1.Eight years earlier, the General Slocum, a steamboat on a charter run to a church picnic, exploded and sank in the East River.
八年前，斯洛克姆将军（GeneralSlocum）在一个教会野餐包机轮船上，遭遇爆炸，在东河（EastRiver）沉没，遇难人数超过1000。
2.It is a Slocum that has been modified to harvest the energy that it needs to operate its buoyancy-propulsion system from the sea itself.
这个斯洛克姆被改装从海中获取能源来运转它的浮力推动系统。
3.A steamship fire that swept through the General Slocum in New York harbor killed some 1 030 people.
纽约港内的一艘汽船失火，大火席卷“斯洛克姆将军号”游艇，约1030人遇难。
4.Some are called "Slocums" , after Joshua Slocum, who in 1898 was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world.
一些被称为“斯洛克姆”，取自约书亚•斯洛克姆，于1898年第一个独自航行环游世界的人。
5."The entire prepaid funeral industry is on the verge of collapse, " says the FCA's Slocum.
“完全要求预付的殡葬业处于崩溃的边缘”葬礼消费者联盟的的斯洛克姆说。