赖世雄英语新闻听力通 第15期:二战时期的的潜艇被发现

 (NEW ORLEANS，AP) The find of the wreckage¹ of a sunken World War II German submarine may rewrite a bit of wartime history.

（美联社新奥尔良电）一艘在二次世界大战期间沉没的德国潜艇遗骸被发现，这可能会稍稍改写战史。

It was discovered 5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf² of Mexico.

遗骸是在墨西哥湾海底五千英尺处被发现的。

BP and Shell Oil Co.found the U-166，which sank in 1942 after it was destroyed by an American ship.

英国石油与贝壳石油公司发现了这艘U-166潜艇。这艘潜艇在1942年被一艘美国舰船击沉。

It was previously³ believed a planehad sunk the sub.

在此之前大家相信，潜水艇是被一架飞机击沉的。

1 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。