It is not uncommon to hear that a shipping company has made a claim for cost of salvaging a sunken ship.
航運公司為打撈沉船而提出索賠，這是常有的事，
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 43 Fully insured
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 公司，商號;作伴，伴侶，客人;連隊，中隊;（社交）集會，聚會;
?? com(together)+pan(bread)+y(名詞后綴)→交誼；伙伴
"He absconded with the company funds."
他卷走公司的資金潛逃了。
近義：institution, merging, partnership, pool, society, trust
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt. 聲稱;斷言;需要;索取;
vi. 提出要求;
n. （根據權利而提出的）要求;聲稱;斷言;索賠;
?? claim→要求；主張；要求；權利；主張
"It would be disingenuous of me to claim I had never seen it."
要說我從未看到過，那就是言不由衷了。
近義：adduce, allege, require, summon, request, demand
反義：impart, award, present, accord, bestow, administer
adj. 不尋常的;罕見的;非凡的，杰出的;非常接近的;
"Side effects from the drug are uncommon."
這藥很少有副作用。
近義：infrequent, irregular, astonishing, nonconforming, odd, atypical
反義：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
vt.& vi. 聽到，聽見;
vt. 聽說;得知;聽取;審理;
vi. 聽;聽見;
?? h(身體兩側)+ear(耳朵):身體兩側能 聽見
"I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen."
我聽得見他在廚房里瞎折騰。
近義：listen, overhear, hearken, hark, harken
n. [船]船舶;船舶總數;航運，海運;運送;
v. 運送，乘船(ship的ing形式);
"The canal is open to shipping."
運河可以通航了。
近義：shipment, boarding, consignment, embarkment, navigation, sailing