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Jack： C’mon Leo， stay with her. Don’t die. Think warm thoughts…
Rose： Watching Titanic？
Jack： Yep.
Rose： Again？
Jack： You know it！
Rose： ①Don’t you ever feel stuck in a rut watching the same movie over and over again？
Jack： Not in the slightest. ②I’d feast my eyes on Kate Winslet any day of the week.
Rose： Is she the only reason you love the film so much？
Jack： She’s one of the reasons， but not the only one， and certainly not the main one.
Rose： Oh yeah？ What do you love the most about it？
Jack： The 1）pageantry， the 2）grandiose feeling you get inside the ship， the sheer amount of people it took to keep it afloat， and the fact that with all that manpower the boat still went down.
Rose： Yeah， ③The Titanic was absolutely huge， hence the name， and it’s obviously the most famous shipwreck ever， but it wasn’t the only massive ship to bite the 3）proverbial dust.
Jack： Oh？
Rose： Just flip back a few pages in the 4）almanac， and you’ll find that plenty of other vessels， throughout history， have suffered a similar fate.
Jack： Is that so？ ④Would you care to enlighten me？
Rose： As a matter of fact， I would love to.
Jack： Alright. ⑤Let me have it！
Rose： You want the whole list？
Jack： There’s a list？ I didn’t realize there were so many.
Rose： Well， the Korean ship， Sewol， 5）capsized off the coast of Jindo Island a few weeks ago…
Jack： Oh yeah， I heard about that. It’s such a shame. Those poor kids…
Rose： I know. What a tragedy. But in terms of 6）casualties， go back to 1994 and you’ll see that over 800 people lost their lives when the Estonia sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Jack： Woah！ That wasn’t all that long ago. And that’s almost four times the 7）fatalities from the recent Korean shipwreck.
Rose： But it’s still roughly half of the 1，500+ people who died aboard the Titanic in 1912. Jack： That’s right. So， what other ships couldn’t stand the test of time？
Rose： The British Naval ship， HMS Wallace， was given as a gift to the Royal Australian Navy in 1933， at which point the name was changed to the HMAS Vampire.
Jack： What happened to The Vampire？ Did“The Werewolf” take a big ol’ bite out of it？
Rose： Hardy har har. It was actually destroyed by Japanese 8）aircrafts in 1942，⑥so you shouldn’t make light of it because it’s not a laughing matter.
Jack： Sorry， Rose. I should really think before I speak sometimes. I was just trying to lighten the mood a bit. All this talk of shipwrecks is awful dark， like I would imagine the bottom of the ocean must be. Rose： Dark indeed. Hopefully， those responsible for designing the ships of today can learn from the tragic mistakes of our past.
Smart Sentences
① Don’t you ever feel stuck in a rut watching the same movie over and over again？ 反反复复看同一部电影你不觉得太闷了吗？
stuck in a rut： do the same thing all the time and become bored（因一成不变而烦闷）。例如：
Only being on the job for two months， Susie felt stuck in a rut having to restock the shelves all day long， so she quit.
苏茜才干了两个月，就觉得每天往货架上摆商品太闷了，于是她辞职了。
② I’d feast my eyes on Kate Winslet any day of the week. （这样）我随时都可以尽情欣赏凯特·温斯莱特的风姿。
feast sb.’s eyes on sb./sth.： look at sb. or sth. with pleasure（看……以饱眼福，尽情地欣赏某人/某物）。例如：
We spent a whole day feasting our eyes on the masterpieces in the museum.
我们一整天都在博物馆里尽情地欣赏着那些杰作。
③ The Titanic was absolutely huge， hence the name， and it’s obviously the most famous shipwreck ever， but it wasn’t the only massive ship to bite the proverbial dust. “泰坦尼克”号因为非常巨大而得名，而且显然它遭遇了史上最闻名的船难，但它并非唯一一败涂地的巨轮。
hence the name： used to indicate the reason of the name， same as “that’s where the name comes from”（因此有……之名，等同于“that’s where the name comes from”）。例如：
Bloody Mary was extremely cruel and unmerciful， hence the name.
血腥玛莉非常残忍与无情，她也因此得名。
bite the dust： break； fail； give out（失灵，失败）。例如：My old car finally bit the dust after 15 years.
我的老车在跑了15年后终于玩完了。
④ Would you care to enlighten me？ 你愿意给我具体讲讲吗？
Would you care to do sth.？： a polite expression used to ask others to do sth.（请求他人做某事的礼貌用语）。例如：
Would you care to join us for dinner on Thanksgiving？
您愿意在感恩节与我们一起共进晚餐吗？
⑤ Let me have it！ 我洗耳恭听！
Let me have it： used to indicate the readiness to know about sth.， same as “let me know about it”（用以表明已经为了解某事做好准备，等同于“let me know about it”）。例如：
—About the accident， your new car is in pretty bad shape...
这次事故嘛，你新车的情况不怎么好……
—Okay， let me have it.
行了，告诉我吧。
⑥ So you shouldn’t make light of it because it’s not a laughing matter. 所以你不该轻视它，因为那并不是好笑的事。
make light of sth.： treat sth. as if it were unimportant（不在乎，轻视）。例如：
Please don’t make light of his continual coughing. It’s quite serious.
别小看他持续的咳嗽，问题挺严重的。
Rose： Watching Titanic？
Jack： Yep.
Rose： Again？
Jack： You know it！
Rose： ①Don’t you ever feel stuck in a rut watching the same movie over and over again？
Jack： Not in the slightest. ②I’d feast my eyes on Kate Winslet any day of the week.
Rose： Is she the only reason you love the film so much？
Jack： She’s one of the reasons， but not the only one， and certainly not the main one.
Rose： Oh yeah？ What do you love the most about it？
Jack： The 1）pageantry， the 2）grandiose feeling you get inside the ship， the sheer amount of people it took to keep it afloat， and the fact that with all that manpower the boat still went down.
Rose： Yeah， ③The Titanic was absolutely huge， hence the name， and it’s obviously the most famous shipwreck ever， but it wasn’t the only massive ship to bite the 3）proverbial dust.
Jack： Oh？
Rose： Just flip back a few pages in the 4）almanac， and you’ll find that plenty of other vessels， throughout history， have suffered a similar fate.
Jack： Is that so？ ④Would you care to enlighten me？
Rose： As a matter of fact， I would love to.
Jack： Alright. ⑤Let me have it！
Rose： You want the whole list？
Jack： There’s a list？ I didn’t realize there were so many.
Rose： Well， the Korean ship， Sewol， 5）capsized off the coast of Jindo Island a few weeks ago…
Jack： Oh yeah， I heard about that. It’s such a shame. Those poor kids…
Rose： I know. What a tragedy. But in terms of 6）casualties， go back to 1994 and you’ll see that over 800 people lost their lives when the Estonia sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Jack： Woah！ That wasn’t all that long ago. And that’s almost four times the 7）fatalities from the recent Korean shipwreck.
Rose： But it’s still roughly half of the 1，500+ people who died aboard the Titanic in 1912. Jack： That’s right. So， what other ships couldn’t stand the test of time？
Rose： The British Naval ship， HMS Wallace， was given as a gift to the Royal Australian Navy in 1933， at which point the name was changed to the HMAS Vampire.
Jack： What happened to The Vampire？ Did“The Werewolf” take a big ol’ bite out of it？
Rose： Hardy har har. It was actually destroyed by Japanese 8）aircrafts in 1942，⑥so you shouldn’t make light of it because it’s not a laughing matter.
Jack： Sorry， Rose. I should really think before I speak sometimes. I was just trying to lighten the mood a bit. All this talk of shipwrecks is awful dark， like I would imagine the bottom of the ocean must be. Rose： Dark indeed. Hopefully， those responsible for designing the ships of today can learn from the tragic mistakes of our past.
Smart Sentences
① Don’t you ever feel stuck in a rut watching the same movie over and over again？ 反反复复看同一部电影你不觉得太闷了吗？
stuck in a rut： do the same thing all the time and become bored（因一成不变而烦闷）。例如：
Only being on the job for two months， Susie felt stuck in a rut having to restock the shelves all day long， so she quit.
苏茜才干了两个月，就觉得每天往货架上摆商品太闷了，于是她辞职了。
② I’d feast my eyes on Kate Winslet any day of the week. （这样）我随时都可以尽情欣赏凯特·温斯莱特的风姿。
feast sb.’s eyes on sb./sth.： look at sb. or sth. with pleasure（看……以饱眼福，尽情地欣赏某人/某物）。例如：
We spent a whole day feasting our eyes on the masterpieces in the museum.
我们一整天都在博物馆里尽情地欣赏着那些杰作。
③ The Titanic was absolutely huge， hence the name， and it’s obviously the most famous shipwreck ever， but it wasn’t the only massive ship to bite the proverbial dust. “泰坦尼克”号因为非常巨大而得名，而且显然它遭遇了史上最闻名的船难，但它并非唯一一败涂地的巨轮。
hence the name： used to indicate the reason of the name， same as “that’s where the name comes from”（因此有……之名，等同于“that’s where the name comes from”）。例如：
Bloody Mary was extremely cruel and unmerciful， hence the name.
血腥玛莉非常残忍与无情，她也因此得名。
bite the dust： break； fail； give out（失灵，失败）。例如：My old car finally bit the dust after 15 years.
我的老车在跑了15年后终于玩完了。
④ Would you care to enlighten me？ 你愿意给我具体讲讲吗？
Would you care to do sth.？： a polite expression used to ask others to do sth.（请求他人做某事的礼貌用语）。例如：
Would you care to join us for dinner on Thanksgiving？
您愿意在感恩节与我们一起共进晚餐吗？
⑤ Let me have it！ 我洗耳恭听！
Let me have it： used to indicate the readiness to know about sth.， same as “let me know about it”（用以表明已经为了解某事做好准备，等同于“let me know about it”）。例如：
—About the accident， your new car is in pretty bad shape...
这次事故嘛，你新车的情况不怎么好……
—Okay， let me have it.
行了，告诉我吧。
⑥ So you shouldn’t make light of it because it’s not a laughing matter. 所以你不该轻视它，因为那并不是好笑的事。
make light of sth.： treat sth. as if it were unimportant（不在乎，轻视）。例如：
Please don’t make light of his continual coughing. It’s quite serious.
别小看他持续的咳嗽，问题挺严重的。