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A lost ship
salvage n./ v. 从火海或海难中营救,打捞
salvage sth. from
salvage valuable things from the wreck
salvage goods from fire
salvage boat/ operation 营救船/营救行动
②救治〔病人,伤者〕
salvage the patient
save:to make sb./sth. safe from danger,harm
rescue: from danger
sunken adj.漂浮的;凹陷的
sink-sank-sunk 一般做表语
The cruiser was sunk during World War II.
sink-sank-sunken 通常做定语
a sunken ship 一艘沉船
sunken treasure 沉入海底的宝物
sunken eyes/cheeks 凹陷的眼睛/深陷的脸颊
a sunken garden 低地公园
cargo 〔复数cargos;cargoes)
the goods carried by ship, plane or vehicle 〔通常用于船运〕
unload the cargoes from the ship 卸货
a cargo plane/ship/train
The ship has a cargo of 1000 tons.
scour : go through vt.彻底搜查
scour 表示彻底的搜查一个特定的范围并暗示花费更大的力气
They scour the woods for the child.
search 指寻找丧失的东西或被认为是存在的东西,比look for 更正式
I have been searching everywhere but I can’t find the key.
hunt 指漫无边际的寻找急需的东西
We spent a week hunting for the puma.
search/scour/hunt都可以+ for 表示目的
chest ①大箱子
chest drawers 五斗柜
warchest 弹药箱
hopechest 陪嫁
suitcase (手提箱)
safe〔保险箱〕
trunk〔汽车尾箱〕
dustbin(垃圾箱)
②胸膛(多指男性) breast (女性)胸
item
①〔成套物件里的〕一件;物件
an item/piece of furniture 一件家具
②〔一组事物或清单上的〕一项
news item 一项新闻
③条款;工程
an investment item 投资工程
items of business 经营的工程
contract items 合同条约
find n. sth good or valuable
(有价值的) 发现
The little restaurant is quite a find. 好地方
make an important find
finding n.调查结果
the findings of an experiment
the finding of investigation 〔法〕判决
log
①原木;大木头
log cabin 小木屋
logger 伐木工人
stand like a log 站着不动
sleep like a log 沉睡不动
timber [ˈtɪmbə(r)] n. 木材;木料(Br.〕
lumber [ˈlʌmbə(r)]n.木材;木料(Am.)
②〔船,飞机,车等行程中正式〕日志;纪录
log book=registration book 日志;登记簿
piece
①n. 部件part
a piece of cake / a piece of news
②连接;修补 put parts together to form a whole
piece together 拼凑
They piece the log book together.
piece up : 修补,拼合
Let's piece up this broken tyre.
我们来把这个破轮胎修补一下。
convoy
①n.护送的船队或车队
in 〔a〕convoy 同行结伴
We decide to travel in convoy so that no one could lose his way.〔结伴同游〕
under〔a〕 convoy 与...护航,在...的护航下
The weapons were sent under convoy.
convoy ship 护卫舰
②v.护航,护送
He ordered the combined fleet to convoy troops to China. (联合舰队)
torpedo
①n.鱼雷
②v.用鱼雷攻击,摧毁船只
torpedo a government's plan
torpedo boat 鱼雷艇
submarine n. 潜水艇
1.表示下 :〔under or below〕
subway〔地铁〕/ subnormal〔低于正常的〕
2.表示副、分支、下级、下属 :
suboffice〔分部〕
/subordinate[səˈbɔ:dɪnət]下级;下属
3.表示再 :
subdivide〔再分〕/subculture〔再培养〕
submarine n.潜水艇
marine adj.与海有关的,靠近海的,海洋的
marine plants 海生物
marine stores 船具
marine insurance 海上保险
marine biology 海洋生物
mariner [ˈmærɪnə(r)] 〔专业〕水手;海员;
naval adj.海军的
a naval officer 一个海军军官
naval battles 海上战役
a naval port 海军军港
navy n.海军
airforce 空军
Air Force One 空军一号(总统专机)
land force 陆军
ministry n. 政府部门
the Ministry of Agriculture 农业部
the Ministry of Defense 国防部
the Ministry of Finance 财政部
minister 部长
department (Am.)
the Department of State 国务院
the Secretary of State 国务卿
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.
oeration
①运转 put a crane into operation
②作业;工作 building operations 建筑作业
My examination is a complete failure.
Their experiment had been a complete failure.
a complete victory 全胜
a complete idiot 一个十足的白痴
A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search.
=The captain had received a radio message from the mainland instructing him to give up the search.
instruct sb. to do sth.
the editor sent a fax to the journalist instructing him to get statistics.
这位编辑给这位记者发了一份 ,指示他马上开始获取数据。
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.
make an attempt to do sth.(正式)
make (another) attempt 再一次尝试
try once more
The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the bottom.
他们用结实的网把海床搜索了一遍。当一只箱子从海底被打捞上来时,甲板上人们冲动不已。
there was tremendous excitement
在正式的书面语中,there is tremendous excitement这个结构比较常用。口语中,可以直接采用形容词excited.
People on board felt excited.
There was tremendous excitement before the game.
Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found, the contents of the chest proved them wrong.
船员们开始认为沉船找着了,但海底沉箱内的物品证明他们弄错了。
under the impression = thinking that 认为
I’m under the impression that he is the manager of the store.
He is under the impression that you’ll help him.
What they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years before.
由what引导的主语从句。
课文中出现的两个形容词sunk和sunken。
sink的过去分词sunk,sunken,一般来讲sunk做表语,做定语只用sunken.
The ship had sunk.
a sunken ship
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.
木箱内装有水手艾伦.菲尔丁的私人财物,其中有书箱、衣服、照片以及水手收到的妻子的来信。
personal belongings/opinion个人所属物品/意见
together with 还有 (谓语动词与主语一致〕
He together with his classmates goes to the zoo.
Nothing of value was found, but the numerous items which were brought to the surface proved to be of great interest.
但没发现什么值钱的东西,不过打捞出来的众多的物品还是引起了大家极大的兴趣。
nothing of value = valuble
numerous = countless
of great interest= very much interesting 极有趣的
of no interest = uninteresting 没有意思
of great significance = significant
of great importance = important
of no consequence = of no importance 无足轻重的
From a heavy gun that was raised, the captain realized that the ship must have been a cruiser.
From his puzzled looks,I realized that those questions must have been more than he could cope with.
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.
另一只海底沉箱中装的是船上一位军官的财物,其中有一封写于1943年3月14日的信,但没有写完。
which〔指代chest 〕contained the belongings of a ship’s officer = there were the belongings of ship officer in the chest
主干是In another sea-chest, 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.
learn form 从……得知
learn from your mistake 吸取教训
the find of most value
which在句中指代 log book,而it是形式主语,句子可以变成 parts of the log book it was still possible to read. Or: it was still possible to read parts of the log book.
From this the captain was able to piece together all the information that had come to light.
that had come to light做定语从句修饰information
come to light = become known = emerge 被公开,被发现〔不及物动词短语,要用主动语态〕
the secret came to light after his death.
bring sth. to light = reveal 把……公布于众
the two brothers revealed the secret.
the two brothers brought the secret to light.
The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine.
“卡伦〞号当年在为其他船只护航驶往俄国的途中突然遭到敌方潜水艇鱼雷的袭击。
in a convoy护航
under a convoy被护航
escort [ˈeskɔ:t]
n. 陪同;护航舰;护卫队;护送者
He escorted her to the door.
This was later confirmed by a naval official at the Ministry of Defence after the Elkor had returned home. All the items that were found were sent to the War Museum.
confirmed = made sure
customs officers 海关官员
a public officer 公务员
first officer 〔船上的〕大副
second officer 〔船上的)二副
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