A Lost Ship 一艘沉船

　　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 conducting him to give up the search.

　　1.The salvage operation had been a complete failure.

　　打捞工作彻底失败了。

　　语言点:a complete failure的意思是“彻底的失败”。

　　2.The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home.

　　小船“埃尔科”号在巴伦支海搜寻了几个星期之后，正在返航途中。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:Elkor是ship的同位语，起解释说明ship的作用。Which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰ship。

　　3.A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain conducting him to give up the search.

　　返航前，该船船长收到了大陆发来的电报，指示他们放弃这次搜寻。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:from the main land是介词短语，作后置定语，修饰radio message，即“从…发来的电报”。