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What does the word feminist mean to you? A man-hating female who gets offended at common courtesy? Someone who insists that women can and should do everything men do? A person who sees women's strengths and abilities as different from men's, but equally valuable? Or someone who's sensitive to the unfair treatment that women have suffered for centuries and wants to correct it? The feminist movement has made great progress in ensuring women equal legal rights, but social critics in most countries agree that there's still a long way to go. This text explores some of the difficulties that both men and women encounter along the road to equal rights and challenges us to examine our priorities and attitudes more closely.

The Titanic Puzzle

Should a good feminist accept priority seating on a lifeboat?

by Charles Krauthammer

Y ou're on the Titanic II. It has just hit an iceberg and is sinking. And, as last time, there are not enough lifeboats. The captain shouts, “Women and children first!” But this time, another vo ice is heard: “Why women?”

Why, indeed? Part of the charm of the successful movie Titanic are the period costumes, the period extravagance, and the period prejudices. An audience can enjoy these at a distance. Oddly, however, of all the period attitudes in the film, the old maritime tradition of “women and children first” enjoys total acceptance by modern audiences. Listen to the audience boo at the bad guys who try to sneak on the lifeboats with -- or ahead of -- the ladies.

But is not grouping women with children a raging anachronism? Should not any self-respecting modern person, let alone feminist, object to it as insulting to women?

Y et its usage is as common today as it was in 1912. Consider these examples taken almost at random from recent newspapers:

“The invaders gunned down the Indians, most of them women and children ...”

“As many as 200 civilians, most of them women and children, were killed ...”

“At the massacre in Ahmici 103 Muslims, including 33 women and children, were killed ...”

At a time when women fly combat aircraft and run multi-national corporations,

how can one not wince when adult women are routinely classed with children? In Ahmici, it seems, 70 adult men were killed. And how many adult women? Not clear. When things get serious, when blood starts to flow or ships start to sink, you'll find them with the children.

Children are entitled to special consideration for two reasons: helplessness and innocence. They have not yet acquired either the faculty of reason or the wisdom of experience. Consequently, they are defenseless (incapable of fending for themselves) and blameless (incapable of real sin). That's why we grant them special protection. In an emergency, it is our duty to save them first because they, helpless, have put their lives in our hands. And in wartime, they are supposed to be protected by special immunity because they can have threatened or offended no one.

The phrase “women and children” attributes to women the same dependence and moral simplicity we find in five-year-olds. Such an attitude perhaps made sense in an era dominated by male privilege. Given the disabilities attached to womanhood in 1912, it was only fair that a new standard of gender equality not suddenly be proclaimed just as lifeboat seats were being handed out. That deference -- a somewhat more urgent variation on giving up your seat on the bus to a woman -- complemented and perhaps to some extent compensated for the legal and social constraints placed on women at the time.

But in our era of extensive social restructuring to grant women equality in education, in employment, in government, in athletics, what entitles women to the privileges -- and reduces them to the status -- of children?

Evolutionary psychologists might say that ladies-to-the-lifeboats is an instinct that developed to perpetuate the species: Women are indispensable child-bearers. Y ou can repopulate a village if the women survive and only a few of the men, but not if the men survive and only a few of the women. Women being more precious, biologica lly speaking, than men, evolution has conditioned us to give them the kind of life-protecting deference we give to that other seed of the future: kids.

The problem with this kind of logic, however, is its depressing reductionism. It's like a serious version of the geneticist's old joke that a chicken is just an egg's way of

making another egg. But humans are more than just egg-layers. And traditional courtesies are more than just disguised survival strategies. So why do we say “women and children”?

Perhaps it's really “women for children.” The most basic parental bond is maternal. Equal parenting is great, but women, from breast to cradle to reassuring hug, can nurture in ways that men cannot. And thus, because we value children, women should go second. The children need them.

But kiddie-centrism gets you only so far. What if there are no children on board? Y ou are on the Titanic III, and this time it's a singles cruise. No kids, no parents. Now: Iceberg! Lifeboats! Action!

Here's my scenario. The men, out of sheer irrational heroism, should let the women go first. And the women, out of sheer feminist self-respect, should refuse.

Result? Stalemate. How does this movie end? How should it end? Hurry, the ship's going down!

泰坦尼克号英文版简介(优选.)

最新文件---------------- 仅供参考--------------------已改成-----------word文本 --------------------- 方便更改赠人玫瑰，手留余香。 Titanic directed by James Cameron presents a love story. On April 10,1912,know as the “miracle on the industrial history”,the Titanic voyage from th e United Kingdom to the United States.A rich girl called Rose got onto the ship with her mother and her fiancé Carl,Rose was asked to marry Carl because of her family,but Rose,from the bottom of her heart,was unwilling to marry such a aloof,arrogance and selfish businessman,she felt so hopeless that she decided to make suicide by jumping off the deck,but,just then,Jack appeared,Jack was a poor artist,he even got his ticket by winning a pocker game with his friend.Of cause,Rose was rescued by Jack,and after that,the two young often talk to each other,and soon they fall in love with each other,but,Rose’mother was very angry and againsted them strongly,one night,the two young stood on the top of the ship ,enjoying the freedom and the beautiful sea view,that was really beautiful,but soon,the ship hit an iceburg and the big wonderful ship would sunk totally within only a few hours,Rose told this news to her mother and Carl,but in the other side,Carl ordered someone to lock Jack in a small

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The Titanic英文介绍完整简洁版

The Titanic 泰坦尼克号 When the ship the Titanic was designed for the White Star Shipping Co mpany, everyone was very excited. It was going to be the biggest, the heaviest, most luxurious passenger ship ever! Even its name makes yo u think of great size and strength. ‘Titanic’ means very very stron g and powerful. On 10 April 1912, the Titanic set off on its first voyage across the Atlantic to America. As the Titanic sailed west, warnings of icebergs were sent to the ship, but didn’t reach the bridge. So the Titanic was travelling at almost top speed when it hit an iceberg. It sank tw o hours and forty minutes later. There were 2,223 people on board and 1,517died. On 6 May, 2006, the last survivor to have memories of the Titanic’s sinking, Lillian Gertrud Asplund, died at her home in Mas sachusetts, United States. Asplund, who was just five years old at th e time, lost her father and three brothers in the tragedy. One of the most famous stories is of the band. On 15 April, the Titan ic’s eight-member band, led by Wallace Hartley, had tried to keep pa ssengers calm and upbeat. The band continued playing music even when it became clear that the ship was going to sink. None of the band mem bers survived the sinking. Hartley was considered a hero, and his fun eral in England was attended by thousands. The sinking of the Titanic has been the subject of many books, films and even songs. The 1997 movie Titanic brought the story back again a nd the song in the movie My Heart Will Go On is still very popular to day. Exercises: 1. Choose the correct words to put into the sentence. design sail sink subject His mather is good at ________ beautiful clothes. A football won’t _________. Tom’s childhood memories were one of the ______ of his first film. The ship is _______ to London. 2. Answer the following questions. 1) What does Titanic mean? 2) How many people survived the tragedy? 3) Why was Hartley considered a hero?

综合英语三课文翻译

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电影泰坦尼克号——中英字幕(学英语必备)

00:01:51,300距离13公尺应该看得见了Thirteen meters You should see it 00:02:06,330越过船头的栏杆Okay, take her up and over the bow rail 00:02:10,980和平二号我们要到船头了跟好Okay, Mir-2, we're going over the bow Stay with us 400:02:43,860 --> 00:02:45,850好了安静我们开始录影了Okay, quiet We're rolling 500:02:46,500 --> 00:02:49,860看她像鬼船一样地出现Seeing her coming out of the darkness like a ghost ship 600:02:49,940 --> 00:02:51,850每次都让我胆颤心惊still gets me every time 700:02:52,980 --> 00:02:56,210看到这艘巨轮长眠海底To see the sad ruin of the great ship, sitting here 800:02:57,020 --> 00:03:01,380一九一二年四月十五日凌晨两点半where she landed at 2:30 in the morning of April 15, 1912 900:03:01,860 --> 00:03:03,660她从海面上after her long fall 1000:03:04,500 --> 00:03:06,220缓缓堕入海底from the world above 1100:03:06,820 --> 00:03:08,940老板你太夸张了吧You're so full of shit, boss 1200:03:37,700 --> 00:03:38,850我们Dive six 1300:03:39,100 --> 00:03:41,780第六次来到泰坦尼克号甲板Here we are again on the deck of Titanic 1400:03:41,860 --> 00:03:43,770水深两里半Two and a half miles down 1500:03:44,300 --> 00:03:46,450就是三千八百二十一公尺3,821 meters 1600:03:47,700 --> 00:03:51,330每方寸水压达到三吨半The pressure outside is three and a half tons per square inch 1700:03:51,420 --> 00:03:54,140这窗户九寸厚万一玻璃破裂These windows are nine inches thick and if they go 1800:03:54,220 --> 00:03:56,530我们就瞬间莎约拉拉了it's sayonara in two microseconds 1900:03:57,260 --> 00:03:59,650好了狗屁放够了All right, enough of that bullshit 2000:04:13,020 --> 00:04:16,170将潜艇降在干部舱的顶上Just put her down on the roof of the officers' quarters like yesterday 2100:04:16,260 --> 00:04:17,250好Sure 2200:04:17,540 --> 00:04:20,420和平二号我们要降在大梯上方了Okay, Mir-2, we're landing right over the Grand Staircase 2300:04:20,500 --> 00:04:22,300你们准备好了没?You guys set to launch?2400:04:22,500 --> 00:04:25,340机器人出动好查理Yeah, Brock, launching Dunkin now Go, Charlie 2500:04:33,180 --> 00:04:35,220-放出缆绳-放出缆绳-All right, tether out -Tether out 2600:04:35,580 --> 00:04:38,540布洛克沿船舱往下放Okay, Brock, we're dropping down along the hull 2700:04:41,100 --> 00:04:45,250知道了沿着一等舱登船口下去Yeah, roger that Okay, drop down, and go into the first-class gangway door 2800:04:45,340 --> 00:04:49,540看看D层接待大厅和餐厅I want you guys working the D deck reception area and the dining saloon 2900:04:50,180 --> 00:04:51,460知道了Copy that 3000:04:57,060 --> 00:04:58,180-放出缆绳-放出缆绳-Tether out -Tether out 3100:04:58,260 --> 00:05:00,300往左边往左边Okay, now left. Now left. Left, left 3200:05:08,780 --> 00:05:12,220小侦探出动沿着楼梯往下Snoop Dog is on the move. We're headed down the stairwell 3300:05:15,260 --> 00:05:17,250下到B层路易斯Okay, Lewis, drop down to B deck 3400:05:17,380 --> 00:05:18,530A层A deck 3500:05:18,620 --> 00:05:21,300-缆绳放长一点-B层到里头去-Give me some rope, Captain. -B deck Get in there

泰坦尼克号英文版简介

Titanic directed by James Cameron presents a love story. On April 10,1912,know as the “miracle on the industrial history”,the Titanic voyage from the United Kingdom to the United States.A rich girl called Rose got onto the ship with her mother and her fiancé Carl,Rose was asked to marry Carl because of her family,but Rose,from the bottom of her heart,was unwilling to marry such a aloof,arrogance and selfish businessman,she felt so hopeless that she decided to make suicide by jumping off the deck,but,just then,Jack appeared,Jack was a poor artist,he even got his ticket by winning a pocker game with his friend.Of cause,Rose was rescued by Jack,and after that,the two young often talk to each other,and soon they fall in love with each other,but,Rose’mother was very angry and againsted them strongly,one night,the two young stood on the top of the ship ,enjoying the freedom and the beautiful sea view,that was really beautiful,but soon,the ship hit an iceburg and the big wonderful ship would sunk totally within only a few hours,Rose told this news to her mother and Carl,but in the other side,Carl ordered someone to lock Jack in a small room,Rose gave up the chance to get on a boat to survive,and turn to look for Jack,fortunately,she found him,but soon after the ship was totally sunk,Jack gave up the chance to survive and help Rose get on a board,but himself in the freezing cold water to dead. Many people are moved by this film,I think with the development of the society,more and more wonderful films will be on!that’s look forward to that day!

《泰坦尼克号》英文影评

After seeing the film TITANICT,what impressed me most is that the film is really well written and I love the way it is told in flashback. It begins with a group of present-day treasure hunters exploring the wreckage of the Titanic (which results in some brilliant underwater footage). However They find nothing but an old safe that's completely empty save for a drawing of a woman. An elderly woman suddenly phones them and says she's the woman in the picture which makes them surprising. She then tells the divers and her granddaughter the main plot of the film. One thing that I really like as well about the flashback format is the editing. Each time the film always shifts between the past or present via a match cut, such as a video of the wreckage of the Titanic in the present day changing into the Titanic before it left in 1912 or a close-up shot of young Rose's eye to the eye of the elderly Rose in the present. The characters are all really well developed. I love how the film manages to blend some of the real historical figures (I.E. the crew of the Titanic) with fictional characters (I.E. Rose, Jack) and yet it is still incredibly believable, as if this really was a true story. The story is largely focused on the relationship between Rose and Jack, but the film constantly manages to develop other characters. Even the present-day characters are really well developed. The story is very well written, and I love the way how it changes in tone throughout. The film starts off exciting, with many people excited, yet still manages to portray Rose in a somewhat sympathetic role. A large portion of it is the romance between Jack and Rose, but the film manages to have some dramatic scenes, with a large sub-plot of the story being the conflict between Rose and the rest of her upper-class family. The film even manages to include a bit of humour here and there, but doesn't take it too far. However everything changes near the end, when we have the iceberg, and all of a sudden the film becomes very dark and tragic. The climax is very impressive. It takes place once the Titanic hits the iceberg. At this point, the film manages to successfully shift focus between different people. It manages to focus on the protagonists, but also manages to focus on the chaos and tension as the ship sinks and the crew struggle to keep order and get the passengers off safely. It brilliantly manages to capture the tragedy and horror of the disaster. Overall this movie is a cinematic masterpiece and one that you definitely should see if you haven't already.

新世纪博士生综合英语Unit 1 课文及译文

Unit1 The Burden of Womanhood Too often in the Third World, a female?s life is hardly worth living. By: John Ward Anderson & Molly Moore 女人的负担往往在第三世界，女性的生活几乎是不值得活的。约翰.沃德.安德森和莫莉.摩尔 1.When Rani returned home from the hospital cradling her newborn daughter, the men in the family slipped out of her mud hut while she and her mother-in-law mashed poisonous oleander seeds into a dollop of oil and dropped it into the baby?s throat. As soon as darkness fell, Rani crept into a nearby field and buried her baby girl in a shallow, unmarked grave next to a small stream. 当拉尼抱着她刚出生的女儿从医院回到家时，男人们溜出了她的土屋，她和她的婆婆将有毒的夹竹桃种子捣碎成一团油，并将其塞到婴儿的喉咙里。夜幕一降临，拉尼就蹑手蹑脚地来到附近的一块土地，将她的女婴埋在一条小溪浅旁边的一个不深的、没有标记的坟墓内。 2.“I never felt any sorrow,” Rani, a farm laborer with a weather-beaten face, said through an interpreter. “There was a lot of bitterness in my heart toward the baby because the gods should have given me a son.” “我从来没有感到任何悲哀”，脸部饱经风霜的拉尼通过翻译说，“我的心对孩子充满了辛酸，因为神本应该赐予我一个儿子”。 3.Each year hundreds and perhaps thousands of newborn girls in India are murdered by their mothers simply because they are female. Some women believe that sacrificing a daughter guarantees a son in the next pregnancy. In other cases, the family cannot afford the dowry that would eventually be demanded for a girl?s marriage. 在印度每年有数百甚至数千名新生女婴被他们的母亲谋杀，只因为他们是女孩。有些妇女认为，牺牲一个女儿将保证下次怀孕是儿子。在其他情况下，家庭买不起女孩结婚时所需的嫁妆。 4.And for many mothers, sentencing a daughter to death is better than condemning her to life as a woman in the Third World, with cradle-to-grave discrimination, poverty, sickness and drudgery. 对于很多母亲而言，判处女儿死刑胜过让她在第三世界作为一个女人生活，经历一辈子的歧视、贫困、疾病和劳苦。

泰坦尼克号读后感(英语作文)

After watching the three-hour classical movie ,I feel so impressed, though I had watched it before. Now some ideas about love arise in my mind. As far as I can see, I can not define what love is, and even do not have a clear idea about it. Does love means duty ,romantic , sex , or even the mix of the above? As to duty , I think Rose have the duty to marriage Hockley. After all they had been engaged and her mother need her to earn money for her family . And in the case of romantic, I think Hockley can bring as much as Jack to Rose. Maybe someone will say Jack has a nice personality trait. But it only shows in the emergency, if they were not that bad luck they might live a happy life. While, Rose, I think, is not very nice. When she had trouble, he did not tell her mother or fiancé ,. After being saved by a stranger, she even had affair with him. It could not be accepted even in our modern sight. Strangely, I do not have these ideas when watching the film , my mind was filled up with the ideas that they must have a happy ending. So what is love on earth? After thinking for a while, I have the following ideas: Film is beautiful because of the exaggeration, but the exaggeration may have a negative on our thought about something. In the case of Titanic, the role and their character may not be similar with the real life. So the ideas coming from the film are not that reliable ,they may be a little extreme. In a word, film is only film , there is nothing that is perfect. We are so common ,having so vulgar ideas about love . That is why we need the film, but we can not treat is as absolute truth.

泰坦尼克号

泰坦尼克号 [大陆翻译] 泰坦尼克号 [港台翻译] 铁达尼号 [英文原名] RMS TItanic（简称）/Royal Mail Steamship Titanic(全称) 泰坦尼克号邮船简介英国皇家邮船泰坦尼克号(RMS Titanic)是奥林匹克级邮轮的第二艘邮船，20世纪初，由英国白星航运公司（White Star Line）制造的一艘巨大豪华客轮。由位于爱尔兰贝尔法斯特（Belfast）的哈兰德与沃尔夫（Harland and Wolff）造船厂兴建。泰坦尼克号是当时世界上最大的豪华客轮，被称为是“永不沉没的船”或是“梦幻之船”。泰坦尼克号共耗资7500万英镑，吨位46328吨，长882.9英尺，宽92.5英尺，从龙骨到四个大烟囱的顶端有175英尺，高度相当于11层楼。是当时一流的超级豪华巨轮。计划与姐妹船奥林匹克号（RMS Olympic）和不列颠尼克号（RMS Britannic）一道为英国白星航运公司的乘客们提供快速且舒适的跨大西洋旅行。 1912年4月10日，泰坦尼克号从英国南安普敦（Southampton）出发，途经法国瑟堡-奥克特维尔（Cherbourg-Octeville）以及爱尔兰昆士敦（Queenstown），计划中的目的地为美国的（New York），开始了这艘“梦幻客轮”的处女航。4月14日晚11点40分，泰坦尼克号在北大

西洋撞上冰山（大约在41°43'55.66"N 49°56'45.02"W附近），两小时四十分钟后，4月15日凌晨2点20分沉没，由于缺少足够的救生艇，1500人葬生海底，造成了当时在和平时期最严重的一次航海事故，也是迄今为止最为人所知的一次海难。电影《泰坦尼克号》就是根据这一真实海难而改编。泰坦尼克号最后存活于世的3名生还者皆女性。2006年5月6日，最后一名见证事件的生还者逝世，终年99岁，事发当时5岁。2007年10月16日，另外一位生还者逝世，终年96岁，事发当时她不足一岁，因此对事件没有回忆。目前只有一名生还者仍然存活，但她在意外时只有两个月大，同样对事件没有回忆。还有一种关于泰坦尼克号的说法。在泰坦尼克号下沉大约20年前，又一部名叫《无救》的小说，讲述的是一艘豪华客轮撞冰山沉没的故事。当时很火，但是没有人把它当会事。20年后，泰坦尼克号撞冰山沉没了，和当时小说形容得一模一样。大约80年后，在泰坦尼克号沉没的地方的附近的冰川上发现了船长史密斯，他做在冰川上，嘴里只念叨一句话：“我是船长史密斯，我要与他们一起沉入海底。”后来以各种方式（指纹，面相，唇吻，他还背出了航海日志和泰坦尼克号的结构）证明了他就是史密斯。又过了一段时间，船长史密斯迅速老化，最后死亡。有科学家怀疑史密斯进入了虫洞。 "RMS Titanic"的命名 RMS Titanic的翻译为皇家邮轮泰坦尼克号（港台译为铁达尼号）。此名称的由来是因为在远洋邮轮盛行时，所有英国的大型邮轮均属于英国皇家，因此在船名前加上“Royal Mail Steamship （皇家邮船)”，而“RMS”就是“Royal Mail Steamship”的缩写，Titanic的意思可以分成两部分：“Titan | nic” ，“Titan”是希腊神话中的泰坦神的名字，“nic”是白星航运公司惯用的船名后缀。也许英国人的意思就是为了表明这艘船是绝不会沉没的。所以泰坦尼克号的官方名称是RMS Titanic。建造背景 1901年英国白星公司被美国财阀朱利厄斯·皮尔庞特·摩根的IMM国际海运公司收购之后，他的目标是卡纳德公司。而财政状况窘迫的卡纳德公司则被迫向英国政府寻求帮助。1907年，两艘空前规模的快船——首次使用大型蒸汽轮机的卢西塔尼亚号和毛里塔尼亚号加入了卡纳德公司庞大的邮船队。现在白星公司在竞赛中被甩到了后面。有IMM做后盾，白星公司决定迎头赶上。 1908年的一天晚上，哈兰·沃尔夫船厂老板皮尔里勋爵和白星公司主席布鲁斯·伊斯梅，在皮里勋爵位于伦敦贝尔格莱维亚区的大宅中共进晚餐。贝尔法斯特的哈兰·沃尔夫船厂（Harland & Wolff，HW）从1871年起就是白星公司的忠诚合作伙伴。他们谈到了卡纳德公司的两艘新船。伊斯梅提出在HW船厂建造两艘空前规模的巨轮，每艘有三座烟囱，吨位要超出卡纳德公司两艘新船15000吨左右。随着两人在皮尔里的书房里，两艘船变成了三艘，三个烟囱变成了四个烟囱。这三艘史无前例的巨船，将成为无可争议的大西洋航线霸主，不光是在吨位上，而且在速度和豪华程度上。新船将拥有高度跨三层甲板的头等餐厅，甚至三等舱的装潢也将远比其它的邮船要舒适高级。新船要达到26至27节的高速。白星公司准备在新船上安装三副螺旋桨。为了试验这种新配置的可靠性，白星公司于1909年从“自治领海运公司”购买了两艘15000吨级的客船--双螺旋