnings were ignored, or the ship's design was defective 也许是船开得太快，也许是冰山的警告被忽视了，又或者是船的设计有缺陷。
7:11 The ship's owners had dreams of its success 船主们曾梦想着它大获成功。
7:15 Its passengers had dreams of a new life in America 乘客们曾梦想着在美国开始新生活。
7:19 But that night all of their dreams sank with the great ship, the Titanic 但在那个夜晚，他们所有的梦想都随着那艘巨轮——泰坦尼克号，一同沉没了。