Lesson 32 A lost shop
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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, forthe sunken ship he was trying to find had been carrying a preciouscargo of gold bullion.
Despite the message, the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more.
The sea bed wasscoured with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board when achestwas raised from the bottom.
Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found, thecontents 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 acruiser.
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 valuablefind of all was the ship's log book, parts of which it was still possible to read.
From this the captain was able topiece together all the information that hadcome to light.
The Karen had been sailing in aconvoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemysubmarine.
This was later confirmed by anaval official at the Ministry of Defence after the Elkor hadreturned home.
All the items that were found were sent to theWar Museum.
1. salvage operation, search operation
2. despite= in spite of
3. despite+ n./doing/ the fact that
Despite having been there twice, he failed to find the place.
Despite the fact that he had been there twice, he failed to find theplace.
4. seabed ; river bed
5. scour: seek, search The police scoured theneighborhood for the missing child.
6. be under the impression that因为事物的表象而错误的相信
I was under the impression that they were married.
7. of + n. =adj. of value , of interest , of use/ofhelp.
nothing of value place of interest I hope the information will be of some help toyou.
8. find偶然或巧合下找到的有价值的东西
9. The most valuable find of all was the ship's log book, parts of which it was stillpossible to read.
句子结构分析:which引导非限制性定语从句,修饰log book。后半句改写为正常语序就是itwas still possible to read parts of the log book.
10. Seaman 水手,船员,水兵
11. there are A , B and C together with D
12. sb. realized that A must be( have been) B
13 enemy submarine 敌方潜艇
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