Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,

在下面，船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉，

These lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad.

灯泡一刻不停地闪烁着，就像失去了控制的红绿灯。

There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.

有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。

There is always hope that in its labyrinth of musty, dark, disordered rooms a real rarity will be found amongst the piles of assorted junk that little the floors.

人们还常常有希望在发霉、阴暗、杂乱无章、迷宫般的店堂里，从杂乱地摆放在地面上的、一堆堆各式各样的破烂货里找到一件稀世珍品。

In this part of the cave, they could hear an insistent booming sound which they found was caused by a small waterspout shooting down into a pool from the roof of the cave.

在这儿，他们可以听见一种连续不断的轰鸣声。后来他们发现这是由山洞顶部的一个小孔里喷出的水柱跌落到水潭中发出的声音。

but hauling it out of the water proved to be a serious problem.

可是把盘子捞出却是一个很大的难题。