泰坦尼克号残骸腐蚀严重 Wreckage of the Titanic deteriorating on the ocean floor

The wreck(沉船 chénchuán) of the Titanic is deteriorating(恶化 èhuà), with the captain's bathtub, a favorite image among Titanic enthusiasts, now gone. The ship, seen here in 1996, lies on the North Atlantic seabed under 12,600 feet of water about 400 miles east of Nova Scotia. [File Photo: AP via IC]

A professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island points to his footage of the wreck of the Titanic on Saturday, April 14, 2012. The footage is part of an exhibition in Northern Ireland. The professor and his team discovered(发现 fāxiàn) the wreckage of the ship in 1985. [File Photo: AP via IC]

The RMS Titanic leaves(离开 líkāi) Belfast for a sea trial on April 2, 1912. [File Photo: zuma via IC]

重点词汇 Key word:

严重 serious; grave; critical

• Wèntí yuè lái yuè yánzhòng.
  问题越来越严重。
  Problems have worsened.

• Wǒ kàn tā hǎoxiàng bù míngbái zhè shì de yánzhòngxìng.
  我看他好像不明白这事的严重性。
  It seems to me that he doesn't understand the seriousness of this matter.