Lesson 32
A lost ship
一艘沉船
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1Lesson 32
2A lost ship
3Did the crew of the Elkor find what they were looking for? Why?
4The salvage operation had been a complete failure.
5The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home.
6A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search.
7The captain knew that another attempt would be made later,
8for the sunken ship he was trying to find had been carrying a precious cargo of gold bullion.
9Despite the message, the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more.
10The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets
11and there was tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the bottom
12Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found,
13the contents of the chest proved them wrong.
14What they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years before.
15The chest contained the personal belongings of a seaman, Alan Fielding.
16There were books, clothing and photographs,
17together with letters which the seaman had once received from his wife.
18The captain of the Elkor
19ordered his men to salvage as much as possible from the wreck.
20Nothing of value was found,
21but the numerous items which were brought to the surface proved to be of great interest.
22From a heavy gun that was raised,
23the captain realized that the ship must have been a cruiser.
24In another chest which contained the belongings of a ship's officer,
25there was an unfinished letter which had been written on March 14th, 1943.
26The captain learnt from the letter that the name of the lost ship was the Karen.
27The most valuable find of all was the ship's log book,
28parts of which it was still possible to read.
29From this
30the captain was able to piece together all the information that had come to light.
31The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia
32when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine.
33This was later confirmed by a naval official at the Ministry of Defence after the Elkor had returned home.
34All the items that were found were sent to the War Museum.
1Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 2听录音，然后回答以下问题。 3Did the crew of the Elkor find what they were looking for? Why? 4 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. 5 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. 6 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. 7New words and expressions 生词和短语 8 salvage 9v. 救助，营救；打捞 10 Barents 11n. 巴伦支（海） 12 sunken 13adj. 沉没的 14 cargo 15n. 货物 16 bullion 17n. 金条；银条 18 scour 19v. 彻底搜索 20 chest 21n. 大箱子 22 contents 23n. （复数）所装的东西 24 belongings 25n. （复数）所有物 26 item 27n. 物件 28 cruiser 29n. 巡洋舰 30 find 31n. 找到的物品 32 log book 33 航海日志 34 piece 35v. 拼成整体 36 convoy 37n. 护航 38 torpedo 39v. 用鱼雷攻击 40 submarine 41n. 潜水艇 42 naval 43adj. 海军的 44 ministry 45n. （政府的）部 46参考译文 47 打捞工作彻底失败了。小船"埃尔科"号在巴伦支海搜寻了几个星期之后，正在返航途中。返航前，该船船长收到了大陆发来的电报，指示他们放弃这次搜寻。船长知道日后还会再作尝试，因为他试图寻找的沉船上载有一批珍贵的金条。 48 尽管船长接了电报，他还是决定再试一试。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，甲板上人们激动不已。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。事实上，他们发现的是另一艘沉没多年的船。 49 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。"埃尔科"号船长命令船员们尽量从沉船中打捞物品，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。从捞起的一门大炮来看，船长认为那艘船一定是艘巡洋舰。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。从这封信中船长了解到沉船船名是"卡伦"号。打捞到的东西中最有价值的是船上的航海日志，其中有一部分仍然清晰可读。据此，船长可以将所有的那些已经搞清的材料拼凑起来。"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。这一说法在"埃尔科"号返航后得到的国防部一位海军官员的证实。那次打捞到的所有物品均被送往军事博物馆。