新概念英语第三册课文和笔记第32课:A lost ship

【课文讲解】

背熟：The salvage operation had been a complete failure.
My examination is a complete failure. 这次考试完全失败了。
Their experiment had been a complete failure.

背熟：A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain 包含ucting him to give up the search.
The shop’s captain received a radio message from the mainland 包含ucting him to give up the search.
包含uct sb. to do sth. 命令某人做某事
The editor sent a fax to the journalist 包含ucting him to get statistics.
make another attempt

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despite ==in spite of
try once more代替了make another attempt

There is tremendous excitement 书面语
People on board felt excited. (口语)
There was tremendous excitement before the game.
under the impression that == thinking that
I am under the impression that he is the manager of the store.
He is under the impression that you’ll help him.

sunken / sunk
需定语时用 sunken
The ship had sunk
a sunken ship
personal belongings 个人所属物品
together with 还有

salvage as much as possible / salvage as much as they could

of value ==valuable
very much interesting == of great interest
of great importance / of great significance / of no consequence / of no importance / of no interest
numerous ==countless

There were the belongings of ship officer in the chest.
learn from 从......得知

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parts of the log book it was still possible to read.
It was still possible to read parts of the log book.

come to light = become known = emerge 被公开，被发现（不及物动词短语，要用主动语态）
Eg: The secret came to light after his death.
bring sth to light/ review 把……公布于众
Eg: The two brothers reviewed/ brought the secret to light

in a convoy 护航
under a convoy 被护航
confirmed == made sure

背熟第一自然段，牢记并熟练运用第二、三自然段的重点结构。

【Multiple choice questions】
Comprehension
1 Why 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 hadfound the wrong ship.
d. The captain had not understood his 包含uctions.

2 In 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

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

Structure
4 The captain knew that _____ the only attempt.(l.5)
a. it was not b. his had not been c. his would not be d. it had not been

5 It was a ship which had been sunk many years before _____ in fact found. (l.11)
a. what they had b. that they had c. had been d. which was

6 They did not find _____ . (l.14)
a. nothing of value b. a valuable thing c. any value d. anything valuable

7 ---- parts of which _____ . (l.19)
a. it could still be read b. it could still read c. could still be read d. could still read

8 After the Elkor had returned home, a naval official _____ . (ll.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
9 The ship’s captain had received 包含uctions to give up the search _____ a radio message from the mainland. (ll.3-4)
a. on b. by c. with d. in
in the letter / in the radio message / in the fax

10 There were books, clothing and photographs, _____ letters … (ll.12-13)
a. including b. along with c. added to d. beside

11---- an unfinished letter which was _____ March 14th, 1943. (l.17)
a. inscribed b. marked c. dated d. posted on
inscribe 刻画
mark 做标记

12 ---- all the information that had _____ . (l.20)
a. emerged b. alighted c. arisen d. surfaced
arisen (原形是arise ) 出现
surface 露出水面
alight on 偶然发现
My eyes alighted on the book.

【Key to Multiple choice questions】
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. C 9. D 10. B 11. C 12. A

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