1、Lesson 32 A lost ship 一艘沉船I. Vocabulary salvage v. the act of saving esp. saving ships or buildings from the sinking or fire and flood救助，营救；打捞; salvage goods from the fireWe managed to salvage a few piece of furniture from the fire. salvage the patient；salvage your time 节省时间；salvage archaeology 抢救性考
2、古salvage boat 救助船； salvage money 救助费，打捞费 cargo n.: the goods carried by ship; plane or vehicle 货物；cargo vessel 货船Eg.: The ship has a cargo of 1,000 tonsgoods: the goods carried by plane or train 也可以做形容词，只能表示铁路运输，常指商店里的的商品。Eg.: Trains are used to carry goods and passengers. a goods train 货车 scour: me
3、ans seeking or search very carefully, it also indicates going over a place where something must be found ( search / hunt) (都可与 for 搭配,表示目的)：means go through The police scoured the neighborhood for the missing child. It indicates that they believe that the missing child could be found in this neighbo
4、urhood. 警察在附近地区搜救失踪的孩子。 The house has been searched / scoured for the hidden bullion. 为了寻找藏起来的金条房子被仔细搜 search 指寻找丢失的东西或被认为是存在的东西，for 比 look for 更正式 hunt 指漫无边际的寻找急需要的东西 forscour 表示彻底地搜查一个特定范围并暗示花费更大的力气 forEg.: I have been searching everywhere, but I cant find the key.We spent a week hunting for the p
5、uma. They scoured the woods for the child. chest n. 大箱子：chest: a large strong box in which valuable objects are keptcase 衣箱（总称）；suitcase 手提箱；safe 保险箱；trunk 汽车尾箱 dustbin 垃圾箱 find n. 找到的物品 sth found by chance, which happens to be good or valuableEg.: the little restaurant is quite a find. 这个小饭馆真不错 The
6、 garden is a good find. 这个小花园也是我们找到的不错的地方。 piece v. put parts together to form a whole 拼成整体 n. part: a piece of cake / a piece of newspiece together 拼揍, 把 拼起来 Eg.: They piece the log book together. piece up 修补，拼合 Please piece up the dress. 把裙子缝补好 piece a quilt The police are still trying to piece to
7、gether the clues given by different witnesses.警方仍试图把不同证人给予的证据凑起来。 convoy：traveling on the sea in order to protect things n. 护航 in convoy 护航 under convoy: 被护航Escort: traveling on land in order to protect persons 护卫 submarine: 潜水艇前缀 sub- 下 subway 地铁； substructure 下层建筑； subsoil 下层土；subnormal 低于正常的次；准；亚
8、 subtropics 亚热带； sub-college 准大学； subcontinent 次大陆 副；分支;下级;下属 subeditor 副编辑；sub-agent 副代理人；subhead 副标题；sub-office 分办事处接近的 sub-adult 接近成人的； subteen 将近十三岁的 (孩子)； sub-equal 接近相等的 再 subdivide 再分； sublet 转租；subculture 再培养； naval adj. 海军的 navy 海军； naval port 军港； naval power 制海权； voyage 海上航行navigation 航海术；
9、 navigate v. 航海，航行 ministry n.（政府的）部Instructing: ordering, telling give up the search: stop lookingPrecious: valuable tremendous: a lot of, a great deal Were at first under the impression: thought at first Wrong: mistakenTEXTThey didnt find what they were looking for, but instead they found another
10、sunken ship. The text actually described a salvage which aimed at one ship but found another ship by chance. 本来要去寻找的船上的东西值钱，尽管他们没有找到目标，尽管船长已经接到命令要返航，但是他也知道他们需要再次找寻，因为船上的金条价值连城。他们意外发现了另一艘船，打捞上来的东西虽没有什么实用价值，却很有人情味，后来发现了航海日志，证明这艘船很有历史价值。So an accidental discovery became the exhibits of the war museum.
11、Its not necessarily less valuable than the gold bullion that they didnt find. The text is a descriptive essay which is in a style thats objective and factual. 技术性的文章，遣词造句也很想报道文章，讲求真实和客观。Language points: 1. operation: a sort of action for a particular purpose 行动A salvage/ rescue / search operation 打捞
12、、营救、搜寻行动2. sunken：fallen to the bottom of the sea 只可作定语，放在名词前sinksunksunk 过去分词也可作 adj. 只作表语3. despite+n / doing / the fact that = in spite of Despite having been there twice he failed to find the place.=Despite the fact that he had been there 4. bed: bottom river bed6. be under the impression: means
13、 you believe sb wrongly because of its appearance因为表面现象二错误的相信7. contents: (pl form indicates things inside a box or a room etc.; we use singular form to mean the content of a writing or a composition The custom officer went through the contents of my suitcase carefully. Now lets first talk about the
14、 content of the text.8. of value: valuable or worth a lot of money. Fortunately, the thief did not take anything of value.Of interest: having quality that attracts attention The book will be of particular interest to those who study history. 这本书尤其会使学历史的人感兴趣of help: helpful I hope the information wil
15、l be of some help to you.9. confirm: to prove an opinion/ belief to be true 肯定 to make certain of un-arrangementId like to confirm reservation for 2 double rooms. 我想确认一下预定的两个双人房间。The president refused to confirm the rumor. 总统拒绝肯定耀眼的真实性。课文在句式使用上如何表达客观性的：3 个句子课文记述的是一个打捞沉船的经过，找到的虽然不是目标所在，但也可称为意外收获，从中我们
16、知道历史的发现往往处于偶然。Sometimes historical discoveries might result from accidents or co-incidents. 从中我们也会联想很多过去的线索也可能是永远的遗失，也就永远地石沉大海。找到的这艘船上东西虽不是金条，但跟真实的人相关，and history is actually composed of those common people. 课文结尾告诉我们这些东西被送进了战争博物馆，那么我们知道一个博物馆中的展品也未必只与历史上的重要人物或事件相关。A museum doesnt necessarily contain
17、displays or exhibits of important historical figures or significant historical events. 在西方博物馆文化(museum culture)非常发达, this ia a tradition to preserve historical interests. 对历史遗迹保存也有很好的传统，只是在伦敦一处就有好几十家博物馆，you might never be able to exhaust them. 在这些博物馆中你可以看到许多小学生被定期组织来参观，还有很多老人在那里消磨时光， and different s
18、eminars and workshops sometimes special exhibitions on certain topics will be held. 而且会定期举办一些专题会展或一些讨论会 I hope you have a chance to see these museums in your own eyes. III. Summary-writing points1. First chest-personal belongings of Alan Fielding2. Nothing of commercial value-lots of items of intere
19、st3. Heavy gun-proved-ship was cruiser4. Another chest-ships officer-unfinished letter, March 14th, 1943-learnt ships name Karen5. Most valuable find ships log book6. Karen-sail in convoy to Russia-torpedoed-enemy SummaryThe chest containing the personal belongings of Alan Fielding told them a lot,
20、and there were other items of interest. A heavy gun proved the ship was a cruiser. Another chest belonging to a ships officer contained an unfinished letter dated March 14th, 1943, from which they learnt the ships name. The most valuable find was the ships log book, which told them the Karen had bee
21、n sailing in convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine.IV. Letter writingDear Uncle Charles,I am writing to you from the first ship that I am serving on as an officer. The ship is a cruiser and her name is the Karen. We are sailing in convoy to Russia with ten other ships. We have already been at sea for three days and should reach Russia by the end of the week. The voyage has been good so far, but there is always a danger that we shall be torpedoed by an enemy submarine. We all pray that this will not happen and that we shall reach our destination safely.
