August 17th, 2009 
ghostlei } 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 instructing 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.
} Taiwan is the integrated part of China.
台湾是中国领土不可分割的一部分。这句话的表达意思有多种，我给出的这句话是几年前看美国新闻的时候听到的。mainland 就是我们常说的大陆，中国大陆。
} 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.
} A:I heard there are a few seats left for tonight show.
B:Really? I was under the impression that they were sold out a long time ago.
A:我听说今天晚上的表演还有一些位子。
B: 是吗？我以为好长时间以前票就卖完了。
under the impression,前面如果是现在时，就等于I think;如果是过去式，就是I thought, 意思是表达我是怎么认为的。
} 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.
} photograph/photographer
后面这个词是摄影师。注意这两个词的重点发音。
A:hey,this picture doesn’t do you justice.
B:passport and driver’s license pictures never do.
A: 嘿，你这张照片照得没有你本人好看。
B：护照和驾照照片都是这个样子。
Pictures usually flatter movie stars.
照片通常把明星变得很好看。即是在表达人没有照片好看的意思。flatter 是个动词，夸张的赞美，倡美
} 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.
} Numerous
numeric/ numerical
这两个词你可以当作是number 的形容词。下面是有的车起的名字，非常的大气，洋气——
} Land Cruiser 陆地巡洋舰
Land Rover 路虎 
} 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.
} log-weblog-blog
博客一开始是log, 后来写网络日志，就说成weblog，后来简写成blog，是这样来的。还有一些词，特别是英译的词，这些译法无所谓对错，不同的地方翻译的可能不同。如——
Blog 博客-布洛格
大陆翻译成博客；台湾好像叫布洛格
Bush 布什-布c
大陆翻译成布什；台湾叫做布C
New Zealand 新西兰-纽西兰
有的地方说新西兰，有的称纽西兰，其实是一样的。
The day after tomorrow 后天-明天过后
这个也是大陆和台湾的不同说法
} 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 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.
} Ministry of
ministry 部；Ministry of Defence 国防部。把 defence 替换掉——
transportation/health/finance/
environment/commerce/labor
交通部/卫生部/金融部/环保部/商业部，工商部/劳动部
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