A Lost Ship 一艘沉船
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 conducting 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 when 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 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.
1.The salvage operation had been a complete failure.
打撈工作徹底失敗了。
語言點(diǎn):a complete failure的意思是“徹底的失敗”。
2.The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home.
小船“埃爾科”號在巴倫支海搜尋了幾個(gè)星期之后，正在返航途中。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:Elkor是ship的同位語，起解釋說明ship的作用。Which引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，修飾ship。
3.A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain conducting him to give up the search.
返航前，該船船長收到了大陸發(fā)來的電報(bào)，指示他們放棄這次搜尋。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:from the main land是介詞短語，作后置定語，修飾radio message，即“從…發(fā)來的電報(bào)”。
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 conducting 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 when 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 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.
1.The salvage operation had been a complete failure.
打撈工作徹底失敗了。
語言點(diǎn):a complete failure的意思是“徹底的失敗”。
2.The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home.
小船“埃爾科”號在巴倫支海搜尋了幾個(gè)星期之后，正在返航途中。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:Elkor是ship的同位語，起解釋說明ship的作用。Which引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，修飾ship。
3.A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain conducting him to give up the search.
返航前，該船船長收到了大陸發(fā)來的電報(bào)，指示他們放棄這次搜尋。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:from the main land是介詞短語，作后置定語，修飾radio message，即“從…發(fā)來的電報(bào)”。