大学英语六级考试阅读单词：21

　　[背景了解]
　　文章取自于2004年6月的阅读真题，是关于二战期间发生的一场灾难，
　　选段有点长，希望耐心看下，自己先猜下红色单词的意思吧
　　[文章部分]
　　An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down. Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down. Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard. Most people froze immediately. "I'll never forget the screams," says Christa Ntitzmann, 87, one of the 1,200 survivors. She recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave - and into seeming nothingness, rarely mentioned for more than half a century.
　　Now Germany's Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead, including more than 4,000 children - with his latest novel Crab Walk, published last month.
　　[单词学习]
　　slide into v.不知不觉地陷入
　　tilt 倾斜的, 翘起的
　　desperately adv.拼命地, 失望地
　　grave n.墓穴, 坟墓 adj. 严重的, (颜色)黯淡的, (声音)低沉的 v.雕刻, 铭记
　　revive v.(使)苏醒, (使)复兴, (使)复活, (使)再生效, 回想
　　[课后作业]
　　今天的作业就是翻译下面几个句子,来试下吧
　　1.We mustn't slide into complacency.
　　2.Popular opinion has tilted in favour of the Socialists.
　　3.The man in the river desperately tried to reach the side.
　　4.This could have grave consequences.
　　5.She fainted but the brandy soon revived.
　　答案：
　　1.我们绝不可产生自满情绪。
　　2.公众舆论已倒向社会党人一边。
　　3.那个落水的人拼命想游到河岸边
　　4.这会造成严重后果。
　　5.她昏迷了，但喂她些白兰地酒就很快醒过来了。