急求Titanic的英文简介

The story of the Titanic and the iceberg has grown into a legend of the sea.It took her discovery in 1985 to begin to find the truth behind the myth.One of the things that makes the Titanic so fascinating is that she represented the best of technology when she set sail on her ill-fated voyage in 1912,and it took the best of technology in the form of sonar,satellite tracking,and deep-dive technology to locate her grave 73 years later.In the early 1900's,waterborne transportation was the norm; today,satellites are taken for granted by our society.But we tend to forget the immense effort that these two technologies require to operate to their maximum potential.Until recently,the technology did not exist to locate,photograph,and explore this ship that rested two and a half miles down on the ocean floor.
1898年,英国作家摩根•罗伯森写了一本名叫《徒劳无功》的小说.小说写了一艘号永不沉没的豪华巨轮,名为泰坦号(Titan),从英国首航驶向大洋彼岸的美国.这是人类航海史上空前巨大也最是豪华的客轮,船上装备了当时力所能及的一切华贵设施,满船装载的都是有钱的乘客,人们在这巨轮上尽情地享受着.但是,这艘巨轮首次出航就在途中撞上冰山,悲惨地沉没,许多乘客葬身海底.