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ern n. 船尾；port side 左舷一边；turret 炮塔；cruiser巡洋舰；rule out 排除；salvage vt.打捞；Admiralty 海军部； sea-dog (贬) 海员；desecrate vt. 亵渎；trace out 画出轮廓；turned out to be 结果是；be in sight 看得见，遥遥在望。
1. When the HMS EDINBURGH sank __________.
A. she was on her way back to England B. she went down with all the members of her crew
C. she had been missing for several days D. she turned upside-down before disappearing under the water
2. The ship lay undisturbed for nearly 40 years because __________.
A. no explosives were strong enough to blast her open B. no traditional methods of salvaging were feasible
C. no diver was allowed to approach a war grave D. no diver could stand the icy temperatures of the sea
3. Keith Jessop was convinced that the stories about the HMS EDINBURGH were true because _________.
A. he had documentary evidence to prove his case B. he had been told the stories by a reliable old sea-dog
C. he had been sent a secret report from the Admiralty D. he had been doing some diving in that area himself
4. When the salvage team began their attempts to locate the wreck __________.
A. they found their equipment would not operate in thick fog
B. they were assisted by some sophisticated scanning equipment
C. their expensive equipment was almost wrecked on the seabed
D. their sonar equipment was washed overboard by the heavy seas
5. The finding of the wreck meant that _________.
A. their problems were now at an end B. their dream of getting the gold had come true
C. their mission had now been fulfilled D. their promise of success might now be realized
Text 2 Word Study
1. argue argue against …据理反对; 证明……是不能成立的: 1) All the evidence argued against the theory that the disease was transmitted by water. 所有证据都证明这个理论是不能成立的: 这种疾病是由水传播的。 2) Father argued fiercely against any increase in expenditure for the children’s birth-day party. 父亲据理反对增加孩子们生日聚会的花费。 argue about 争论关于某事：I won’t argue about the matter. argue sb. into doing sth. 通过争论使某人做某事：We argued him into surrendering the control of the chain company. 我们通过争论使他放弃对链锁公司的控制。 同根词 argument n. 辩论，争论；论点，论据。argumentation n. 立论，论证；辩论，争论。argumentative adj. 爱争论的，好辩论的。
2. sure adj. 确实，无疑，有把握：I think he’s coming, but I’m not quite sure. You are sure of a warm welcome. 你一定会受到热烈欢迎。You’re sure to fail if you do it that way. You seem very sure of yourself, young man. 小伙子，你未免太自信了吧！ 常用成语：for sure肯定： One thing is sure. We’ve won a great victory. I think he lives there but I couldn’t say for sure. 我想他住在那里，但我不能肯定。 make sure 确保： I think the door is locked, but I’d better go and make sure. 我想门已经锁了，但我最好还是去查一下。 to be sure 当然：He’s clever, to be sure, but not very hard-working. 当然，他很聪明，但是不怎么勤奋。
3. critical adj. 决定性的，关键的；危急时刻的。 be critical of 批评的, 爱挑毛病的: 1) Don’t be so critical of everyone else. (不要对别人如此挑剔。) 2) If you really understood the difficulties facing the government, you wouldn’t be so critical of its spending reductions.（如果你真地理解政府面临的困难, 你就不会对其削减开支的做法如此挑剔。）
Text 3 Word Study
1.press vt./vi. 1) 按，压，踩：Press the button to start the engine. (请按按钮起动发动机。) I don’t like shoes that press. (我不喜欢紧的鞋。) 2) 熨烫 vt.：Will you press my trousers for me before tomorrow? 3) (人群)挤，涌：The people were pressing so hard against the President’s car that they almost overturned it. 4) 敦促，催逼：His daughters pressed Shelley to join them. It’s no use pressing him; he doesn’t like to be hurried. The matter does not press. (这件事不紧迫。) The police pressed the students back behind the barriers. (警察迫使学生退到路障后面。)
press n. 新闻界，舆论，报章杂志（和the连用）：Defend the freedom of the press. (维护新闻自由。) The press will give us a great backing. (舆论会大力支持我们的。) The meeting was reported by the press.
同根词：pressing adj. 紧迫的，急待解决的：Is the matter pressing? Their attention ought to be focused on the more pressing problems. The professor is returning on account of pressing duties at home.
常用成语：1) be pressed for time (money) 缺乏时间、金钱：We are pressed for time. We must hurry up. (我们时间不够。我们必须赶紧。) 2) press ahead with 加紧（努力）：We must press ahead with our efforts to reach an agreement. 3) press for 急切要求： They are pressing 上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] ... 下一页 >> | 
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