[al:新概念英语（三）] [ar:MP3 同步字幕版（英音）] [ti:A Lost Ship] [by:更多学习内容，请到chazidian.com搜索“新概念”] [00:01.45]Lesson 32 [00:03.72]A lost ship [00:12.22]Did the crew of the Elkor find what they were looking for? Why? [00:20.38]The salvage operation had been a complete failure. [00:24.13]The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home. [00:31.40]A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search. [00:39.69]The captain knew that another attempt would be made later, [00:43.66]for the sunken ship he was trying to find had been carrying a precious cargo of gold bullion. [00:51.40]Despite the message, the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more. [00:57.54]The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets [01:00.62]and there was tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the bottom [01:06.71]Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found, [01:11.62]the contents of the chest proved them wrong. [01:15.00]What they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years before. [01:21.11]The chest contained the personal belongings of a seaman, Alan Fielding. [01:26.59]There were books, clothing and photographs, [01:29.81]together with letters which the seaman had once received from his wife. [01:34.64]The captain of the Elkor [01:36.25]ordered his men to salvage as much as possible from the wreck. [01:40.22]Nothing of value was found, [01:42.38]but the numerous items which were brought to the surface proved to be of great interest. [01:47.49]From a heavy gun that was raised, [01:49.73]the captain realized that the ship must have been a cruiser. [01:53.77]In another chest which contained the belongings of a ship's officer, [01:57.84]there was an unfinished letter which had been written on March 14th, 1943. [02:03.73]The captain learnt from the letter that the name of the lost ship was the Karen. [02:09.17]The most valuable find of all was the ship's log book, [02:13.45]parts of which it was still possible to read. [02:16.90]From this [02:17.94]the captain was able to piece together all the information that had come to light. [02:23.84]The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia [02:27.35]when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine. [02:31.31]This was later confirmed by a naval official at the Ministry of Defence after the Elkor had returned home. [02:38.76]All the items that were found were sent to the War Museum.