新概念英语第三册 less32_new

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[00:05.80]32 一艘沉船
[00:11.60]Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:15.07]听录音,然后回答以下问题.
[00:18.55]Did the crew of the Elkor find what they were looking for?Why?
[00:25.13]水手们找到了他们要找的东西了吗？为什么
[00:31.71]The salvage operation had been a complete failure.
[00:34.23]打捞工作彻底失败了.
[00:36.75]The small ship,Elkor,which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks,
[00:40.29]在巴伦支海搜寻了几个星期之后
[00:43.83]was on its way home.
[00:45.41]正在返航途中.
[00:46.99]A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain
[00:50.32]该船船长收到了大陆上发来的电报
[00:53.66]instructing him to give up the search.
[00:56.08]指示他们放弃这次搜寻.
[00:58.51]The captain knew that another attempt would be made later,
[01:01.10]船长知道日后还会再作尝试,
[01:03.69]for the sunken ship he was trying to find
[01:05.91]因为他试图寻找的沉船上
[01:08.13]had been carrying a precious cargo of gold bullion.
[01:11.21]载有一批珍贵的金条.
[01:14.29]Despite the message,the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more
[01:17.83]尽管船长接到了电报,他还是决定再试一试
[01:21.37]The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets
[01:23.71]他们用结实的网把海床搜索了一遍,
[01:26.05]and there was tremendous excitement on board
[01:28.53]当一只箱子被打捞上来时,
[01:31.01]when a chest was raised from the bottom
[01:33.23]甲板上人们激动不已
[01:35.45]Though the crew were at first under the impression
[01:37.58]船员们开始认为
[01:39.71]that the lost ship had been found,
[01:41.69]沉船找着了,
[01:43.68]the contents of the chest proved them wrong.
[01:46.00]但海底沉箱内的物品证明他们弄错了.
[01:48.33]What they had in fact found was a ship
[01:50.76]事实上,他们发现的是另一艘
[01:53.19]which had been sunk many years before.
[01:55.32]沉没多年的船.
[01:57.45]The chest contained the personal belongings of a seaman,Alan Fielding
[02:01.77]木箱内装有水手艾伦.菲尔丁的私人财物
[02:06.09]There were books,clothing and photographs,
[02:08.37]其中有书籍、衣服、照片
[02:10.64]together with letters which the seaman had once received from his wife
[02:13.83]以及水手收到的妻子的来信.
[02:17.01]The captain of the Elkor
[02:18.84]"埃尔科"号船长
[02:20.67]ordered his men to salvage as much as possible from the wreck
[02:23.60]命令船员尽量从沉船中打捞物品.
[02:26.52]Nothing of value was found,
[02:28.34]但没发现什么值钱的东西,
[02:30.15]but the numerous items which were brought to the surface
[02:32.78]不过打捞出来的众多的物品
[02:35.40]proved to be of great interest.
[02:37.32]还是引起了大家极大的兴趣.
[02:39.24]From a heavy gun that was raised,
[02:41.12]从捞起的一门大炮来看,
[02:43.00]the captain realized that the ship must have been a cruiser
[02:45.63]船长认为那艘船一定是艘巡洋舰.
[02:48.25]In another chest which contained the belongings of a ship's officer
[02:51.09]海底沉箱中装的是船上一位军官的财物
[02:53.92]there was an unfinished letter
[02:55.75]其中有一封
[02:57.58]which had been written on March 14th,1943
[03:00.40]写于1943年3月14日的信,但没有写完.
[03:03.22]The captain learnt from the letter
[03:05.05]从这封信中船长了解到
[03:06.88]that the name of the lost ship was the Karen.
[03:09.40]沉船船名是"卡伦"号.
[03:11.92]The most valuable find of all was the ship's log book,
[03:14.70]打捞到的东西中最有价值的是船上的航海日志
[03:17.49]parts of which it was still possible to read.
[03:19.85]其中有一部分仍然清晰可读.
[03:22.21]From this
[03:23.53]据此,
[03:24.85]the captain was able to piece together all the information that had come to light.
[03:28.33]将所有的那些已经搞清的材料拼凑起来
[03:31.80]The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia
[03:34.44]"卡伦"号当年突然遭到敌方潜水艇鱼雷的袭击,
[03:37.08]when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine
[03:39.60]正是在为其他船护航驶往俄国途中.
[03:42.12]This was later confirmed by a naval official at the Ministry of Defence
[03:45.10]这一说法后来得到国防部一位海军官员的证实，
[03:48.08]after the Elkor had returned home.
[03:50.31]是在"埃尔科"号返航之后.