新概念第三册Lesson32.doc

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救济，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 急救性考古salvage boat 救济船； salvage money 救济费，打捞费 ■ cargo n.: the goods carried by ship; plane or vehicle货品；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，只能表达铁路运送，常指商店里的的商品。

Eg.: Trains are used to carry goods and passengers. a goods train货车■ scour: means 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,表达目的)：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 neighbourhood. 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觉得是存在的东西，for 比look for改正式 hunt 指漫无边际的寻找急需要的东西 forscour 表达彻底地搜查一种特定范畴并暗示耗费更大的力气forEg.: I have been searching everywhere, but I can’t find the key.We spent a week hunting for the puma. 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 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 together the clues given by different witnesses.警方仍试图把不同证人予以的证据凑起来 ■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- ① 下 subway 地铁； substructure 下层建筑；subsoil 下层土；subnormal 低于正常的②次；准；亚 subtropics亚热带； sub-college准大学； subcontinent次大陆③ 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④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⑤ 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； 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 didn’t find what they were looking for, but instead they found another 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，尽管她们没有找到目的，尽管船长已经接到命令要返航，但是她也懂得她们需要再次找寻，由于船上的金条价值连城。

她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，后来发现了航海日记，证明这艘船很有历史价值So an accidental discovery became the exhibits of the war museum. It’s not necessarily less valuable than the gold bullion that they didn’t find. The text is a descriptive essay which is in a style that’s 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、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 sink—sunk—sunk 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 you believe sb wrongly because of its appearance由于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 let’s first talk about the 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. 这本书特别会使学历史的人感爱好of help: helpful I hope the information will be of some help to you.9. confirm: ① to prove an opinion/ belief to be true 肯定 ② to make certain of un-arrangementI’d like to confirm r。