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Titanic¹ 100 years on

Summary

16 April 2012

A cruise ship has retraced² the Titanic's route across the North Atlantic exactly 100 years after the liner sank there. The passengers and crew held a remembrance ceremony at the spot where 1500 people lost their lives. 

Reporter

Jon Kay

Report

It's been a blustery voyage at times for the MS Balmoral crossing the Atlantic carrying 1300 passengers.

Some of them relatives of people who travelled the same route on Titanic a century ago; others, just fascinated by the history and mystery of what happened to her.

Now they are all coming together at the very spot where Titanic sank to be led in prayer on the decks overlooking the stern of the cruise ship.

Wreaths of flowers will be thrown into the ocean directly above the wreck³ site and then this ship's band will play 'Nearer My God To Thee', the hymn⁴ said to have been played by Titanic's band as she sank into the cold, dark, icy water exactly 100 years ago.

1 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

2 retraced   

v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 )；回忆；回顾；追溯

参考例句：

• We retraced our steps to where we started. 我们折回我们出发的地方。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We retraced our route in an attempt to get back on the right path. 我们折返，想回到正确的路上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

4 hymn   

n.赞美诗，圣歌，颂歌

参考例句：

• They sang a hymn of praise to God.他们唱着圣歌，赞美上帝。
• The choir has sung only two verses of the last hymn.合唱团只唱了最后一首赞美诗的两个段落。