Language points

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1, The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912.

sail for A(place) from B(place) 航海从B处出发，去往A处
For 后面接目的地，类似的词组还有：
set out for\ set off for\ leave for\head for\make for出发去往某处
e.g. He will set out for the Atlantic.

e.g. The plane is making for the airport.新概念英语2mp3下载

e.g. We are heading for Canada.

2. She was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 89l.

形容船只可以用代词she

carry 表示载有
a crew of 一组人员