Lesson 32 A lost ship 一艘沉船

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.。

船长收到了从大陆上发来的电报，指示他放弃搜索。

背熟这句话。在这句话中，instructing进一步说明a radio message的内容。

instruct sb. to do sth. 指示命令某人做某事（在第五课已经学过）

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传真，指示他马上开始获取数据。

The captain knew what 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 (another) attempt 再一次尝试

船长知道，今后还会另作一次尝试，因为他在设法寻找的那艘沉船装载了贵重的金砖。

Despite the message, the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more.

尽管有那份电报，但爱尔克号船长决定再试一次。

dispite = in spite of

try once more 代替 make another attempt 为了避免重复

The seabed was scoured with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the bottom.

他们用了又大又结实的渔网在海底拖。当一只大箱子从海底被打捞上来时，船上的人兴奋极了。

Searching the seabed need a lot of time and energy. 所以我们用的动词是scour，语气要比seach 强烈。

重点掌握there was tremendous excitement

在正式的书面语中，我们常用there is tremendous excitement这个结构。但是在口语中，我们还是直接采用形容词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 sea-chest proved them wrong.

虽然，开始时船员们以为沉船已经被找到，但是从海底捞起的箱子里的东西证明他们错了，

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.

实际上，他们所找到的是艘多年前的沉船。

由what引导的主语从句。

注意课文中出现的两个形容词sunk和sunken。

做定语只用sunken. 而过去分词的普通用法, 既可以用sunk也可以用sunken,一般来讲用sunk.

The ship had sunk.

a sunken ship

The chest contained the personal belongings of a seaman, Alan Fielding.

箱子里装着一个Alan Fielding海员的私人物品。

personal belongings 个人所属物品

There were books, clothing and photographs, tighter with letters, which the seaman had once received from his wife.

有书、衣物和照片，同时还有他妻子写给他的信件。

together with 还有

He together with his classmate went to the zoo and they enjoyed themselves.

The captain of the Elkor ordered his men to salvage as much as possible from the wreck.

爱尔克号船长命令船员尽可能从沉船里多打捞些东西上来。

salvage as much as possible = salvage as much as they could

Nothing of value was found, but the numerous items which were brought to the surface.

虽然没有找到什么值钱的东西，但是被打捞上来的一些物件倒是颇为有趣的。

nothing of value = valuble

Very much interesting = of great interest 极有意思的

Of great importance = of great significance 非常重要的

of no consequence = of no importance 无足轻重的

of no interest 没有意思

numerous = countless

In another sea-chest, which contained the belongings of a ship’s officer, there was an unfinished letter which had been written on March 14^th,1943.

在另一只箱子有装着一位海军军官的东西。有一封1943年3月4日未写完的信件。

本句的主干是In another sea-chest, there was an unfinished letter which had been written on March 14^th,1943.

Which（指代chest ）contained the belongings of a ship’s officer = there were the belongings of ship officer in the chest

The captain learnt from the letter that the name of the lost ship was the Karen.

船长从这封信中知道这艘船叫卡伦号。

learn form 从……得知

The most valuable find of all was the ship’s log book, parts of which it（形式主语）was still possible to read.

在所有打捞上来的东西中最有价值的是这艘沉船的航海日志。某些部分仍然能看清楚。

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.进而变成 it was still possible to read parts of the log book.

From this the captain was able to piece tighter all the information that had come to light.

船长可以把自己掌握的资料综合起来。

that had come to light.做定语从句修饰information