Take Away English-Viking Ship Discovered 刚被发现的海盗船
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
The Viking longship might have looked like this.
A 1,000-year-old Viking longship is thought to have been discovered under a pub car park on Merseyside.
The vessel 1 is believed to lie beneath 2 metres to 3 metres of clay by the Railway Inn in Meols, a town in the north west of England, where Vikings are known to have settled.
Experts believe the ship could be one of Britain's most significant archaeological finds.
Professor Stephen Harding, of the University of Nottingham, is now seeking funds to pay for an excavation 2.
The Viking expert used ground penetrating 3 radar 4 (GPR) equipment to pinpoint 5 the ship's whereabouts.
He believes the vessel could be carefully removed and exhibited in a museum. Professor Harding said: "The next stage is the big one. Using the GPR technique only costs £450, but we have to think carefully about what to do next.
"Although we still don't know what sort of vessel it is, it's very old for sure and its Nordic clinker design, position and location suggests it may be a transport vessel from the Viking settlement period if not long afterwards.
"Scandinavian influence persisted here through the centuries. It is speculation 6 at the moment, but at least we now know exactly where to look to find out. How it got there is also hard to say.
"It is some distance from the present coastline and probably the old one too. It might have got to its present position after flooding and sinking into an old marsh 7."
The ship was first uncovered in 1938 when the Railway Inn was being knocked down and rebuilt further from the road, the site of the old pub was being made into a car park.
Workers were advised by the foreman to cover the ship over again so as not to delay construction.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
longship
长船
vessel
船只
clay
粘/泥土
archaeological finds
考古发现
excavation
挖掘
pinpoint
精确定位
technique
技术
a transport vessel
运输船
Scandanavian
斯堪的纳维亚
speculation
揣测
pub car park
酒吧停车场
to lie beneath
躺在…的下面
settled
解决
seeking funds
寻找资金
ground penetrating radar
探地雷达
exhibited
展出
Nordic clinker
（公元前9世纪）北欧地区制造的木船
Viking
（北欧）海盗
persisted
坚持不懈
coastline
海岸线
- 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。
- 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。
- He had an extraordinarily penetrating gaze. 他的目光有股异乎寻常的洞察力。
- He examined the man with a penetrating gaze. 他以锐利的目光仔细观察了那个人。
- They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
- Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。
- It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
- I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。
- Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
- There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。