Lesson 32
A lost ship
一艘沉船
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
Did the crew of the Elkor find what they were looking for? Why?
The salvage operation had been a complete failure. The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home. A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search. The captain knew that another attempt would be made later, for the sunken ship he was trying to find had been carrying a precious cargo of gold bullion.
Despite the message, the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more. The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board went a chest was raised from the bottom. Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found, the contents of the chest proved them wrong. What they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years before.
The chest contained the personal belongings of a seaman, Alan Fielding. There were books, clothing and photographs, together with letters which the seaman had once received from his wife. The captain of the Elkor ordered his men to salvage as much as possible from the wreck. Nothing of value was found, but the numerous items which were brought to the surface proved to be of great interest. From a heavy gun that was raised, the captain realized that the ship must have been a cruiser. In another chest, which contained the belongings of a ship's officer, there was an unfinished letter which had been written on March 14th, 1943. The captain learnt from the letter that the name of the lost ship was the Karen. The most valuable find of all was the ship's log book, parts of which it was still possible to read. From this the captain was able to piece together all the information that had come to light. The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine. This was later confirmed by naval official at the Ministry of Defiance after the Elkor had returned home. All the items that were found were sent to the War Museum.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
salvage
v. 救助,營救;打撈
Barents
n. 巴倫支(海)
sunken
adj. 沉沒的
cargo
n. 貨物
bullion
n. 金條;銀條
scour
v. 徹底搜索
chest
n. 大箱子
contents
n. (復(fù)數(shù))所裝的東西
belongings
n. (復(fù)數(shù))所有物
item
n. 物件
cruiser
n. 巡洋艦
find
n. 找到的物品
log book
航海日志
piece
v. 拼成整體
convoy
n. 護(hù)航
torpedo
v. 用魚雷攻擊
submarine
n. 潛水艇
naval
adj. 海軍的
ministry
n. (政府的)部
打撈工作徹底失敗了。小船“埃爾科”號在巴倫支海搜尋了幾個星期之后,正在返航途中。返航前,該船船長收到了大陸發(fā)來的電報,指示他們放棄這次搜尋。船長 知道日后還會再作嘗試,因為他試圖尋找的沉船上載有一批珍貴的金條。 盡管船長接了電報,他還是決定再試一試。他們用結(jié)實的網(wǎng)把海床搜索了一遍。當(dāng)一只箱子從海底被打撈上來時,甲板上人們激動不已。船員們開始認(rèn)為沉船找著 了,但海底沉箱內(nèi)的物品證明他們弄錯了。事實上,他們發(fā)現(xiàn)的是另一艘沉沒多年的船。 木箱內(nèi)裝有水手艾倫.菲爾丁的私人財物,其中有書箱、衣服、照片以及水手收到的妻子的來信。“埃爾科”號船長命令船員們盡量從沉船中打撈物品,但沒發(fā)現(xiàn)什 么值錢的東西,不過打撈出來的眾多的物品還是引起了大家極大的興趣。從撈起的一門大炮來看,船長認(rèn)為那艘船一定是艘巡洋艦。另一只海底沉箱中裝的是船上一 位軍官的財物,其中有一封寫于1943年3月14日的信,但沒有寫完。從這封信中船長了解到沉船船名是“卡倫”號。打撈到的東西中最有價值的是船上的航海 日志,其中有一部分仍然清晰可讀。據(jù)此,船長可以將所有的那些已經(jīng)搞清的材料拼湊起來。“卡倫”號當(dāng)年在為其他船只護(hù)航駛往俄國的途中突然遭到敵方潛水艇 魚雷的襲擊。這一說法在“埃爾科”號返航后得到的國防部一位海軍官員的證實。那次打撈到的所有物品均被送往軍事博物館。
■salvage v. 救助,營救;打撈
salvage goods from the fire
salvage the patient
salvage your time 節(jié)省時間
salvage archaelogy 搶救性考古
salvage boat 救助船
salvage money 救助費(fèi),打撈費(fèi)
■Barents n. 巴倫支(海)
■sunken adj. 沉沒的
■cargo n. 貨物
cargo: the goods carried by ship; plane or vehicle
Eg.: The ship has a cargo of 1,000 tons
cargo vessel
goods: the goods carried by plane or train 也可以做形容詞,只能表示鐵路運(yùn)輸,常指商店里的的商品。
Eg.: Trains are used to carry goods and passengers.
A goods train
■bullion n. 金條;銀條
■scour v. 徹底搜索
go through
The house has been searched / scoured for the hidden bullion.
scour / search / hunt (都可與for 搭配,表示目的)
search 指尋找丟失的東西或被認(rèn)為是存在的東西,比look for更正式
hunt 指漫無邊際的尋找急需要的東西
scour 表示徹底地搜查一個特定范圍并暗示花費(fèi)更大的力氣
Eg.: I have been searching everywhere, but I can’t find the key.
We spent a week hunting for the puma.
背熟:The salvage operation had been a complete failure.
My examination is a complete failure. 這次考試完全失敗了。
Their experiment had been a complete failure.
背熟:A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain 包含ucting him to give up the search.
The shop’s captain received a radio message from the mainland 包含ucting him to give up the search.
包含uct sb. to do sth. 命令某人做某事
The editor sent a fax to the journalist 包含ucting him to get statistics.
make another attemptdespite ==in spite of
try once more代替了make another attempt
There is tremendous excitement 書面語
People on board felt excited. (口語)
There was tremendous excitement before the game.
under the impression that == thinking that
I am under the impression that he is the manager of the store.
He is under the impression that you’ll help him.
sunken / sunk
需定語時用 sunken
The ship had sunk
a sunken ship
personal belongings 個人所屬物品
together with 還有
salvage as much as possible / salvage as much as they could
of value ==valuable
very much interesting == of great interest
of great importance / of great significance / of no consequence / of no importance / of no interest
numerous ==countless
There were the belongings of ship officer in the chest.
learn from 從......得知
parts of the log book it was still possible to read.
It was still possible to read parts of the log book.
come to light = become known = emerge 被公開,被發(fā)現(xiàn)(不及物動詞短語,要用主動語態(tài))
Eg: The secret came to light after his death.
bring sth to light/ review 把……公布于眾
Eg: The two brothers reviewed/ brought the secret to light
in a convoy 護(hù)航
under a convoy 被護(hù)航
confirmed == made sure
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Comprehension
1 Why had the salvage operation been a complete failure?
a. They had failed to locate the ship they had been sent to look for.
b. They had not succeeded in finding the Barents Sea.
c. They hadfound the wrong ship.
d. The captain had not understood his 包含uctions.
2 In ordering as much as possible to be salvaged from the wreck, the captain _____ .
a. expected to find some of the gold bullion
b. hoped, among other things, to establish the identity of the ship
c. thought he would find out that the ship had been a cruiser
d. was looking for more information concerning the dead seaman
3 The log book was the most important find because it _____ .
a. helped to explain how the warship had come to be sunk in the Barents Sea
b. contained a written account of how the Karen had been torpedoed
c. provided vital information as to the ship’s whereablaots
d. gave the Ministry of Defence information it had known nothing about
Structure
4 The captain knew that _____ the only attempt.(l.5)
a. it was not b. his had not been c. his would not be d. it had not been
5 It was a ship which had been sunk many years before _____ in fact found. (l.11)
a. what they had b. that they had c. had been d. which was
6 They did not find _____ . (l.14)
a. nothing of value b. a valuable thing c. any value d. anything valuable
7 ---- parts of which _____ . (l.19)
a. it could still be read b. it could still read c. could still be read d. could still read
8 After the Elkor had returned home, a naval official _____ . (ll.21-22)
a. had this later confirmed at the Ministry of Defence
b. confirmed this at the Ministry of Defence
c. at the Ministry of Defence confirmed this
d. later at the Ministry of Defence confirmed this
Vocabulary
9 The ship’s captain had received 包含uctions to give up the search _____ a radio message from the mainland. (ll.3-4)
a. on b. by c. with d. in
in the letter / in the radio message / in the fax
10 There were books, clothing and photographs, _____ letters … (ll.12-13)
a. including b. along with c. added to d. beside
11---- an unfinished letter which was _____ March 14th, 1943. (l.17)
a. inscribed b. marked c. dated d. posted on
inscribe 刻畫
mark 做標(biāo)記
12 ---- all the information that had _____ . (l.20)
a. emerged b. alighted c. arisen d. surfaced
arisen (原形是arise ) 出現(xiàn)
surface 露出水面
alight on 偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)
My eyes alighted on the book.
【Key to Multiple choice questions】
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. C 9. D 10. B 11. C 12. A