史上最受瞩目的沉船：英语精读讲义

It's a cold stormy night just off the coast of Florida in 1622.

那是1622年佛罗里达海岸附近一个寒冷暴风雨的夜晚。

A Spanish cargo ship full of gold and silver

一艘满载金银的西班牙货船

is desperately trying to make its way back to Spain. 短語搭配

正拼命试图驶回西班牙。

But as it passes through the Straits of Florida,

但当它经过佛罗里达海峡时，

it sails directly into a hurricane.

却径直驶入了一场飓风中。

Its masts are torn apart,

它的桅杆被撕裂，

its rudder gets ripped off by the waves,

它的方向舵被海浪扯掉，

and within minutes

几分钟之内

the Atocha is brought down.

阿托卡号沉没了。

According to records, 短語搭配

根据记录，

at least $500 million worth of treasure

价值至少5亿美元的宝藏

went down that night,

在那晚随之沉没，

and its location eventually became a complete mystery.

它的具体位置最终成了一个彻底的谜团。

But more than three centuries later,

但在三个多世纪后，

after sitting at the bottom of the ocean,

在海底沉睡了这么久之后，

the mother lode of all treasure

所有宝藏中的主矿脉

was finally discovered,

终于被发现了，

and it proved to be more valuable than ever imagined.

事实证明它比想象的还要有价值。

We modeled the entire thing to show you how one man and his team

我们对整个事件进行了建模，向您展示一个人和他的团队

of DIY treasure hunters

这些业余的寻宝者

spent decades searching for the ship,

是如何花了几十年时间寻找这艘船的，

and how their genius engineering

以及他们天才般的工程设计

and an old document

和一份古老的文件

eventually led them to the most valuable shipwreck in history.

是如何最终引导他们找到历史上最有价值的沉船的。

When the Atocha went down that fateful evening,

当阿托卡号在那个命运多舛的夜晚沉没时，

it ended up on a shallow reef 短語動詞

它最终落在了浅礁上

in the Florida Keys,

在佛罗里达礁岛群，

a 200-mile stretch of tiny islands.

一片绵延200英里的小岛中。

At the time,

当时，

the location of the ship was known,

这艘船的位置是已知的，

but just a few weeks later,

但仅仅几周后，

a second hurricane ripped the ship apart,

第二场飓风将这艘船撕成碎片，

leaving a trail of debris 語法

留下了一串残骸

across the ocean floor.

散落在海底。

The location of the Atocha seemed to be lost forever.

阿托卡号的位置似乎永远丢失了。

But records of its treasure were never forgotten.

但关于它的宝藏的记录从未被遗忘。

According to its cargo manifest, 文化背景

根据它的货物清单，

it was holding 150 gold bars,

它装有150块金条，

1,000 silver bars,

1000块银条，

and more than 50 chests full of coins.

还有50多个装满硬币的箱子。

All in all, 表達脈絡

总而言之，

the treasure would be worth at least half a billion dollars today.

这些宝藏在今天价值至少5亿美元。

All someone had to do 語法

人们所要做的

was find it.

就是找到它。

That's where American treasure hunter 表達脈絡

这就是美国寻宝者

Mel Fisher came in.

梅尔·费雪出场的地方。

He had spent his entire life diving,

他一生都在潜水，

and along with his wife

并和他的妻子一起

ran a diving school in California,

在加利福尼亚经营一家潜水学校，

teaching more than 60,000 people

教了超过6万人

how to dive.

如何潜水。

With the allure of the Atocha

伴随着阿托卡号的诱惑

sitting in the Florida Keys,

停留在佛罗里达礁岛群，

Mel and his family

梅尔和他的家人

moved across the country

穿越了整个国家

in search for its treasure.

去寻找它的宝藏。

With little more than a boat and some metal detectors, 短語搭配

仅凭一艘船和一些金属探测器，

they began their search in an area

他们开始在一个区域进行搜索

called the Matecumbe Keys,

叫做马泰坎伯群岛，

which had been mentioned in several documents.

这个地方曾在几份文件中被提及。

But after a year of searching

但在寻找了一年之后

and more than 100,000 miles covered,

航行了超过10万英里，

they hadn't found a single thing. 語法

他们却一无所获。

To many,

对许多人来说，

finding the Atocha in this vast expanse of ocean

在这片广阔的海洋中寻找阿托卡号

was an impossible task.

是一项不可能的任务。

But Mel had a secret weapon: 習語

但梅尔有个秘密武器：

historian Eugene Lyon.

历史学家尤金·里昂。

In order to learn more about where the Atocha sank,

为了了解更多关于阿托卡号沉没地点的信息，

he went to the Spanish archives in Seville

他去了塞维利亚的西班牙档案馆

and came across this document. 短語動詞

偶然发现了这份文件。

Dated just 4 years after the ship went down, 語法

文件的日期是在船沉没后仅仅4年，

it mentioned that a search had taken place 短語搭配

其中提到了一次搜索行动

in an area called the Marquesas Keys,

发生在一个叫马克萨斯群岛的地方，

which was more than 100 miles from where Mel was searching.

距离梅尔寻找的地方有100多英里。

Mel and his crew instantly moved their boat

梅尔和他的船员立刻移动了他们的船

and started searching in this new location.

开始在这个新地点进行搜索。

But the divers were now searching

但潜水员们现在是在

in deeper water,

更深的水域寻找，

and they had one huge problem,

他们面临一个巨大的问题，

visibility.

能见度。

Although the water was clear on the surface, 語法

虽然水面上的水很清澈，

at the bottom the divers could barely see their own hands.

但在水底，潜水员几乎看不到自己的手。

And so Mel came up with a genius yet simple solution. 短語動詞

于是梅尔想出了一个天才而简单的解决方案。

He attached two large tubes to his boat

他在他的船上连接了两个大管子

that could be lowered down in front of the propellers.

可以降到螺旋桨的前方。

These would redirect the clear water from the surface

这些管子可以引导水面上清澈的水

and shoot it down to the bottom

并将其喷射到底部

where the divers were searching.

也就是潜水员正在搜索的地方。

Not only did this clear up the muddy waters perfectly, 語法

这不仅完美地澄清了浑浊的水，

it had the added benefit of digging a big hole 短語搭配

还有一个额外的好处，那就是挖出一个大洞

and revealing whatever was buried underneath the sand. 語法

露出埋在沙子下面的任何东西。

Then one day in 1971,

然后在1971年的某一天，

the sand cleared and revealed an enormous anchor.

沙子被冲开，露出了一个巨大的锚。

Although it wasn't a piece of treasure,

尽管它不是什么宝藏，

it was their first clue

但这是他们的第一条线索

that perhaps the real thing wasn't far away.

也许真正的宝藏并不遥远。

More artifacts started to show up, 短語動詞

更多的文物开始出现，

like cups, swords, cannonballs,

比如杯子、剑、炮弹，

and iron nails used to hold the ship together.

以及用来将船体固定在一起的铁钉。

To keep track of everything, 短語搭配

为了跟踪记录一切，

they started building a map of circles

他们开始建立一个画满圆圈的地图

showing where each piece of treasure had been found.

显示每一件宝藏发现的位置。

After a while,

过了一会儿，

a clear line started to appear on the map,

地图上开始出现一条清晰的线，

and they came to the conclusion 短語搭配

他们得出了结论

that the Atocha's mother lode must lie somewhere along this line. 語法

阿托卡号的主矿脉一定位于这条线上的某个地方。

Then,

然后，

while searching near the bottom of the line,

在靠近线底端进行搜索时，

a diver came across something really special,

一名潜水员偶然发现了一些非常特别的东西，

an early version of the Opera web browser.

Opera网页浏览器的早期版本。

Just kidding.

开玩笑的。

Opera now presents its latest evolution of web browsing,

Opera现在展示其网页浏览的最新演进版本，

Opera R2.

Opera R2。

With new features like split screening,

拥有分屏、

fully customizable themes,

完全可定制的主题等新功能，

and a whole new tab system,

以及全新的标签系统，

Opera is the most modern browsing experience available.

Opera是目前最现代的浏览体验。

In order to keep track of what you're working on,

为了跟踪记录您的工作，

tab islands automatically group your tabs by context,

标签岛会自动按上下文对您的标签进行分组，

and they can be expanded or collapsed to save space.

并且可以展开或折叠以节省空间。

And with tab traces,

借助标签痕迹，

it adds this dark underscore to your most recently visited tabs,

它会在您最近访问的标签页下添加这条深色下划线，

so you never get lost in what you're doing.

这样您就永远不会在工作中迷失方向。

You can even use two tabs at the same time

您甚至可以同时使用两个标签页

thanks to the split screen feature.

这要归功于分屏功能。

Simply drag your tab downwards,

只需向下拖动您的标签，

and you can compare two products,

您就可以比较两种产品，

no need for two browser windows.

而不需要两个浏览器窗口。

You can also control your music without interrupting your browsing

您还可以在不中断浏览的情况下控制您的音乐

thanks to the floating music player.

这得益于悬浮的音乐播放器。

It can even be used outside the browser.

它甚至可以在浏览器外部使用。

With Opera's built-in AI feature,

借助Opera内置的AI功能，

Aria,

Aria，

you can get answers to questions

您可以获得问题的答案

without leaving the page you're working on.

而无需离开您当前正在工作的页面。

Just hit control plus slash to open the Aria command line

只需按下Ctrl加上斜杠键即可打开Aria命令行

and start asking questions.

并开始提问。

Aria can generate images based on a single prompt.

Aria可以根据单个提示词生成图像。

It also works the other way around. 習語

它反过来也有效。

If you upload images,

如果您上传图像，

it can give you more information about it thanks to image recognition.

借助图像识别，它可以为您提供有关它的更多信息。

Every aspect of Opera's look and feel 短語搭配

Opera外观和感觉的每一个方面

is fully customizable with different sounds,

都可以通过不同的声音完全定制，

colors, shaders, backgrounds,

颜色、着色器、背景，

and themes, like my personal favorite,

和主题，比如我个人最喜欢的，

Aurora.

极光（Aurora）。

Download Opera today using the link in the description

使用描述中的链接立即下载Opera

and start experiencing the next generation of browsing.

并开始体验下一代的浏览方式。

In order to find the Atocha,

为了寻找阿托卡号，

the crew were following a trail of artifacts

船员们正在追踪一条文物轨迹

that seemed to be leading them to the mother lode of all treasure.

这似乎正引导他们走向终极宝库。

But after 2 years of searching the line,

但在沿着这条线搜寻了两年之后，

the crew had failed to make any valuable discoveries. 短語搭配

船员们未能取得任何有价值的发现。

Mel was running out of money fast, 短語動詞

梅尔的资金很快就要耗尽了，

and if he didn't find some treasure soon, 語法

如果他不能很快找到一些宝藏，

he'd have no way of funding the search. 語法

他将无法再资助这次搜索。

But then,

但就在那时，

in 1973,

在1973年，

just a few hundred feet away from the anchor,

距离船锚仅仅几百英尺的地方，

the crew came across a stash of silver coins

船员们偶然发现了一批银币

and three huge silver bars.

以及三块巨大的银条。

This find alone was worth well over $100,000, 短語搭配

仅此一项发现价值就超过10万美元，

but it wasn't clear if it was from the Atocha 語法

但不清楚它是否来自阿托卡号

or its sister ship,

还是它的姐妹船，

which had also gone down that night.

那艘船那晚也沉没了。

And so,

于是，

they went back to the ship's cargo manifest.

他们回到了船的货物清单。

Every single piece of gold and silver was recorded in this document

每一块金银都被记录在这份文件中

along with their exact weight and serial number.

连同它们的确切重量和序列号。

By comparing the engravings on the silver bars to the document, 語法

通过将银条上的雕刻与文件进行比较，

they confirmed that the treasure trail they were following

他们确认了他们追踪的宝藏轨迹

really was from the Atocha.

确实来自阿托卡号。

The crew began systematically cleaning the coins using electrolysis

船员们开始使用电解法系统地清洁硬币

and selling them off to make money. 短語動詞

并将其变卖以换取资金。

Mel and his crew were back in business. 習語

梅尔和他的船员们重新振作起来了。

With this influx of cash, 短語搭配

随着这笔资金的流入，

the crew set out to find more treasure, 短語動詞

船员们开始着手寻找更多的宝藏，

armed with new sonar detecting technology. 習語

他们配备了新型声纳探测技术。

But just as they were starting to gain traction, 習語

但就在他们刚开始取得进展时，

the state of Florida began claiming ownership of all the treasure being found. 短語搭配

佛罗里达州开始要求获得所有被发现宝藏的所有权。

And so,

于是，

Mel started fighting back. 短語動詞

梅尔开始反击。

In the meantime, 表達脈絡

在这期间，

the crew continued finding more objects on the line.

船员们继续在线上发现更多的物品。

A major find being nine bronze cannons with Atocha markings engraved into their barrels.

一个重大的发现是九门青铜大炮，其炮管上刻有阿托卡号的标记。

But just a day after finding these cannons,

但在发现这些大炮仅仅一天之后，

one of their boats capsized during the night,

他们的一艘船在夜间倾覆，

killing three of the crew,

造成三名船员丧生，

including Mel's son.

其中包括梅尔的儿子。

3 years went by, 短語動詞

3年过去了，

and the crew continued looking without finding any new clues.

船员们继续寻找，却没有找到任何新的线索。

The line had run dry. 習語

这条线索中断了。

Throughout the search,

在整个搜索过程中，

Mel had often mentioned a mysterious document he had read,

梅尔经常提到他读过的一份神秘文件，

written by one of the Atocha survivors.

是由阿托卡号的一名幸存者所写。

According to the document,

根据这份文件，

the survivor had helped an admiral smuggle 70 lb of the world's finest Colombian emeralds

幸存者曾帮助一名海军上将走私了70磅世界上最好的哥伦比亚祖母绿

onto the ship.

登上了这艘船。

It was never clear where Mel had read this, 語法

梅尔在哪里读到这个文件的从未清楚，

but he was absolutely sure that there was more to the Atocha's treasure 語法

但他绝对确信阿托卡号的宝藏不止于此

than just gold and silver.

绝不仅有金银。

Meanwhile,

与此同时，

after 8 years of legal battles,

经过8年的法律斗争，

Mel won against the government

梅尔打赢了对政府的官司

and was finally granted the right to 100% of the treasure. 短語搭配

并终于获得了对100%宝藏的权利。

But by the end of the '70s,

但到了70年代末，

Mel had spent over $6 million looking for the Atocha,

梅尔已经花了600多万美元寻找阿托卡号，

and the elusive treasure

而那虚无缥缈的宝藏

still hadn't showed up.

依然没有出现。

Every little object along the way had teased the crew, 習語

沿途的每一件小物品都在戏弄着船员们，

and it still seemed like the treasure had to be lying somewhere along the line.

似乎宝藏一定位于这条线的某个地方。

But all that was about to change. 表達脈絡

但这所有的一切即将改变。

In 1983,

在1983年，

while on their way out to the line, 短語搭配

在他们外出去搜索线的途中，

the crew's magnetometer started lighting up. 短語動詞

船员们的磁力计开始亮了起来。

Divers went down to check,

潜水员潜下去查看，

and they came across several metallic objects

他们遇到了一些金属物体

in a location southeast of the line.

位于线的东南部。

By plotting these on the map,

通过在地图上标出这些位置，

a new line started to branch off from the original one. 短語動詞

一条新的线开始从原来的线上分支出去。

They knew that the ship was ripped apart a month after it sank,

他们知道这艘船在沉没一个月后被撕裂，

so it was possible that the debris was carried on a different path.

所以碎片有可能被卷到了另一条路径上。

They followed this new line for a couple of years,

他们沿着这条新线追踪了几年，

and it continued to reveal little bits of treasure.

它继续暴露出一点点宝藏。

Then,

然后，

on the 20th of July,

在7月20日，

1985,

1985年，

exactly 10 years after the tragic death of the three crew members,

也就是那三名船员悲惨牺牲整整10年之后，

a large but faint object showed up on their sonar scanner.

一个巨大但微弱的物体出现在他们的声纳扫描仪上。

Two divers immediately entered the water

两名潜水员立刻入水

and began searching for it.

开始寻找它。

On a hunch, 短語搭配

凭着直觉，

Greg Wareham decided to wander off about 100 yards to the east. 短語動詞

格雷格·韦勒姆决定向东边游去大约100码。

And there it was. 表達脈絡

就在那儿。

Sitting in front of him was an 80-foot long shipwreck 語法

摆在他面前的是一艘80英尺长的沉船

with piles upon piles of silver bars sitting on top. 習語

上面堆着成堆的银条。

Off to the side were several chests full of coins and gold bars

旁边是几个装满硬币和金条的箱子

glinting in the light.

在光线下闪闪发光。

There was no doubt that after 16 years of searching, 短語搭配

毫无疑问，经过16年的寻找，

Mel and his crew had finally found the mother lode. 習語

梅尔和他的团队终于找到了终极宝库。

Amazingly,

令人惊叹的是，

hidden within the wreck was a thumb-sized emerald worth over $800,000 alone. 用詞

藏在沉船中的一颗拇指大小的祖母绿就价值超过80万美元。

Elsewhere in the wreckage,

在残骸的其他地方，

another one popped up,

另一颗又冒了出来，

this time worth over a million dollars.

这一次的价值超过了100万美元。

Eventually,

最终，

more than 2,000 of the finest uncut emeralds were discovered,

发现了2000多颗最优质的未切割祖母绿，

and Mel's story turned out to be true after all. 講解

而梅尔的故事也终于被证明是真的。

And now,

好了，现在，

time for the Primal Space giveaway.

是Primal Space抽奖的时间了。

The winner of the previous giveaway is Emmanuel.

上次抽奖的获胜者是Emmanuel。

Congrats.

恭喜。

In the next video,

在下一个视频中，

we'll be giving away another $100 Amazon gift card to one lucky viewer.

我们将向一位幸运观众赠送另一张价值100美元的亚马逊礼品卡。

All you need to do is sign up at the link below,

您只需在下方链接注册，

like the video,

点赞这个视频，

and leave a comment saying what you thought about this incredible treasure hunt.

并留下评论，说说您对这场不可思议的寻宝之旅的看法。

Thank you very much for watching,

非常感谢您的观看，

and I'll see you in the next video.

我们下期视频再见。