Lesson29Funnyornot?是否可笑？

一、［Text］課文

Whetherwefindajokefunnyornotlargelydependsonwherewehavebeen

broughtup.Thesenseofhumourismysteriouslyboundupwithnational

characteristics.AFrenchman,forinstance,mightfindithardtolaughataRussian

joke.Inthesameway,aRussianmightfailtoseeanythingamusinginajokewhich

wouldmakeanEnglishmanlaughtotears.

Mostfunnystoriesarebasedoncomicsituations.Inspiteofnationaldifferences,

certainfunnysituationshaveauniversalappeal.Nomatterwhereyoulive,you

wouldfinditdifficultnottolaughat,say,CharlieChaplin'searlyfilms.However,a

newtypeofhumour,whichstemslargelyfromtheU.S.,hasrecentlycomeinto

fashion.Itiscalled'sickhumourComediansbasetheirjokesontragicsituations

likeviolentdeathorseriousaccidents.Manypeoplefindthissortofjokedistasteful.

Thefollowingexampleof'sickhumour'willenableyoutojudgeforyourself.

Amanwhohadbrokenhisrightlegwastakentohospitalafewweeksbefore

Christmas.Fromthemomenthearrivedthere,hekeptonpesteringhisdoctorto

tellhimwhenhewouldbeabletogohome.HedreadedhavingtospendChristmas

inhospital.Thoughthedoctordidhisbest,thepatient'srecoverywasslow.On

Christmasday,themanstillhadhisrightleginplaster.Hespentamiserabledayin

bedthinkingofallthefunhewasmissing.Thefollowingday,however,thedoctor

consoledhimbytellinghimthathischancesofbeingabletoleavehospitalintime

forNewYearcelebrationsweregood.Themantookheartand,sureenough,onNew

Year'sEvehewasabletohobblealongtoaparty.Tocompensateforhisunpleasant

experiencesinhospital,themandrankalittlemorethanwasgoodforhim.Inthe

process,heenjoyedhimselfthoroughlyandkepttellingeverybodyhowmuchhe

hatedhospitals.Hewasstillmumblingsomethingabouthospitalsattheendofthe

partywhenheslippedonapieceoficeandbrokehisleftleg.

二、［Newwordsandexpressions）生詞和短語

?largelyadv.在很大程度上

?comicadj.喜劇的，可笑的

?universaladj.普遍的

?comediann.滑稽演員，喜劇演員

?distastefuladj.討厭的

?pesterv.一再要求，糾纏

?dreadv.懼怕

?recoveryn.康復

?plastern.熟石膏

?consolev.安慰，慰問

?hobblev.痛著腿走

?compensatev.補償

?mumblev.喃喃而語

■largelyadv.在很大程度上

Eg.:Hesuccesswaslargelyduetoluck.

■comicadj.喜劇的,可笑的

■universaladj.普遍的

universalagent全權代理人

universaltime世界時

universaljoint萬向接頭

universalityn.普遍性

universallyadv.

Eg.:ItuniversallyacknowledgedthatEnglishisgettingmoreandmoreimportant.

universe宇宙

■comediann.滑稽演員，喜劇演員

comedy喜居ij

tragedy悲劇

tragic悲劇的

comic喜劇的

■distastefuladj.討厭的

Eg.:Theideaisdistastefultome.

distastefullyadv.

■pesterv.一再要求，糾纏

==assail(128)

pestersb.todo

pestersb.with

Eg.:Hecontunuallypestershisbosswithdemands.

pestersb.forsth.

■dreadv.懼怕

后面可以跟名詞、動名詞、不定式搭配連用

Eg.:Weweredreadinghisarrival,我們正擔心他來呢。

Idreadtothinkwhatwillhappenedifshefindout.

Hedreadhavingtomeethisparents.

dreadfuladj.

dreaded

indreadof

fear一般的恐懼

horrify使恐怖，使極度恐懼

■recoveryn.康復

■plastern.熟石膏

■consolev.安慰，慰問

Eg.:Heisconsolinghisfriendingriefforthelossofchild.

■hobblev.痛著腿走

■compensatev.補償

■mumblev.喃喃而語

三、【課文精析】

Keysentence:

Ifounditdifficulttofinishtheworkinaday.

此句話是文章的topic

bebasedon:以..作為基礎

Itwasdifficultnottobetempted

Stemfrom,comefrom,arisefrom,originatefrom

Hisfeelingofhatestemsfromenvy

Herinterestinflowersstemedfromherchildhoodinthecountry

comeintofashion開始流行

comeintobeing開始形成

comeintopower開始執政

Keysentence:

Comediansbasetheirjokesontragicsituationslikeviolentdeathor

seriousaccidents.

Somefunnystoriesarebasedontragicsituations.

Keysentence:

Fromthemomenthearrivedatparty,heenjoyedhimselfverymuch.

keepdoingsth.不間斷的，不停的做某事

keepondoingsth.反復、重復干某事(中間可以有短暫的暫停)(keep:vi.)

Don'tkeeponaskingsillyquestions.

Hekeptsmokingallthewhile.

Hekeptonsmokingallthewhile.

keep+賓語+動詞ing形式，keepon不能用于該句型

Hekeptmewaitingforanhour.

I'msorrytohavekeptyouwaitingsolong.

dreadtodo==dreaddoing

amiserableday:aterribleday

thinkof想到，想起，想著

WhenIsawyouIthoughtofmysister.

thinkofdoingsth.

Heisthinkingofsettingupaschool.

spendtimedoingsth.

by通過某種方式手段

dreadtodo=dreaddoing

amiserableday:aterribleday

thinkof:想到，想起，想著

WhenIsawyouIthoughtofmysister.

thinkofdoingsth,

Heisthinkingofsettingupaschool.

spendtimedoingsth.

by:通過某種方式手段

Iarrivedherebytrain.

在表達可能性這個語句的時候，經常采用復數形式

chancesof

Mychancesofpassingtheexaminationaregood.

Itisquitepossibleformetopasstheexamination.

Hischancesofbeingdismissedaregood.

hischancesofdoingsth.aregood./remote做.?????可能性極大/極小

remote

Hischancesofarrivingherebybicycleareremote,

slight

Hetookheartwhenhegotthegoodnews,

loseheart:失去信心，失去勇氣

ThecakeismorethanIcaneat.

mecessary,gook,possible,anticipate,expect,feel,suggest,report,require,think

Heeatsmorethanisgoodforhim.

as

HearrivedasIexpected./Hearrivedaswasexpected.

Heeatsjustasmuchasisgoodforhim.

Heeatsmorethanisgoodforhim.

Themandrankjustasmuchwasgoodforhim.

Sheisquitefat.==Sheisn'trightfat.

YesterdayIwentswimming.Intheprocess,Ihadaverygoodtime.

Iwaslookingforyourhouseandgotlostintheprocess,

keeptelling==keepontelling

howmuch——towhatextent

HowmuchcanItrusthim?

when:atthatmoment

Lesson30Thedeathofaghost幽靈之死

一、［Text］課文

ForyearsvillagersbelievedthatEndleyfarmwashaunted.Thefarmwasownedby

twobrothers,JoeandBobCox.Theyemployedafewfarmhands,butnoonewas

willingtoworktherelong.Everytimeaworkergaveuphisjob,hetoldthesam

story.Farmlabourerssaidthattheyalwayswokeuptofindtheworkhadbeendone

overnight.Hayhadbeencutandcowshedshadbeencleaned.Afarmworker,who

stayedupallnight,claimedtohaveseenafigurecuttingcorninthemoonlight.In

time,itbecameanacceptedfactthattheCoxbrothersemployedaconscientious

ghostthatdidmostoftheirworkforthem.

Noonesuspectedthattheremightbesomeoneelseonthefarmwhohadnever

beenseen.Thiswasindeedthecase.Ashorttimeago,villagerswereastonishedto

learnthattheghostofEndleyhaddied.Everyonewenttothefuneral,forthe'ghost1

wasnoneotherthanEricCox,athirdbrotherwhowassupposedtohavediedasa

youngman.Afterthefuneral,JoeandBobrevealedasecretwhichtheyhadkeptfor

overfortyyears.

Erichadbeentheeldestsonofthefamily,verymucholderthanhistwobrothers.He

hadbeenobligedtojointhearmyduringtheSecondWorldWar.Ashehatedarmy

lifehedecidedtodeserthisregiment.Whenhelearntthathewouldbesentabroad,

hereturnedtothefarmandhisfartherhidhimuntiltheendofthewar.Fearingthe

authorities,Ericremainedinhidingafterthewaraswell.Hisfathertoldeverybody

thatErichadbeenkilledinaction.Theonlyotherpeoplewhoknewthesecretwere

JoeandBob.Theydidnoteventelltheirwives.Whentheirfatherdied,theythought

ittheirdutytokeepEricinhiding.Alltheseyears,Erichadlivedasarecluse.He

usedtosleepduringthedayandworkatnight,quiteunawareofthefactthathehad

becometheghostofEndley.Whenhedied,however,hisbrothersfoundit

impossibletokeepthesecretanylonger.

[Newwordsandexpressions）生詞和短語

?labourern.勞動者

?overnightadv.——夜之間

?hayn.干草

?cornn.谷物

?moonlightn.月光

?conscientiousadj,認真的

?suspectv.懷疑

?desertv.（軍隊中）開小差

?regimentn.（軍隊）團

?actionn.戰斗

?reclusen.隱士

■labourern.勞動者

labourer特別強調使用體力，而不是技能；戶外工作

workman指具有某種工藝技能的半熟練工人

worker泛指，暗示具有更高的技術水平，通常指腦力勞動者

farmhand農場雇工，農業工人；farmlabourer

■overnightadv.——夜之間

■hayn.干草

■cornn.谷物

■moonlightn.月光

■conscientiousadj.認真的

aconscientiousteacher

consciousadj.意識到的，清楚的

■suspectv.懷疑

suspectvt.懷疑tobelievetobetrueorlikely

Isuspectedhimofstealingthecar.

suspectedthat...

Hesuspectedthathisgirlfriendtriedtohidehertruefeelings,

suspectsb.tobe

Isuspecthimtobeaspy.

doubt懷疑，表示否定的語意

Idoubtwhetherheisaliar./Isuspectthatheisaliar.

Idoubtthetruthofhisstatement.

suspiciousadj.

Catsaresuspiciousofhumanbeings.

suspicionn.猜疑，懷疑

■desertv.（軍隊中）開小差

desertvt.runawaywithoutpermission

Thesoldierdesertedhisarmy.

Weshelteredfromthestorminadesertedhut.

abandon放棄

desert違背法律、道義、責任、信仰

desertthearmy,desertschool,deserthisduty,deserthisfamily

abandon被迫放棄所感興趣或所負責任的東西。

Hehadtoabandonhisfavoriteresearchbecauseofthewar.

forsakevt.放棄，拋棄，與……脫離關系

Eg.:Heforsookhisfamily.

discardv.放棄，丟棄：giveupasuseless

Eg.:everydaywediscardalargeamountofrubbish.

■regimentn.（軍隊）團

■actionn.戰斗

■reclusen.隱二t:

二、［Newwordsandexpressions］生詞和短語

三、【課文精析】

Itissaidthepublichousewashaunted.

haunt:visitsomewhereveryoften

Hehauntedthiscinema.

own==possess

thefarmwaspossessedbytwobrothers.

bewillingto==bereadytodo

everytime==whenever弓I導時間狀語從句

EverytimeIlistentohisadvice,Igetintotrouble.

WheneverIlistentohisadvice,Igetintotrouble.

wakeuptofindthat醒過來的時候，結果卻發現……

to不定式做結果狀語

Hewokeuptofindthathewassurroundedbyalargecrowdofpeople.

Hehurriedtothepostofficeonlytofindthatitwasshut.

and平行句式結構

hay干草

Afarmworker,who...,claimedto...

句子主干：Afarmworkerclaimedto...

claimtohavedone

claimtohavedone聲稱做過某事

Eg:Heclaimedtohaveseenthepuma.

Seamenclaimedtohaveseenmonsters.

seesb.doingsth.看見某人正在做某事

who引導非限制性定語從句，補充說明afarmworker

Theseyoungpeople,wholovethepeaceofthemoutains,alwaysreceiveawarm

welcomeatSaintBernardMonastery.

stayup:nottogotobed

Istayeduplastnight

Theboysatuptoseethefilm.

waitupfor/situpfor為了等待某人回來而不睡覺

Don'twaitupforme,I'llbehomeverylate.

burnthemidnightoil開夜車

Eg:Ihavetoburnthemidnightoiltonighttocompletework.

intime最后，終于

Itbecameanacceptedfactthat...

變成一個大家都接受的事實

that引導同位語從句，補充說明fact

同位語補充說明先行詞的內涵

Anideacametoherthatshemightdotheexperimentinanotherway.

Everybodyhadalreadyacceptedthefactthatthepumaisstillatlarge.

Itbecomesanacceptedfactthatehtpumaisstillatlarge.

that引導定語從句

Noonesuspectedthat...

someoneelsewhohadneerbeenseen

beastonished=besurprised

astonish,surprise,amaze,astound

beastonishedtodosth.

I'mnotsurprisedtoseeheisstillasfatasbefore.

for==as是對全句的補述

noneotherthan==nootherthan強調結構，表示不是別人而正是...

Eg:Themanwhohadsenttheflowerswasnoneotherthanthemanshehadspoken

tothenightbefore.

ItwasnootherthanmyoldfriendJohnson.

Themanwhospoketoherwasnoneotherthanherhusband.

nothingelsethan僅僅

Eg:Hisfailiurewasduetonothingelsethanhisowncarelessness.

athirdbrother又一位兄弟

whowassupposed=whowasthought

Hewassupposedtohavedied20yearsbefore.

keepsecret保密

revealsecret揭露秘密，披露秘密

Thepressrevealedthescandal.

Hekeptsecretforalongtime.

hekeptittohimselfforalongtime.

verymuch:much用來加強語氣

beobligedtodo=beforcedtodo被迫做某事

Hehadbeeninhiding...

Fearingtheauthorities...現在分詞弓I導原因狀語

inhiding=inconcealment

heremainedinhidingathome...

theonlyotherpeoplewhoknewthesecret僅知道的人

theonlyotherpeoplewhofinishedthework僅完成這項工作的人

theythoughtittheirdutyto...

it形式賓語

Ithoughtitverydifficulttopassthisexamination.

Weallthinkitourdutytosupportourparents.

形式賓語it和賓語補足語直接搭配連用，賓語補足語可以是名詞或形容詞

形容詞短語做狀語，進一步補充說明全句

quiteunawareofthefactthat...

that引導同位語從句

Weamassrequisitesquiteunawareofthefact.

amass收藏，積聚

hisbrothersfounditimpossibletodo...

it形式賓語

Itisquiteimpossibletofinishthehardworkin2hours.

Ifounditquiteimpossibletofinishthehardworkin2hours.

Lesson31Alovableeccentric

可愛的怪人

一、［Text］課文

Trueeccentricsneverdeliberatelysetouttodrawattentiontothemselves.They

disregardsocialconventionswithoutbeingconsciousthattheyaredoinganything

extraordinary.Thisinvariablywinsthemtheloveandrespectofothers,fortheyadd

colourtothedullroutineofeverydaylife.

Uptothetimeofhisdeath,RichardColsonwasoneofthemostnotablefiguresin

ourtown.Hewasashrewdandwealthybusinessman,butmostpeopleinthetown

hardlyknewanythingaboutthissideofhislife.HewasknowntousallasDickieand

hiseccentricityhadbecomelegendarylongbeforehedied.

Dickiedislikedsnobsintensely.Thoughheownedalargecar,hehardlyeverusedit,

preferringalwaystogoonfoot.Evenwhenitwasrainingheavily,herefusedto

carryanumbrella.Oneday,hewalkedintoanexpensiveshopafterhavingbeen

caughtinaparticularlyheavyshower.Hewantedtobuya￡300watchforhiswife,

buthewasinsuchabedraggledconditionthatanassistantrefusedtoservehim.

Dickielefttheshopwithoutawordandreturnedcarryingalargeclothbag.Asitwas

extremelyheavy,hedumpeditonthecounter.Theassistantaskedhimtoleave,

butDickiepaidnoattentiontohimandrequestedtoseethemanager.Recognizing

whothecustomerwas,themanagerwasmostapologeticand'reprimandedthe

assistantseverely.WhenDickiewasgiventhewatch,hepresentedtheassistant

withtheclothbag.Itcontained￡300inpennies.Heinsistedontheassistant's

countingthemoneybeforeheleft----30,000penniesinall!Onanotheroccasion,he

invitedanumberofimportantcriticstoseehisprivatecollectionofmodern

paintings.Thisexhibitionreceivedagreatdealofattentioninthepress,forthough

thepicturesweresupposedtobetheworkoffamousartists,theyhadinfactbeen

paintedbyDickie.Ittookhimfouryearstostagethiselaboratejokesimplytoprove

thatcriticsdonotalwaysknowwhattheyaretalkingabout.

二、［Newwordsandexpressions）生詞和短語

?lovableadj.可愛的

?eccentricn.（行為）古怪的人

?disregardV.不顧，漠視

?conventionn.習俗，風俗

?consciousadj.感覺到的，意識到的

?invariablyadv.總是，經常地

?routinen.常規；慣例

?shrewdadj.精明的

?eccentricityn.怪僻

?legendaryadj.傳奇般的

?snobn.諂上欺卜的人

?intenselyadv.強烈地

?bedraggledadj拖泥帶水的

?dumpv.把……砰的一聲拋下

?apologeticadj.道歉的

?reprimandv.訓斥

?stagev.暗中策劃

?elaborateadj.精心構思的

■lovableadj.可愛的

lovable==worthyoflove

lovely=beautiful可愛的

lovable惹人愛

Eg:Whathedoesislovable.

Ilikethelovelyboy/girl.

Alargenumberofeccentricsarelovable.許多怪人惹人喜愛。

■eccentricn.（行為）古怪的人

eccentric:apersonwhosebehaviouispeculiar,unusual,ratherstrange.

eccentric:adj.peculiar,unusual;strange

strange因為陌生而奇怪

Eg.:Themodernbuildinglooksstrangetothevillages.

eccentric行為舉止古怪

Eg.:Ican'tgetonwellwithhim,becauseheiseccentric.

odd強調因為少見而多怪

Eg.:Look,heiswearinganoddhat.

peculiar奇異的，不同尋常的

Thehouseispeculiar.

Ifeelpeculiartoday.==Ifeeluncomfortable/ill.==I'mnotmyselftoday,

eccentricityn.怪癖

■disregardv.不顧，漠視

disregard:ignore;paynoattentionto

Disregardnoiseandkeepworking

disregardn.

havedisregardof/for

Hehascompletedisregardof/formyfeelings.

indisregardof

Hedidtheworkindisregardofmyinstructions.

treatsb.withdisregard怠慢某人

Anyway,don'ttreatyourfriendswithdisregard.

■conventionn,習俗,風俗

convention:generallyacceptedpractice.

ShakinghandswhenmeetingpeopleisnormalconventioninChina.

custom歷史悠久的社會習俗

It'sacustomofgivingpresentsatChristmas.

Healwaysdoesexactlywhathewantsanddoesnotcareaboutconvention.

practice某團體的傳統做法或令他人無法接受的習俗

Eg.:Thenormalpracticeinthecompanyistosendbillassoonasthejobisdone.

Yourstomachwouldturnattheideaoffryingpotatoesinanimalfat-thenormally

acceptedpracticeinmanynortherncountries.（三冊L23）

tradition傳統

SpendingChristmasDayisatraditionforwesternpeople.

habit個人習慣

IhaveahabitofreadingEnglishaloudinthemorning.

■consciousadj.感覺到的，意識到的

conscious==aware

beconsciousof/that

beawareof/that

Heisquiteunawareofthedanger.

Heisnotconsciousofthedanger.

classconscious有階級意識的

familyconscious有家庭觀念的

clothesconscious注重衣著的

stairsconscious注重地位的

aware,conscious的反義詞直接加un-

unaware,unconscious

subconscious下意識的

consciousnessn.

■invariablyadv.總是,經常地

■routinen.常規;慣例

routine:theregularfixedwayofsth./doingthings

followtheroutine墨守常規

breaktheroutine打破常規

startthedailyroutine開始每天的日常生活

■shrewdadj.精明的

shrewed:showinggoodpracticaljudgement精明的，狡滑的，敏銳的，機靈的

Heisashrewedobserver.

Wehavegotshrewedcommonsense.

Sb.isshrewed.==Hehasgoodjudgement.

shrewedbrained

shrewedheaded頭腦機靈的

shrewedlooking看起來機靈的

L31-02end1126〃

L31-03begin

cunning:cleveratdeceiving善于歉騙的

sly用更隱秘的辦法來達到目的

aslyoldfox

■eccentricityn.，隆僻

■legendaryadj.傳奇般的

■snobn.詒上欺下的人

■intenselyadv.強烈地

intenseadj.verystrong;violent;extreme;sharp;etc.

intensecold嚴寒

intenseheat酷暑

intensediscussion激烈的討論

intensifyvt,使增強

Youmustintensifyyoursenseofresponsibility.你必須力口強責任感。

intensityn.

Losingjobsaregrowinginintensity.

stharegrowinginintensity....（某種程度）在加強

Eg:Losingjobsaregrowinginintensity.

■bedraggledadj拖泥帶水的

■dumpv.把砰的一聲拋下

■reprimandv.訓斥

reprimand:scoldofficiallyandseverely

blame責備（語氣程度很弱）

Eg.:Theteacherblamedhimforhiscominglate.

scold斥責（語氣稍重一點）

Don'tscoldmeforatrifle.

reproach斥責（語氣最嚴重）

Heoftenreproachedhischildren.

reprimand:scoldofficiallyandseverely

Thebossreprimandedhisemployeesseverely.

■apologeticadj.道歉的

apologizev.

Heapologizedtohisboss.

Thebossapologizedtohisemployees.

Hewasapologetic?他致以歉意

apologyn.歉意

makeapologytosb.forsth.

■stagev.暗中策劃

Hestageajoke.

■elaborateadj.精心構思的

elaborate==carefullyworkedout

anelaboratedesign精心的設計

elaboratevt.

Heelaboratedasystemofcomputer.

三、【課文精析】

deliberately:onpurpose

setouttodo=setaboutdoing=startdoing/todosth.

drawattentionto吸引對...的注意

capture/attract/hold/catch/arrest/receive/drawattentionto吸弓I對..的注意力

Hemadeamistakewithoutbeingconsciousofthefact

invariably=always

Herfinecharacterquicklywonherthefriendshipofhercolleagues

winsbsth為某人贏得……

addcolourto增添色彩

Eccentricsaddcolourtoourdulllife.

uptothetimeofhisdeath:beforehedied.完成時

notable:famous

thissideofhislife生活的這一面

Dickiedislikedsnobsintensely/violently

preferring現在分詞做伴隨狀況狀語

becaughtinaheavyshower遇到瓢潑大雨

becaughtinaheavysnow遇至U大雪

becaughtinaheavystorm遇至【J風暴

paynoattentiontosb=ignoresb=takenonoticeofsb=turnadeafeartosb對..

不予理睬

Dickietooknonoticeofhim

dickieturnedadeafeartohim.

refusetolistento

request求見（非常正式而有禮貌的用詞，語氣相當強烈，假如你request某件東西的話，通

常你有權利得到你想要的。）

Irequestedtheheadmaster.

Everystudentcanrequestassistanceoftheirteachers/

demand在語氣上還要強烈，假如你demand某件東西的話，你堅決認為你有權利得到你想

要的，且不愿意接受否定的回答。

Idemandmyrights.我要求我的權力。

ask口頭或寫信介到某物

Iaskedtogetthebook.

heaskedmeforhelp.

realizingorrecognizing在這里現在分詞做原因狀語

most=verymuch

presentsb.withsth.orpresentsth.tosb.把...交給

insistondoing/insistthat

Heinsistedthattheshopassistantshouldcountthemoneybeforeheleft.

receiveagreatdealofattentioninthepress弓I起了報界廣泛注意

simplytoprove=onlytoprove

talknonsense胡說八道

talksense說正經話

Lesson32Alostship一艘沉船

一、［Text］課文

Thesalvageoperationhadbeenacompletefailure.Thesmallship,Elkor,whichhad

beensearchingtheBarentsSeaforweeks,wasonitswayhome.Aradiomessage

fromthemainlandhadbeenreceivedbytheship'scaptaininstructinghimtogiveup

thesearch.Thecaptainknewthatanotherattemptwouldbemadelater,forthe

sunkenshiphewastryingtofindhadbeencarryingapreciouscargoofgoldbullion.

Despitethemessage,thecaptainoftheElkordecidedtotryoncemore.Theseabed

wasscouredwithpowerfulnetsandtherewastremendousexcitementonboard

whenachestwasraisedfromthebottom.Thoughthecrewwereatfirstunderthe

impressionthatthelostshiphadbeenfound,thecontentsofthechestprovedthem

wrong.Whattheyhadinfactfoundwasashipwhichhadbeensunkmanyyears

before.

Thechestcontainedthepersonalbelongingsofaseaman,AlanFielding.Therewere

books,clothingandphotographsftogetherwithletterswhichtheseamanhadonce

receivedfromhiswife.ThecaptainoftheElkororderedhismentosalvageasmuch

aspossiblefromthewreck.Nothingofvaluewasfound,butthenumerousitems

whichwerebroughttothesurfaceprovedtobeofgreatinterest.Fromaheavygun

thatwasraised,thecaptainrealizedthattheshipmusthavebeenacruiser.In

anotherchest,whichcontainedthebelongingsofaship'sofficer,therewasan

unfinishedletterwhichhadbeenwrittenonMarch14th,1943.Thecaptainlearnt

fromtheletterthatthenameofthelostshipwastheKaren.Themostvaluablefind

ofallwastheship'slogbook,partsofwhichitwasstillpossibletoread.Fromthis

thecaptainwasabletopiecetogetheralltheinformationthathadcometolight.The

KarenhadbeensailinginaconvoytoRussiawhenshewastorpedoedbyanenemy

submarine.ThiswaslaterconfirmedbyanavalofficialattheMinistryofDefence

aftertheElkorhadreturnedhome.Alltheitemsthatwerefoundweresenttothe

WarMuseum.

二、［Newwordsandexpressions］生詞和短語

?salvagev.救助，營救；打撈

?Barentsn.巴倫支（海）

?sunkenadj.沉沒的

?cargon.貨物

?bullionn.金條；銀條

?scourv.徹底搜索

?chestn.大箱子

?contentsn.（復數）所裝的東西

?belongingsn.（復數）所有物

?itemn.物件

?cruisern.巡洋艦

?findn.找到的物品

?logbook航海日志

?piecev.拼成整體

?convoyn.擴?航

?torpedov.用魚雷攻擊

?submarinen.潛水艇

?navaladj.海軍的

?ministryn.（政府的）部

■salvagev.救助，營救；打撈

salvagegoodsfromthefire

salvagethepatient

salvageyourtime節省時間

salvagearchaelogy搶救性考古

salvageboat救助船

salvagemoney救助費，打撈費

■Barentsn.巴倫支（海）

■sunkenadj.沉沒的

■cargon.貨物

cargo:thegoodscarriedbyship;planeorvehicle

Eg.:Theshiphasacargoof1,000tons

cargovessel

goods:thegoodscarriedbyplaneortrain也可以做形容詞，只能表示鐵路運輸，常指商

店里的的商品。

Eg.:Trainsareusedtocarrygoodsandpassengers.

Agoodstrain

■bullionn.金條；銀條

■scourv.徹底搜索

gothrough

Thehousehasbeensearched/scouredforthehiddenbullion.

scour/search/hunt（都可與for搭配，表示目的）

search指尋找丟失的東西或被認為是存在的東西，比lookfor更正式

hunt指漫無邊際的尋找急需要的東西

scour表示徹底地搜查一個特定范圍并喑示花費更大的力氣

Eg.:Ihavebeensearchingeverywhere,butIcan'tfindthekey.

Wespentaweekhuntingforthepuma.

Theyscouredthewoodsforthechild.

scour/search/hunt（都可與for搭配，表示目的）

■chestn.大箱子

chest:alargestrongboxinwhichvaluableobjectsarekept

case衣箱（總稱）

suitcase手提箱

safe保