Online Class Notes (Nemo)

In 1912 Southampton, 17-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater, her wealthy fiancé Caledon “Cal” Hockley, and Rose’s widowed mother, Ruth, board the Titanic. Ruth emphasizes that Rose’s marriage to Cal will resolve the family’s financial problems and maintain their upper-class status. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson, a poor young artist, wins a third-class Titanic ticket in a poker game. After setting sail, Rose, distraught over her loveless engagement, climbs over the stern railing, intending to jump overboard. Jack appears and coaxes her back onto the deck. The two develop a tentative friendship, but when Cal and Ruth strongly object, Rose acquiesces and discourages Jack’s attention. She soon realizes she has feelings for Jack.

Rose brings Jack to her state room and pays him a coin to sketch her nude, wearing only the Heart of the Ocean necklace. They later evade Cal’s servant, Lovejoy, and have sex in an automobile inside the cargo hold. On the forward deck, they witness the ship’s collision with an iceberg and overhear its officers and builder discussing the serious situation. Cal discovers Jack’s sketch and Rose’s insulting note left inside his safe, along with the necklace. When Jack and Rose return to warn the others about the collision, Cal has Lovejoy slip the necklace into Jack’s pocket to frame him for theft. Jack is then confined in the master-at-arms’ office. Cal then puts the necklace into his own overcoat pocket.

With the ship sinking, Rose flees Cal and her mother, who has boarded a lifeboat. Rose finds and frees Jack, and they barely make it back to the boat deck. Cal and Jack urge Rose to board a lifeboat. Having arranged to save himself, Cal falsely claims he can get Jack safely off the ship. As her lifeboat is lowered, Rose, unable to abandon Jack, jumps back on board. Cal grabs Lovejoy’s pistol and chases Rose and Jack into the flooding first-class dining saloon. They get away, and Cal realizes that he gave his coat, and consequently the necklace, to Rose; he later boards a lifeboat posing as a lost child’s father.

Vocabulary

/ˌfiː.ɑːnˈseɪ/

fiancé (n):the man who someone is engaged to be married to
未婚夫
Have you met Christina’s fiancé?
你见过克里斯蒂娜的未婚夫吗？

widow (n): a woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not married again
寡妇，孀妇，遗孀

sketch noun [C] (SIMPLE SHAPE/FORM)
a simple, quickly-made drawing that does not have many details
草图，速写；素描
My mother made a (pencil) sketch of my brother reading a book.
我母亲画了一张我弟弟在读书的（铅笔）速写。

nude (adj): not wearing any clothes
一丝不挂的；裸体的
She once posed nude for a magazine.
她曾为一本杂志拍过裸照。
Nude sunbathing is only allowed on certain beaches.
只有在某些海滩上才允许晒裸体日光浴。

necklace (n): a piece of jewellery worn around the neck, such as a chain or a string of decorative stones, beads, etc.
项链
a gold/silver/pearl necklace
金／银／珍珠项链

cargo (n): the goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other large vehicle
（轮船、飞机等大型交通工具装载的）货物
a cargo ship/plane
货船／货运飞机
The ship was carrying a cargo of wood.
这艘船正在运送一批木材。

cargo hold-货舱

cargo plane-货机

deck noun [C] (FLOOR)a flat area for walking on, built across the space between the sides of a boat
甲板，舱面
We sat on deck until it was dark.
我们在甲板上一直坐到天黑。

below decks
on a level of a ship below the main deck
在主甲板下面
Our cabin was below decks.
我们的舱位在主甲板之下。

collide (v): (especially of moving objects) to hit something violently
（尤指移动的物体）相撞，碰撞
The two vans collided at the crossroads.
两辆货车在十字路口相撞。
It was predicted that a comet would collide with one of the planets.
预计一颗彗星将与某行星相撞。

overhear (v): to hear what other people are saying without intending to and without their knowledge
无意中听到，偶然听到
I overheard a very funny conversation on the bus this morning.
今天早上我坐公共汽车时，无意中听到一段好笑的谈话。
He overheard his daughter telling her doll not to be so naughty.
他碰巧听到女儿对她的毛绒玩具说别那么淘气。

insult (n): an offensive remark or action
侮辱；辱骂
She made several insults about my appearance.
她说了几句侮辱我长相的话。

insult (v): to say or do something to someone that is rude or offensive
侮辱，辱骂
First he drank all my wine and then he insulted all my friends.
他先喝光了我的酒，然后又辱骂了我所有的朋友。

frame verb (MAKE GUILTY)to make a person seem to be guilty of a crime when they are not, by producing facts or information that are not true
陷害，诬陷
He claimed he’d been framed by the police.
他声称自己被警方陷害了。

theft (n)://θeft/ (the act of) dishonestly taking something that belongs to someone else and keeping it
盗窃；偷窃行为
Unfortunately, we have had several thefts in the building recently.
很不幸，我们楼里最近发生了几起盗窃案。
Shoplifting is theft.
偷拿商店的商品是偷窃。

plot noun [C] (STORY)
the story of a book, film, play, etc.
情节
The movie has a very simple plot.
这部电影情节很简单。
The plots of his books are basically all the same.
他的书情节基本上都一样。