it wAs thE worst trAgEDy in mAritimE (航海的) .history, six timEs morE DEADly thAn thE titAniC、whEn thE gErmAn CruisE ship wilhElm gustloFF wAs hit By torpEDoEs (鱼雷) FirED From A russiAn suBmArinE in thE FinAl wintEr oF worD wAr ⅱ, morE thAn 10,000 pEoplE -- mostly womEn, ChilDrEn AnD olD pEoplE FlEEing thE FinAl rEDArmy push into nAzi gErmAny -- wErE pACkED ABoAr
D、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 D own. 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 ABoAr
D、most pEoplE FrozE immEDiAtEly. "i’’ll nEvEr ForgEt thE sCrEAms," sAysChristA niittzmAnn, 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 hAll’’ A CEntury.now gErmAny’’s noBEl prizE-winning Author güntEr grAss hAs rEvivED thE mEmory oF thE 9,000 DEAD, inCluDing morE thAn 4.,000 ChilDrEn -- with his lAtEst novElCrAB wAlk, puBlishED lAst month. thE Book, whiCh will BE out inEnglish nExt yEAr, DoEsn’’t DwEll on thE sinking; its hEroinE is A prEgnAnt young womAn who survivEs thE CAtAstrophE only to sAy lAtEr: "noBoDy wAntED to hEAl ABout it, not hErE in thE wEst (oF gErmAny) AnD not At All in thEEAst." thE rEAson wAs oBvious.As grAss put it in A rECEnt intErviEw with thE wEEklyDiE woChE: "BECAusE thE CrimEs wE gErmAns ArE rEsponsiBlE For wErE AnD ArE so DominAnt, wE DiDn’’t hAvE thE EnErgy lEFt to tEll oF our own suFFErings."thE long silEnCE ABout thE sinking oF thE wilhElm gustloFF wAs proBABly unAvoiDABlE -- AnD nECEssAry.By unrEsErvEDly owning up to thEir Country’’s monstrous CrimEs in thE sEConD worlD wAr, gErmAns hAvE mAnAgED to win ACCEptAnCE ABroAD, mArginAlizE (使…不得势) thE nEo-nAzis At homE AnD mAkE pEACE with thEir nEighBors. toDAy’’s uniFiED gErmAny is morE prospErous AnD stABlE thAn At Any timE in its long, trouBlED history. For thAt, A hAlF CEntury oF willFul ForgEtting ABout pAinFul mEmoriEs likE thE gErmAn titAniC wAs pErhAps A rEAsonABlE priCE to pAy.But EvEn thE most politiCAlly CorrECt gErmAns BEliEvE thAt thEy’’vE now EArnED thE right to DisCuss thE Full historiCAl rECor
D、not to EquAtE gErmAn suFFEring with thAt oF its viCtims, But simply to ACknowlEDgE A tErriBlE trAgEDy. how DoEs güntEr grAss rEvivE thE mEmory oF thE wilhElm gustloFF trAgEDy.’’
A、By prEsEnting thE horriBlE sCEnE oF thE torpEDo AttACk.
B、By DEsCriBing thE ship’’s sinking in grEAt DEtAil.
C．By giving An intErviEw to thE wEEklyDiE woChE.
D、By DEpiCting thE survivAl oF A young prEgnAnt womAn.