46 What is the passage mainly about?
(A) New evidence of how the Titanic sank.
(B) The futility of human ambition in history.
(C) The perceptions of the Titanic at its time.
(D) The faulty design that sank the Titanic.

What is the passage mainly about?
(A) New evidence of how the Titanic sank. 鐵達尼沉沒的新證據
(B) The futility of human ambition in history. 人類野心在歷史上的徒勞 (futility 無用；徒勞)
(C) The perceptions of the Titanic at its time. 當時對鐵達尼的看法
(D) The faulty design that sank the Titanic. 設計上的缺點使鐵達尼沉沒。

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”。

You probably know the story of the great irony(諷刺) of the Titanic. The ship hailed(被譽為) as “unsinkable” sank after it struck an iceberg on its very first trip across the Atlantic Ocean.
你可能知道泰坦尼克號的巨大諷刺故事。這艘被譽為“永不沉沒”的船在首次穿越大西洋時撞上冰山後沉沒。

In hindsight(事後諸葛), it seems almost silly that anyone would assume(認為) that a ship weighing more than 50,000 tons (when fully laden(滿載)) was unsinkable.
事後看來，任何人都認為重量超過 50,000 噸（滿載時）的船不會沉沒，這似乎幾乎是愚蠢的。

And indeed, many myth buster (破壞…的人) have claimed that few people were actually calling the ship “unsinkable” before it sank.
事實上，許多打破神話的人聲稱，在這艘船沉沒之前，很少有人真正稱這艘船為“永不沉沒”。

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(最先進的), and some did describe it as “unsinkable” before it ever set sail. 
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，人們相信客輪的安全設計（由 Thomas Andrews 設計）是最先進的，有些人確實將其描述為在它啟航之前“永不沉沒”。