?? 新概念英語第三冊(cè)
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Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric
He wanted to buy a $300 watch for his wife,
他走進(jìn)一家高級(jí)商店，要為妻子買一塊價(jià)值300英鎊的手表。
Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric
but he was in such a bedraggled condition than an assistant refused to serve him.
但店員見他渾身泥水的樣子，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.
迪基二話沒說就走了。一會(huì)兒，他帶著一個(gè)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臺(tái)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.
店員讓迪基走開，他置之不理，并要求見經(jīng)理。
Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric
Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely.
經(jīng)理認(rèn)出了這位顧客，表示了深深的歉意，還嚴(yán)厲地訓(xùn)斥了店員。
Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric
When Dickie was given the watch, the presented the assistant with the cloth bag.
店員為迪基拿出了那塊手表，迪基把布口袋遞給他，口袋里面裝著300鎊的便士。
Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric
It contained $300 in pennies.
他堅(jiān)持要店員點(diǎn)清那些硬幣后他才離去。
Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric
He insisted on the assistant's counting the money before he left -- 30,000 pennies in all!
這些硬幣加在一起共有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.
還有一次，他邀請(qǐng)一些著名評(píng)論家來參觀他私人收藏的現(xiàn)代畫。
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.
這次展覽引起報(bào)界廣泛注意，因?yàn)檫@些畫名義上是名家的作品，事實(shí)上是迪基自己畫的。
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年時(shí)間策劃這出精心設(shè)計(jì)的鬧劇，只是想證明評(píng)論家們有時(shí)并不解他們所談?wù)摰氖虑椤?/div>
Lesson 32 A lost ship
The salvage operation had been a complete failure.
打撈工作徹底失敗了。
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“埃爾科”號(hào)在巴倫支海搜尋了幾個(gè)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，該船船長(zhǎng)收到了大陸發(fā)來的電報(bào)，指示他們放棄這次搜尋。
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.
船長(zhǎng)知道日后還會(huì)再作嘗試，因?yàn)樗噲D尋找的沉船上載有一批珍貴的金條。
Lesson 32 A lost ship
Despite the message, the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more.
盡管船長(zhǎng)接了電報(bào)，他還是決定再試一試。
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.
他們用結(jié)實(shí)的網(wǎng)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.
當(dāng)一只箱子從海底被打撈上來時(shí)，甲板上人們激動(dòng)不已。船員們開始認(rèn)為沉船找著了，但海底沉箱內(nèi)的物品證明他們弄錯(cuò)了。
Lesson 32 A lost ship
What they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years before.
事實(shí)上，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)的是另一艘沉沒多年的船。
Lesson 32 A lost ship
The chest contained the personal belongings of a seaman, Alan Fielding.
木箱內(nèi)裝有水手艾倫。菲爾丁的私人財(cái)物，
Lesson 32 A lost ship
There were books, clothing and photographs, together with letters which the seaman had once received from his wife.
其中有書箱、衣服、照片以及水手收到的妻子的來信。
Lesson 32 A lost ship
The captain of the Elkor ordered his men to salvage as much as possible from the wreck.
“埃爾科”號(hào)船長(zhǎng)命令船員們盡量從沉船中打撈物品，
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.
但沒發(fā)現(xiàn)什么值錢的東西，不過打撈出來的眾多的物品還是引起了大家極大的興趣。
Lesson 32 A lost ship
From a heavy gun that was raised, the captain realized that the ship must have been a cruiser.
從撈起的一門大炮來看，船長(zhǎng)認(rèn)為那艘船一定是艘巡洋艦。
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.
另一只海底沉箱中裝的是船上一位軍官的財(cái)物，其中有一封寫于1943年3月14日的信，但沒有寫完。
Lesson 32 A lost ship
The captain learnt from the letter that the name of the lost ship was the Karen.
從這封信中船長(zhǎng)了解到沉船船名是“卡倫”號(hào)。
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.
打撈到的東西中最有價(jià)值的是船上的航海日志，其中有一部分仍然清晰可讀。
Lesson 32 A lost ship
From this the captain was able to piece together all the information that had come to light.
據(jù)此，船長(zhǎng)可以將所有的那些已經(jīng)搞清的材料拼湊起來。
Lesson 32 A lost ship
The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine.
“卡倫”號(hào)當(dāng)年在為其他船只護(hù)航駛往俄國(guó)的途中突然遭到敵方潛水艇魚雷的襲擊。