💬 新概念英语第三册

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

He wanted to buy a $300 watch for his wife,

他走进一家高级商店，要为妻子买一块价值300英镑的手表。

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

but he was in such a bedraggled condition than an assistant refused to serve him.

但店员见他浑身泥水的样子，竟不肯接待他。

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

Dickie left the shop without a word and returned carrying a large cloth bag.

迪基二话没说就走了。一会儿，他带着一个大布口袋回到店里。

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

As it was extremely heavy, he dumped it on the counter.

布袋很沉，他重重地把布袋扔在柜台上。

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

The assistant asked him to leave, but Dickie paid no attention to him and requested to see the manager.

店员让迪基走开，他置之不理，并要求见经理。

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely.

经理认出了这位顾客，表示了深深的歉意，还严厉地训斥了店员。

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

When Dickie was given the watch, the presented the assistant with the cloth bag.

店员为迪基拿出了那块手表，迪基把布口袋递给他，口袋里面装着300镑的便士。

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

It contained $300 in pennies.

他坚持要店员点清那些硬币后他才离去。

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

He insisted on the assistant's counting the money before he left -- 30,000 pennies in all!

这些硬币加在一起共有30，000枚！

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

On another occasion, he invited a number of important critics to see his private collection of modern paintings.

还有一次，他邀请一些著名评论家来参观他私人收藏的现代画。

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press, for though the pictures were supposed to be the work of famous artists, they had in fact been painted by Dickie.

这次展览引起报界广泛注意，因为这些画名义上是名家的作品，事实上是迪基自己画的。

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.

他花了4年时间策划这出精心设计的闹剧，只是想证明评论家们有时并不解他们所谈论的事情。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

The salvage operation had been a complete failure.

打捞工作彻底失败了。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home.

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。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search.

返航前，该船船长收到了大陆发来的电报，指示他们放弃这次搜寻。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

The captain knew that another attempt would be made later, for the sunken ship he was trying to find had been carrying a precious cargo of gold bullion.

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。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

Despite the message, the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more.

尽管船长接了电报，他还是决定再试一试。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board went a chest was raised from the bottom.

他们用结实的网把海床搜索了一遍。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found, the contents of the chest proved them wrong.

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。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

What they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years before.

事实上，他们发现的是另一艘沉没多年的船。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

The chest contained the personal belongings of a seaman, Alan Fielding.

木箱内装有水手艾伦。菲尔丁的私人财物，

Lesson 32 A lost ship

There were books, clothing and photographs, together with letters which the seaman had once received from his wife.

其中有书箱、衣服、照片以及水手收到的妻子的来信。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

The captain of the Elkor ordered his men to salvage as much as possible from the wreck.

“埃尔科”号船长命令船员们尽量从沉船中打捞物品，

Lesson 32 A lost ship

Nothing of value was found, but the numerous items which were brought to the surface proved to be of great interest.

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。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

From a heavy gun that was raised, the captain realized that the ship must have been a cruiser.

从捞起的一门大炮来看，船长认为那艘船一定是艘巡洋舰。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

In another chest, which contained the belongings of a ship's officer, there was an unfinished letter which had been written on March 14th, 1943.

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。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

The captain learnt from the letter that the name of the lost ship was the Karen.

从这封信中船长了解到沉船船名是“卡伦”号。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

The most valuable find of all was the ship's log book, parts of which it was still possible to read.

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。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

From this the captain was able to piece together all the information that had come to light.

据此，船长可以将所有的那些已经搞清的材料拼凑起来。

Lesson 32 A lost ship

The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine.

“卡伦”号当年在为其他船只护航驶往俄国的途中突然遭到敌方潜水艇鱼雷的袭击。