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.

一场暴风雪把甲板变成了冰封的薄板，当船倾斜并开始下沉时，数百个家庭滑入大海。

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Then the sound of rumbling thunder reached the watchers on the shore, as cargo, ballast, ammunition and 400 people went sliding and crashing down to the port side of the steeply listing ship.

接着船上的货物、压舱物、弹药和400名官兵都向倾斜得很厉害的左边滑去，一起撞到船舷上，发出的轰隆隆巨响一直传到岸上观众的耳里。

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Then the sound of rumbling thunder reached the watchers on the shore, as cargo, ballast, ammunition and 400 people went sliding and crashing down to the port side of the steeply listing ship.

当物口、压舱物、弹药和400个人轰地一声滑向陡斜的左舷时，岸上的观众听到了雷鸣般的轰响。

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Sliding back a bit further in time, Apple also seemed fairly disappointed in itself when trying to ship out its flagship 27-inch Core i7 iMac in late 2009.

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