A Lost Ship 一艘沉船

The salvage operation had been a complete failure. The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home. A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain conducting him to give up the search. 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.
Despite the message, the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more. The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the bottom. Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found, the contents of the chest proved them wrong. What they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years before.
The chest contained the personal belongings of a seaman, Alan Fielding. There were books, clothing and photographs,together with letters which the seaman had once received from his wife. The captain of the Elkor ordered his men to salvage as much as possible from the wreck. Nothing of value was found, but the numerous items which were brought to the surface proved to be of great interest. From a heavy gun that was raised, the captain realized that the ship must have been a cruiser. 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. The captain learnt from the letter that the name of the lost ship was the Karen. The most valuable find of all was the ship's log book, parts of which it was still possible to read. From this the captain was able to piece together all the information that had come to light. The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine. This was later confirmed by a naval official at the Ministry of Defence after the Elkor had returned home. All the items that were found were sent to the War Museum.

16. 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值的是船上的航海日志，其中有一部分仍然清晰可讀。

語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:which引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，修飾log book。后半句改寫為正常語序就是it was still possible to read parts of the log book.

語言點2:be still possible to read的意思是“仍然可讀”。

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

據(jù)此，船長可以將所有的那些已經(jīng)搞清的材料拼湊起來。

語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:was able to piece together的意思是“（過去）成功地講這些碎片拼在一起了”。That引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾information。

語言點2:come to light的意思是“重見天日”。

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

“卡倫”號當(dāng)年在為其他船只護航駛往俄國的途中突然遭到敵方潛水艇魚雷的襲擊。

語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:she指代“卡倫”號，這是典型的擬人修辭格。