China set to salvage ancient sunken vessel |
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Chinanews, Guangzhou, May. 9 – The open caisson, which will be used to salvage1 the wrecks3 of the ancient sunken vessel4, Nanhai No. 1, was shipped aboard in Guangzhou at 10 o’clock last Saturday. The equipment arrived at the sinking site in Yangjiang on Tuesday. It is expected that the sunken ship will be brought out of water in July, this year.
In August, 1987, the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau under the Ministry5 of Communications and a British salvage company discovered an ancient wooden sunken ship off the coast near the Shangchuan and Xiachuan islands. In August, 1989, the sunken ship was named "Nanhai No.1". According to their salvage plan, Nanhai No.1 will be brought out of water by the forthcoming July.
It is estimated that about 100 million yuan will be needed to salvage Nanhai No.1, which has stayed beneath the water for more than 800 years. When brought out of water, the ancient vessel will be exhibited at the Guangzhou Maritime6 Silk Road Museum, which is to be set up specially7 for displaying the ancient ship. Construction of the museum will involve another investment of 190 million yuan.
The sunken ship, Nanhai No.1, weighs 2,800 tons under the water. When brought out of water, it will weigh some 4,800 tons. In order to lift the giant vessel out of the water, a large derrick barge8, Huantianlong, was built for the salvage work. The revolving9 derrick barge weighs some 4,000 tons and is said to be the largest derrick barge in Asia. The open caisson, which weighs 530 tons in total, has also been made ready by the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau recently after a whole month’s work.
According to the salvage plan, the sunken wreck2 will be brought out of water in a whole piece. The salvage plan was highly praised by George Bass10, an American archeologist who is dubbed11 "father of ocean excavation12", after he saw the simulation test for the salvage work.
The Guangzhou Maritime Silk Road Museum, which will be used to display the sunken ship, covers a total area of 25,840 square meters. When brought to surface, the ship will be moved to the Crystal Palace, the major building in the museum, for display. Such displaying plan is unprecedented13 in the world.
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salvage
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| v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救 |
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- All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
- The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。
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wreck
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| n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难 |
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- Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
- No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
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wrecks
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| n.沉船( wreck的名词复数 )；（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；状况非常糟糕的车辆（或建筑物等）v.毁坏[毁灭]某物( wreck的第三人称单数 )；使（船舶）失事，使遇难，使下沉 |
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- The shores are strewn with wrecks. 海岸上满布失事船只的残骸。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- My next care was to get together the wrecks of my fortune. 第二件我所关心的事就是集聚破产后的余财。 来自辞典例句
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vessel
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| n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管 |
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- The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
- You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
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ministry
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| n.(政府的)部；牧师 |
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- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
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maritime
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| adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的 |
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- Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
- The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
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| adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地 |
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- They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
- The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
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barge
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| n.平底载货船，驳船 |
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- The barge was loaded up with coal.那艘驳船装上了煤。
- Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。
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revolving
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| adj.旋转的，轮转式的；循环的v.（使）旋转( revolve的现在分词 )；细想 |
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- The theatre has a revolving stage. 剧院有一个旋转舞台。
- The company became a revolving-door workplace. 这家公司成了工作的中转站。
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bass
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| n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴 |
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- He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
- The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。
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dubbed
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| v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制 |
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- Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
- Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
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excavation
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| n.挖掘，发掘；被挖掘之地 |
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- The bad weather has hung up the work of excavation.天气不好耽误了挖掘工作。
- The excavation exposed some ancient ruins.这次挖掘暴露出一些古遗迹。
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unprecedented
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| adj.无前例的，新奇的 |
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- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
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