参考译文

打捞工作彻底失败了。小船“埃尔科”号在巴伦支海搜寻了几个星期之后，正在返航途中。返航前，该船船长收到了大陆上发来的电报，指示他们放弃这次搜寻。船长知道日后还会再作尝试，因为他试图寻找的沉船上载有一批珍贵的金条。

尽管船长接到了电报，他还是决定再试一试。他们用结实的网把海床搜索了一遍。当一只箱子从海底被打捞上来时，甲板上人们激动不已。船员们开始认为沉船找着了，但海底沉箱内的物品证明他们弄错了。事实上，他们发现的是另一艘沉没多年的船。

尽管船长接到了电报，他还是决定再试一试。他们用结实的网把海床搜索了一遍。当一只箱子从海底被打捞上来时，甲板上人们激动不已。船员们开始认为沉船找着了，但海底沉箱内的物品证明他们弄错了。事实上，他们发现的是另一艘沉没多年的船。

木箱内装有水手艾伦·菲尔丁的私人财物，其中有书籍、衣服、照片以及水手收到的妻子的来信。“埃尔科”号船长命令船员尽量从沉船中打捞物品，但没发现什么值钱的东西，不过打捞出来的众多的物品还是引起了大家极大的兴趣。从捞起的一门大炮来看，船长认为那艘船一定是艘巡洋舰。另一只海底沉箱中装的是船上一位军官的财物，其中有一封写于1943年3月14日的信，但没有写完。从这封信中船长了解到沉船船名是“卡伦”号。打捞到的东西中最有价值的是船上的航海日志，其中有一部分仍然清晰可读。据此，船长可以将所有的那些已经搞清的材料拼凑起来。“卡伦”号当年在为其他船只护航驶往俄国途中突然遭到敌方潜水艇鱼雷的袭击。这一说法在“埃尔科”号返航后得到国防部一位海军官员的证实。那次打捞到的所有物品均被送往军事博物馆。

Comprehension理解

Give short answers to these questions in your own words as far as possible. Use one complete sentence for each answer.

1Why did the captain of Elkor know that another attempt would be made later to find the sunken ship?

2What did the crew think when a chest was raised from the bottom?

3Who was Alan Fielding?

Vocabulary词汇

Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as they are used in the passage: instructing (1．4);give up the search (1．4); precious (1．6); tremendous (1．9); were at first under the impression (1．10); wrong (1．11).

Summary writing

摘要写作

In not more than 80 words describe how the items brought to the surface enabled the captain of Elkor to

identify the lost ship. Use your own words as far as possible. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph

Composition

作文

In not more than 250 words write the page of Karen's log book which was dated March 14th, 1943. Use the ideas given below. Do not write more than four paragraphs.

Title: The last day.

Introduction: Journey has gone well so far ---- convoy successfully fought off an air attack ---- early morning ---- no ships lost.

Development and Conclusion: 10a. m. First attack by U-boat ---- ship ahead, the Dauntless sunk ---- men in sea ---- Karen picked up survivors ---- 720 men ---- 50 lives lost ---- crowded on board ---- attack on U-boat ---- puts it out of action with depth charges. 3. 15p. m. (last entry） ---- second U-boat attack . . .

Letter writing

书信写作

In about 100 words write the unfinished letter referred to in the passage which was written on March 14th, 1943by a ship's officer.

Key structures and Special difficulties

关键句型和难点

Exercises 练习

1which had been searching the Barents Sea (1. 2). Write sentences using the following: had been doing and had been working. (参见第2册第62课关键句型b)

2received (1. 4). Write two sentences illustrating the difference between receive and take. (ISD 4) (参见第2册第4课难点)

3The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets. There was tremendous excitement on board. A chest was raised from the bottom. The crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found. The contents of the chest proved them wrong. (11. 8-11) Express these ideas again in not more than two sentences. Compare your answer with the sentences in the passage. (IKS 25, KS 49) (参见第2册第25，49课关键句型)

4the contents of the chest (11. 10-11). How would the word contents be stressed in this sentence? (ISD 93) (参见第2册第93课难点)

5clothing (1. 12). Write three sentences using the following words: cloth, clothes, and clothing. (ISD 81a) (参见第2册第81课难点a)

6brought (1. 15). Write three sentences using the following words: bring, take, and fetch. (ISD 29b) (参见第2册第29课难点b)

7realized (1. 16). Write two sentences illustrating the difference between realize and understand. (ISD 20c) (参见第2册第20课难点c)

Multiple choice questions

多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension理解

1Why had the salvage operation been a complete failure?

a．They had failed to locate the ship they had been sent to look for.

b．They had not succeeded in finding the Barents Sea.

c．They had found the wrong ship.

d．The captain had not understood his instructions.

2In ordering as much as possible to be salvaged from the wreck, the captain ______ .

a．expected to find some of the gold bullion

b．hoped, among other things, to establish the identity of the ship

c．thought he would find out that the ship had been a cruiser

d．was looking for more information concerning the dead seaman

3The log book was the most important find because it ______ .

a．helped to explain how the warship had come to be sunk in the Barents Sea

b．contained a written account of how the Karen had been torpedoed

c．provided vital information as to the ship's whereabouts

d．gave the Ministry of Defence information it had known nothing about

Structure 结构

4The captain knew that ______ the only attempt. (1. 5)

a．it was not

b．his had not been

c．his would not be

d．it had not been

5It was a ship which had been sunk many years before ______ in fact found. (1. 11)

a．what they had

b．that they had

c．had been

d．which was

6They did not find ______ . (1. 14)

a．nothing of value

b．a valuable thing

c．any value

d．anything valuable

7- parts of which ______ . (1. 19)

a．it could still be read

b．it could still read

c．could still be read

d．could still read

8After the Elkor had returned home, a naval official ______ . (11. 21-22)

a．had this later confirmed at the Ministry of Defence

b．confirmed this at the Ministry of Defence

c．at the Ministry of Defence confirmed this

d．later at the Ministry of Defence confirmed this

Vocabulary词汇

9The ship's captain had received instructions to give up the search ______ a radio message from the mainland. (11. 3-4)

a．on

b．by

c．with

d．in

10There were books, clothing and photographs, ______ letters . . . (11. 12-13)

a．including

b．along with

c．added to

d．beside

11- an unfinished letter which was ______ March 14th, 1943. (1. 17)

a．inscribed

b．marked

c．dated

d．posted on

12- all the information that had ______ . (1. 20)

a．emerged

b．alighted

c．arisen

d．surfaced