Be a child
兒童
What constituted a child? Aged 12, children were able to leave school and begin work. Second Officer Lightoller tried to prevent 13-year-old John Ryerson from getting into a lifeboat with his mother. Mr. Ryerson, who would die that night, persuaded Lightoller that his son was a child and not an adult. "No more boys," the Officer was heard to mutter as he reluctantly allowed young John to leave the sinking ship.
什么是兒童?在當(dāng)時(shí),年齡達(dá)到12歲的兒童就可以離開學(xué)校去參加工作。船上的二副Lightoller曾試圖阻止一名13歲的兒童和他的母親一起登上救生艇。知道自己在劫難逃的父親于是苦勸Lightoller,說明自己的孩子并不是成年人。二副這才不情愿地放行,讓這個(gè)孩子上了救生艇,嘴里還嘟囔著“下不為例。”
Of the 109 children on the Titanic 52 died, all from third class.
泰坦尼克號(hào)上的109名兒童,有52人遇難,全部都來自于三等艙。