第16课 （277字 2分钟）

Passage Sixteen

（K4 level）

1.The report came to the British on May 21,1941.

2.The German battleship Bismarck,the most powerful warship in the world,was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean.

3.Her task : to destroy the ships carrying supplies from the United States to war-torn England.

4.The British had feared such a task.

5.No warship they had could match the Bismarck in speed or in firepower.

6.The Bismarck had eight 15-inch guns and 81 smaller guns.

7.She could move at 30 nautical mile an hour.

8.She was believed to be unsinkable ,however,the British had to sink her.

9.They sent out a task force headed by their best battleship Hood to hunt down the Bismarck.

10.On May 24,the Hood found the Bismarck.

11.It was a meeting that the German commander Luetjens did not want to see.

12.His orders were to destroy the British ships that were carrying supplies,but to stay away from a fight with British warships.

13.The battle didn't last long.

14.But in the fight,the Bismarck was slightly damaged .

15.Her commander decided to run for repairs to France,which had at that time been taken by the Germans.

16.The British force followed her,however, because of the Bismarck's speed and the heavy fog,they lost sight of her.

17.For two days,every British ship in the Atlantic tried to find the Bismarck,but with no success.

18.Finally,she was sighted by a plane from Ireland.

19.Trying to slow the Bismarck down so that their ships could catch up with her,the British fired at her form the air.

20.The Bismarck was hit,on the morning of May 27,the last battle was fought.

21.Four British ships fired on the Bismarck,and she was finally sunk.

生词表（New Words）

1.report 报告 Atlantic Ocean 大西洋  

2. battleship 战舰 powerful 强大的  

3. supplies 补给  

4. feared 担心  

5. match 匹敌 firepower 火力  

6. guns 火炮 nautical 海里  

7. unsinkable 无法击沉  

8. task force 特遣舰队  

9. commander 指挥官  

10. orders 命令 destroy 摧毁  

11. repairs 修理  

12. fog 浓雾 sight 踪迹  

13. success 成功 Ireland 爱尔兰  

14. slow 减缓 fired 开火  

15. sunk 击沉 battle 战斗  

16. powerful 强大 speed 速度  

17. Atlantic 大西洋 ship 舰队  

18. plane 飞机 sight 发现  

19. air 空中  

20. morning 清晨 fight 战斗  

21. fired 开火 sunk 击沉

1. 这份报告于1941年5月21日传到英国人手中。

2. 德国战舰“俾斯麦号”，当时世界上最强大的战舰，正驶向大西洋。

3. 它的任务是：摧毁从美国运往战火中的英国的补给船只。

4. 英国人一直担心这样的任务。

5. 他们的任何战舰都无法在速度或火力上与“俾斯麦号”匹敌。

6. “俾斯麦号”配备了8门15英寸火炮和81门小型火炮。

7. 它的航速可达30海里每小时。

8. 它被认为是无法击沉的，但英国人必须将它击沉。

9. 英国派出了一支以他们最优秀的战舰“胡德号”领衔的特遣舰队去追捕“俾斯麦号”。

10. 5月24日，“胡德号”发现了“俾斯麦号”。

11. 这是德国指挥官吕特晏斯不愿面对的一场遭遇。

12. 他的命令是摧毁运送补给的英国船只，但要避免与英国战舰交火。

13. 战斗没有持续很久。

14. 但在战斗中，“俾斯麦号”受到了一些轻微损伤。

15. 它的指挥官决定驶往当时被德国占领的法国进行修理。

16. 英国舰队紧随其后，但由于“俾斯麦号”的速度以及浓雾，他们失去了它的踪迹。

17. 两天里，英国在大西洋的所有舰船都试图找到“俾斯麦号”，但没有成功。

18. 最终，一架来自爱尔兰的飞机发现了它。

19. 为了减缓“俾斯麦号”的速度，使英国舰队能够追上它，英国人从空中向它开火。

20. “俾斯麦号”被击中，5月27日清晨，最后一场战斗打响。

21. 四艘英国战舰向“俾斯麦号”开火，最终将其击沉。