（第一段）
The salvage
operation had been a complete failure.
知识点（1）
operation: work / activity /
action 工作/活动/行动
operation 手术
The patient will have / undergo an
operation on appendicitis.
The doctor will do / perform / carry
out an operation on the patient for
appendicitis.
He is an authority on
surgery（泛指外科手术）.
知识点（2）
课文写法替换：
The salvage operation had proved (to be)
a complete failure. 被证明是…
The salvage operation had been a (complete)
fiasco.
The salvage operation had been in vain.
The
small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks,
was on its way home.
语法分析：
The small ship, Elkor（同位语）, which had been searching the
Barents Sea for weeks（时间状语）
（which引导非限定性定语从句）was on its way home.
知识点（1）
语法：“船”做同位语时，定冠词可省略
The loss of the Titanic
The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New
York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912.
The Cutty Sark
One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century,
the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at
Greenwich.
知识点（2）
语法：定语从句充当状语从句，简化句子。前面相邻的词或短语必须是下面句子的一个成分
课文时间状语写法：
The small ship, Elkor, after she
had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way
home.
I have to be very careful not to offend the boss,
who（充当原因状语） could fire me at any time.
I have to be very careful not to offend the boss,
because he could fire me at any
time.
The action, which （充当让步状语）has aroused
universal disapproval, is nevertheless the only solution.
The action, although it has
aroused universal disapproval, is nevertheless the only
solution.
知识点（3）
on one’s way (to …) 在…的路上
On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped
his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared
down a drain.
造句：在 Ellesmere 公司工作的垃圾工 Alfred
Bloggs，在连续工作了 8 小时之后，正在回家的途中。
… Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the
Ellesmere Corporation.
Some plays are so successful that they run for years on
end.
模仿新概念的课文完成上面造句
Alfred Bloggs, a dustman for the
Ellesmere Corporation, who had been working
for 8 hours on end, was on his way
home.
A
radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain
instructing him to give up the search.
语法分析：
A radio message from the
mainland（介词短语当后置定语） had been received by the ship's
captain instructing him to give up the search（后置定语,修饰radio
message）.
知识点（1）
表达“电报”：
radio message
radiogram
telegram
知识点（2）
mainland 大陆
mainland Europe （名字做定语）
mainland China
知识点（3）
表达“船上的人”：
captain / skipper 船长
first mate 大副
sailor / seaman / mariner
船员、水手
crew 全体船员（可数）
She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a
crew of 89l.
Though the crew were at first under the
impression that …
知识点（4） lessson5
instruct sb. to do ...（正式的）命令某人做某事
The editor at once sent the journalist a fax
instructing him to find out the exact number of
steps and the height of the wall.
Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to place the
money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door.
知识点（5）
表达“放弃”：
give up the search
abandon the search
stop / cease the search
abort the search
造句：老太太收到绑匪的一封信，命令她支付 1,000
英镑的赎金。
A letter from the kidnappers had been received by the old lady
instructing her to pay a ransom of ￡1,000.
造句：考古学家作出了一个有趣的发现，一尊古代的女神像原来竟是
(turn out to be) 一位看上去很摩登的女郎 (a very modern-looking
woman)。
An interesting discovery was made by archeologists that an
ancient statue of a goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking
woman.
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.
语法分析：
The captain knew that another attempt would be made
later（宾语从句）, for the sunken ship he was trying to
find（定语从句） had been carrying a precious cargo of gold
bullion. （for后面引导原因状语从句)
知识点（1）
make an attempt to do ... 常识做某事
The captain knew that his attempt would not be the only attempt.
（不简洁）
The captain knew that his
（形容词性物主代词，修饰别的名词）attempt would not be the only
one.
The captain knew that his （名词性物主代词）would not be the only
attempt. （高级表达）
课后题：
4．The captain knew that ___B___ the only attempt. (1.5)
(a) it was not
(b) his had not been
(c) his would not be
(d) it had not been
简洁表达举例：
Our age is a tragic age. （不简洁）
Our age is a tragic one. （不简洁）
Ours is a tragic age. — Shakespeare
（简洁）
Brevity is beauty. 简洁即是美。
知识点（2）
cargo [C]（船或飞机装载的）货物
freight [U]（海运、空运或陆运的）货物；货运
cargo ship / airplane 货轮/机
freight train 货车
知识点（3）
gold bullion 纯金
（第二段）
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.
语法分析：
The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets and there was
tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the
bottom（时间状语从句）.
知识点（1）
sea bed / sea floor / sea
bottom 海床
知识点（2）
tremendous adj. very great
In his day, Mendoza enjoyed tremendous
popularity.
Though the new rudder was fitted at
tremendous speed, it was impossible for the
Cutty Sark to win.
The response to this competition was
tremendous.
知识点（3）
on board / aboard 在船上
老友记
All ticketed passengers for Flight 1066 to Athens should now be
on board.
I get it!
老友记
I’m so excited about having Monica come on board with
us.
走遍美国
His experience will be valuable to both of us. Welcome
aboard（习语）, Malcolm!
知识点（4）
… here was tremendous excitement on board
地道表达
... people on aboard were very excited ... 不地道
造句：消息传来时，演播室 (studio)
里的人们非常激动。
There was tremendous excitement in the studio when the news came.
地道表达
造句：有越来越多的人对英语有兴趣。
There are more and more people who are interested in English.
不地道
There is growing interest in English.
地道表达
造句：人们普遍同意妇女应该享有和男人完全的平等。
People generally agree that women should enjoy full equality with
men. 不地道
There is general agreement that women should enjoy full equality
with men. 地道表达
Though
the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been
found, the contents of the chest proved them wrong.
语法分析：
Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost
ship had been found（做the impression的同位语从句）
（Though引导让步状语从句）, the contents of the chest proved
them（宾语） wrong（宾语补足语）.
知识点（1）
be under the impression that ... 还以为
give sb. the impression that ... 使某人认为、觉得
be /live under the illusion /
delusion that ... 误以为
Even he still lives under the illusion
that country life is somehow superior to town
life.
The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game is that sometimes
even men live under the delusion that they can
do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong.
知识点（1）
prove + 宾语 + 宾补
What
they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years
before.
语法分析：
What they had in fact found（主语从句） was a ship which had
been sunk many years before（定语从句，修饰ship）.
造句：哥伦布其实发现的不是印度，而是一个全新的大陆，在那里土著居民
(aborigine) 已经居住了 (inhabit) 两万多年了。
What Columbus had in fact found was not India but a new continent
which had been inhabited by aborigines for over twenty thousand
years.
（第三段）
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.
语法分析：
There were books, clothing and photographs, together with letters
which the seaman had once received from his
wife（定语从句，修饰letters） (together with后伴随状语).
知识点（1）
clothing [U]
衣服；（尤指某种）服装
clothes [pl.] 衣服；服装
知识点（1）
together with … 还有
= along with …
Peter was murdered, together / along
with three guards.
These new facts, together / along
with the other evidence, prove the prisoner's
innocence.
The
captain of the Elkor ordered his men to salvage as much as possible from
the wreck.
知识点（1）
one’s man （军队）手下的士兵
his men
The general ordered his men to
fire.
In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and
his men would march into a city-state and,
…
subordinate 下级；部属
superior
级别（或地位、职位）更高的人；上级；上司
counterpart 职位（或作用）相当的人；对应的事物
the grassroots （某个组织）地位最低的人
知识点（2）
shipwreck 失事的船；沉船
wreck
（事故中）遭严重毁坏的汽车（或飞机等）；身体或精神上）受到严重损伤的人
Nothing
of value was found, but the numerous items which were brought to the
surface proved to be of great interest.
语法分析：
Nothing of value（介词短语当后置定语，修饰nothing）
was found, but the numerous items which were brought to the
surface（定语从句，修饰items） proved to be of great
interest.
知识点（1）
语法：of + 名词 :
描述人或事物的特征
1、做后置定语。
nothing of value = nothing
valuable
a matter of significance = a
significant matter
a ship of 46,000 tons
a man of wide social relations
2、在系动词后做表语。
... proved to be of great
interest. = proved to be very
interesting.
It is of no use = it is
useless.
Her dress is of dark crimson.
He is of a peculiar disposition.
a man of middle height = The man is of
middle height.
a girl of remarkable imagination = The
girl is of remarkable imagination.
知识点（2）
numerous （修饰可数名词）众多的；许多的
= countless
From
a heavy gun that was raised, the captain realized that the ship must
have been a cruiser.
语法分析：
From a heavy gun that was
raised（定语从句，修饰gun）（介词短语当状语）, the captain realized
that the ship must have been a cruiser. （宾语从句）
知识点（1）
from prep. 考虑到，从……来看/判断
From her looks I'd say she was
Swedish.
From what I heard the company's
in deep trouble.
From this the captain was able
to piece together all the information that had come to light.
造句：从这些雕像的碎片来看，考古学家们明白了这座庙宇当初肯定是一个祭祀的场所。
From the fragments of statues, the
archaeologists realized that the temple must have been a place of
worship.
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.
语法分析：
In another chest（地点状语), which contained the belongings of a
ship's officer（定语从句，修饰chest）, there was an unfinished letter
which had been written on March 14th,
1943（定语从句，修饰letter）.
知识点（1）
课文写法替换：
date 标注日期
相似举例，过去分词做后置定语：
a newspaper dated October 1st,
2005
a girl aged 20
a man named John
a novel entitled Three Kingdoms
a movie starring（主动结构） Tom
Hanks
The movie starred Tom Hanks
The
captain learnt from the letter that the name of the lost ship was the
Karen.
语法分析：
The captain learnt from the letter（状语前置) that the
name of the lost ship was the Karen. （宾语从句）
The
most valuable find of all was the ship's log book, parts of which it was
still possible to read.
语法分析：
The most valuable find of all was the ship's log book, parts of
which（引导非限定性定语从句，做to read的宾语）
it（形式主语） was still possible to
read（真正主语）.
知识点（1）
语法：“名词 + 介词 + 关系代词”
引导非限定性定语从句；前提是定语从句修饰的不是先行词本身，而是先行词相关的东西或一部分
造句：他有两个儿子，其中的一个死于战火。
He has two sons, one of whom died in the
war.
造句：演讲者提了 (pose)
四个问题，它们的答案被证明非常具有启发性(illuminating)。
The speaker posed four questions, the answers to
which proved very illuminating.
知识点（2）
课文写法替换：
…, parts of which it was still possible to
read.
..., parts of which were still possible to
read.
（形容词后加动词不定式，主动表被动的含义）
扩展：
Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are
impossible to erase.
Most of our fears are unreasonable, but it is impossible
to erase them. （主动形式）
possible 和 impossible 主语不能是人
…, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. √
…, but the thieves were impossible to
stop. X 错误
He is impossible to deal
with. √（主语相当于做的是介词宾语）
课文写法替换：
..., parts of which could still be
read.
..., parts of which were still
legible.
From
this the captain was able to piece together all the information that had
come to light.
语法分析：
From this（介词短语当状语） the captain was able to piece
together all the information that had come to
light（定语从句，修饰information）
（all后面做piece的宾语）.
知识点（1）
piece sth. ↔︎ together
把…拼凑起来，以发现事情的原貌；（together位置灵活）
reconstruct
知识点（2）
come to light / be brought to light
被发现
cast / shed / throw light on
... 揭示了…
The
Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by
an enemy submarine.
语法分析：
The Karen had been sailing（过去完成进行时） in a convoy to
Russia when（“这时”） she was torpedoed by an enemy
submarine（时间状语从句）.
知识点（1）
语法复习：主句（进行时 /
be about to do）+ when ...
“when”应译为“这时”或“突然”
I was having dinner
when the phone rang.
I was about to leave
when the phone rang.
课后题：Lesson 15
6．He ___D___ to the sweet shop when he dropped his fifty pence.
(11.10-1 1)
(a) had gone (b) was going to go ‘(c) went (d) was going
He was going to the sweet shop
when he dropped his fifty pence.
He was still
mumbling something about hospitals at
the end of the party when he slipped on a piece
of ice and broke his left leg.
The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a
heavy shower, I happened to be walking
in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on
some of my prize plants.
The morning passed rapidly and Frank was about to
leave when he noticed a large
packing case lying on the floor.
This
was later confirmed by a naval official at the Ministry of Defence after
the Elkor had returned home.
语法分析：
This was later confirmed by a naval official at the Ministry
of Defence（介词短语当后置定语，修饰official） after the Elkor
had returned home（时间状语）.
All
the items that were found were sent to the War Museum.
语法分析：
All the items that were found（定语从句，修饰items）
were sent to the War Museum.