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　　You probably know the story of the great irony of the Titanic. The ship hailed as “unsinkable” sank after it struck an iceberg on its very first trip across the Atlantic Ocean. In hindsight, it seems almost silly that anyone would assume that a ship weighing more than 50,000 tons (when fully laden) was unsinkable. And indeed, many myth busters have claimed that few people were actually calling the ship “unsinkable” before it sank.
　　While it is hard to say whether people thought the ship was absolutely unsinkable under any circumstances, it is clear that people believed that the passenger liner’s safety design (by Thomas Andrews) was state-of-the-art, and some did describe it as “unsinkable” before it ever set sail. Reportedly, that claim was enough to keep many passengers calm even as the ship was in fact sinking. A vice president of the company in charge of the voyage told the U.S. Congress that he initially did not believe reports that the ship was sinking because he thought it to be unsinkable.
　　The idea that the ship was unsinkable was advanced by newspaper and magazine articles as well as by advertisement materials from the shipping company. The widely circulated articles detailed the design of the liner and its technologically advanced safety features. Chief among those features were 16 compartments within the hull whose doors could be shut by the flick of a switch. It was believed that the ability to quickly close off the compartments if any of them were breached could keep the ship afloat even if it suffered damage.
　　Though it’s an exaggeration to claim that nobody thought the ship unsinkable, it may be true that, before the Titanic sank, people were not particularly interested in whether the ship was unsinkable. The Titanic’s selling point was really its grandeur and luxury, not its safety. Most of the articles and advertisements for the Titanic focused on its size and accommodations, not on the details of its design, and the affluent passengers who boarded the ship chose it for its prestige and comfort. It was only after the ship’s demise that the “unsinkable” moniker really took off, presumably for dramatic effect. So even though the ship was in fact touted as “unsinkable” before it sank, it was the irony of its tragic sinking that actually brought that claim to the fore.
【題組】47 What commonly-held false idea has been challenged?
(A) The sinking of the ship was caused by a mysterious force.
(B) Many people at that time claimed that the ship was unsinkable.
(C) The gigantic ship sank as a result of hitting an iceberg.
(D) The considerable weight of the ship was the cause of its sinking.

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全力衝刺 幼兒園下 (2021/03/21)
受挑戰的普遍意見是： (A) The sinking of the ship was caused by a mysterious force. 船的沉沒是肇因於神秘的力量(B) Many people at that time claimed that the ship was unsinkable. 很多人當時聲稱船是不會沉沒的答案很明顯是B第一、二段都是在形容當時人聲稱船不會沉，直到她撞到冰山。有趣的是，第二段最後甚至提到在船沉的新聞出來時還有人不信該報導.."he initially did not believe .....觀看完整全文，請先登入
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加賴叫過去 高三下 (2020/11/15)

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墨夜熠樓 大四上 (2021/06/11)

你可能知道泰坦尼克號的偉大諷刺故事。這艘船在第一次橫渡大西洋時撞上冰山後沉沒，被譽為“永不沉沒”。事後看來，任何人都認為重量超過 50,000 噸（滿載時）不會沉沒的人似乎很愚蠢。事實上，許多神話終結者聲稱，在沉沒之前，很少有人真正稱這艘船“不沉”。

       雖然很難說人們是否認為這艘船在任何情況下都絕對不會沉沒，但很明顯，人們認為客輪的安全設計（由 Thomas Andrews 設計）是最先進的，有人將其描述為“不沉” ”在它啟航之前。據報導，即使船實際上正在下沉，這種說法也足以讓許多乘客保持冷靜。該公司負責航行的副總裁告訴美國國會，他最初不相信有關該船正在沉沒的報導，因為他認為它不會沉沒。

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