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# 32 · 一艘沉船

### 第1段

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 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.

中文理解：这次打捞行动彻底失败了。小船“埃尔科”号在巴伦支海上搜寻了几个星期，如今正踏上归途。船长收到陆地发来的无线电报，命令他放弃搜索。他知道，以后还会有人再来尝试，因为他们寻找的那艘沉船上，载着一批珍贵的金条。
尽管接到了命令，“埃尔科”号的船长还是决定再试一次。他们用结实的大网在海床上搜寻。当一只箱子被打捞上来时，全船的人都兴奋不已。船员们起初以为找到了目标沉船，可箱里的东西证明他们弄错了。他们实际发现的，是另一艘多年前沉没的船。
箱子里装着一名水手的私人物品，他叫艾伦·菲尔丁。其中有书籍、衣服、照片，还有妻子从前写给他的信。船长命令船员尽可能多地从残骸中打捞东西。虽然没有找到什么值钱的物品，捞上来的大量物件却很引人关注。一门沉重的舰炮，让船长判断这一定是一艘巡洋舰。另一个箱子属于一名军官，里面有一封写于1943年3月14日、尚未写完的信。船长从信中得知，这艘沉船叫“卡伦”号。最有价值的发现，是船上的航海日志，其中一部分字迹仍能辨认。借助日志，船长得以把已发现的线索拼接起来：当时，“卡伦”号正随一支船队驶往俄国，途中遭敌方潜艇发射的鱼雷击中。“埃尔科”号返航后，国防部一名海军官员证实了这一情况。所有打捞出的物品，后来都送进了战争博物馆。

* **a complete failure**：彻底失败；a failure 可数时指失败的事例；complete 限定程度。

* **on its way home**：在回家的路上；home 在这里作方向副词，前面不加 to。

* **give up**：放弃；停止；表示放弃或停止某项活动；做某事用 -ing，不用 to do。

* **once more**：再一次；表示再做一次，可替换为 again，注意它修饰哪个动作。

* **under the impression**：以为；有某种印象；常为后来纠正的判断作铺垫。

* **the personal belongings of**：……的私人物品；belongings 通常复数，用于行李、遗失物、遗物语境。

* **together with**：连同；和……一起；补充附带的人或物；不自动让单数主语变复数。

* **as much as possible**：尽可能多地；much 指数量不可数；修饰具体可数物改 many。

* **of value**：有价值的；相当于valuable，value在此不用复数。

* **an unfinished letter**：一封未写完的信；unfinished 提供叙事悬念，与送到的完整信件不同。

* **The most valuable find**：最有价值的发现物；find 作可数名词指发现物，价值也可来自信息。

* **piece together**：拼凑；重建；重点是把零散证据组织成解释。

* **had come to light**：被发现；浮出水面；事实或信息作主语，不是某人主动照亮。

* **were sent to**：被送往……；be sent to + 目的地，先分清人或物的去向。

#### 原文注释 · The salvage operation had been a complete failure.

注释：①instructing = ordering, telling。 ②give up the search = stop looking。 ③precious = valuable。

#### 原文注释 · Despite the message, the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more.

注释：①tremendous = a lot of, a great deal of。 ②were at first under the impression = thought at first。③wrong = mistaken。

#### 原文注释 · The chest contained the personal belongings of a seaman, Alan Fielding.

注释：①possible = available。

#### Summary 摘要

The chest containing the personal belongings of Alan Fielding told them a lot, and there were other items of interest. A heavy gun proved the ship was a cruiser. Another chest belonging to a ship's officer contained an unfinished letter dated March 14th, 1943, from which they learnt the ship's name. The most valuable find was the ship's log book, which told them the Karen had been sailing in convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine. (80 words)

#### Composition 作文 The Last Day 最后一天

\[1]The journey has gone well so far. We are now on the way to Russia and hope that we shall arrive with no more problems. But we are watching the sea and sky. The convoy successfully fought off an air attack early this morning. No ships were lost and we managed to shoot down three enemy aircraft before they broke off the attack.

\[2]At 10 a.m. this morning we were attacked by a U-boat. This was the first time we had been attacked and for most men on board this was the first time they had been in action at sea. We were fortunate, but the ship ahead of us, the Dauntless, was torpedoed and sunk. After the ship sank, there were hundreds of men in the sea. We picked up as many survivors as we could in the Karen. In fact in the end we picked up 720 men, which meant that 50 men lost their lives in the attack on the Dauntless.

\[3]The Karen was packed with men, many crowded on the open decks, when we turned and attacked the Uboat. Depth charges were dropped and the U-boat was put out of action.

\[4]It is now 3.15 p.m., the light is already beginning to fade and storm clouds are gathering. We are about to be attacked by a second U-boat, this time from the north. The captain has just announced—(239 words)

## 学完这一课

用 had been doing for weeks, and was… 交代行动背景。

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