48 According to the passage, what might make some people believe in the ship’s unsinkability?
(A) Its safety design was the newest and most advanced at its time.
(B) There were reports about how the ship had endured many adverse situations.
(C) The ship designer and the company were making such a claim.
(D) Its sheer size and beauty easily gave people such an impression.

48 根據文章，是什麼讓一些人相信這艘船不會沉沒？

(A) 其安全設計是當時最新、最先進的。

(B) 有關於這艘船如何忍受許多不利情況的報導。

(C) 船舶設計者和公司提出了這樣的要求。

(D) 它的龐大和美麗很容易給人這樣的印象。

state-of-the-art 最先進的

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. 

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”。