The loss of the Titanic

课文

表达拓展

1、colossal 庞大的

The singer earns a colossal amount of money.

同样表示庞大，巨大 flashy，stonking，bulky

2、watertight

防水的 watertight container

天衣无缝的 a watertight plan

3、lookout观察处，瞭望员

be sb's lookout是某人自己的责任（一般说谁做了“蠢事”时）

It's his lookout for he waste his time.

4、go down下沉

5、faint微弱的（声、光、电）；可能性小slight；不热情，不积极 a faint smile

小故事

It seems that I am really a girl who is blessed by god, for I haven't had any emergency in my 23 years' life. The funny thing is, even if something unfortunate happened to a group of people, I was always one of them out of this.

When I was still a little  girl, maybe 5 or 6 years old, we kept a burner on in our bedroom one winter. At that time, only a few people could use the electric burners, so we used briquette instead. Besides, to keep the room warm, we closed the window at night. This led to the gas poisoning, both my parents felt sick and dizzy next morning, and they rested for whole day when they realized they made such a mistake. I, at the same time, went to school as usual and felt nothing. How dangerous it is!