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Eight Chinesemen were on board and six survived, landing in New York three days later aboardthe Carpathia, the first ship to arrive at the scene of the disaster. 

8名中国男子在船上，其中6名幸存。乘坐“卡帕西亚”号客轮，三天后，抵达纽约，这是第一艘抵达灾难现场的船。

Under the United States’ Chinese Exclusion Act, the men were transferred 24hours later to a British steamship and sent to Cuba. What happened after thathas been unclear – until now.

根据美国的排华法案，这些人在24小时后被转移到一艘英国轮船上，然后被送往古巴。在那之后发生了什么一直不清楚——直到现在。

�知识点
on board[ˌɑːnˈbɔːrd]

在船（火车、飞机）上 

aboard[lænd]

在…上

land[lænd]

落地；登陆；到达

ChineseExclusion Act[ˌtʃaɪˈniːz ɪkˈskluːʒn ækt]

《排华法案》 

transfer[trænsˈfɜːr]

转运；转移 

steamship[ˈstiːmʃɪp]

汽轮