新概念第三册自学导读 Lesson43

Notes on the text课文注释

1 in the event of, 作“倘若”、“万一”、“如果发生”讲。

2 the bigger the risk an insurance company takes, the higher the premium you will have to pay. 保险公司承担的风险越大，你付的保险费就越高。这里又是一个“the+形容词比较级， the+形容词比较级”的例子，汉语可译成“越…越……”。

3 make a claim for…, 作“要求得到……”讲。

4 put into operation, 使……运转。

5 for one agonizing moment, 在令人忐忑不安的瞬间。

6 set up, 激起。

参考译文

保险公司一般说来愿意承保一切东西。承办公共财产或私人财产保险是世界上大部分国家的正常业务。如果你要举办一次露天游园会或盛宴，为避免碰上不好的天气而遭受损失也同样可以保险。不用说，保险公司承担风险越大，你付的保险费也就越高。航运公司为打捞沉船而提出索赔，这是常有的事，但某地当局为打捞一只焙制馅饼的盘子提出索赔，倒是件新鲜事儿。

这个馅饼盘子确实少见，有18英尺长，6英尺宽。某地方当局买下它用来焙制一个巨大的馅饼为一年一度交易会助兴。馅饼委员会确认运输这只盘子的最佳方案是通过运河水运。于是，他们对这只盘子的运输安全投了保。盘子下水后不久，馅饼委员会成员们来到当地一家小酒店庆贺。就在这个时候，许多十几岁的孩子爬上盘子举行他们自己的集会。他们跳起了舞，盘子难以承受。舞会进行过程中，盘子倾覆，沉入了7英尺深的水中。

馅饼委员会给当地汽车修理库老板打电话，他闻讯后开着一辆急修车前来打捞盘子。那些孩子们穿着湿衣服哆嗦，看着3个工人轮番潜入水中以确定盘子的.位置。他们没费多大事儿就找到了盘子，可是把盘子捞出却是一个很大的难题。盘子四边十分光滑，要在盘边拴上绳索或链条而同时又不损坏它是很难办到的。不过，他们终于将链条固定在盘子的一端，一台大功率的绞车开动起来。盘子慢慢浮出水面，被轻轻地拽向运河岸边。在令人忐忑不安的瞬间，盘子晃晃悠悠地上了岸，但它突然失去了平衡，又跌回水中。工人们只得再来一次。这次，他们用沉重的金属夹子把盘子夹住，以便往盘子上安装铁链。这次，盘子必须垂直吊出水面，因为盘子的一边紧靠着运河河岸。绞盘机再次启动，一位工人发动了急修车的引擎。几分钟后，盘子被成功地拽出了水面。波浪从盘子两侧急涌而出，在运河里掀起一股大浪。但是当波浪从河对岸折回来时，就有再次把盘子拖进水里的危险。工人们动作迅速，终于赶在那股大浪返回之前把盘子拽到了岸上。

Multiple choice questions多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1 In the case of the pie dish, the insurance company concerned ______ .

a．demanded a high premium in view of the unusual size of the dish

b．was asked to pay the costs of the salvaging operation

c．agreed to pay the cost of transporting the dish by canal

d．arranged for the dish to be recovered from the canal

2 When the pie dish had capsized, the men who came to recover it ______ .

a．had some difficulty finding it as they had been drinking locally

b．had little difficulty finding it as it had not sunk to the bottom

c．found it difficult to devise a way of getting it out of the water

d．damaged the dish when they attached hawsers and chains to the rim

3 The huge wave in the canal was caused by ______ .

a．the sinking of the pie dish

b．the dish sliding back into the water

c．the great quantity of water which poured off the dish when they were getting it out

d．the party of teenagers

4 Eventually the dish was successfully recovered by ______ .

a．resting one of its edges on the bank and attaching chains to the other

b．securing the winch chains with metal clamps and lifting it vertically

c．one of the men getting on to the truck so as to pull at the chains

d．some men who hauled it to the surface of the water at tremendous speed
Structure结构

5 The bigger the risk an insurance company takes, ______ to pay as a premium. (11. 5-7)

a．the higher you will have

b．the more you will have

c．more you will have

d．you will have higher

6 It is not uncommon to hear ______ a claim for…(11. 7-8)

a．of a shipping company making

b．a shipping company to have made

c．the shipping company which has made

d．a shipping company making

7 The sides of the dish were so smooth that attaching hawsers and chains to the rim ______ almost certain to damage it. (11. 19-20)

a．had

b．were

c．it was

d．was

8 There was a danger that when the wave ______ off the other side, it would send the dish plunging into the water again. (11. 28-29)

a．was rebounding

b．has rebounded

c．rebounded

d．would rebound

Vocabulary词汇

9 Three men dived ______ into the water. (11. 17-18)

a．now and again

b．one after another

c．time and again

d．many a time

10 A powerful winch was ______ . (11. 20-21)

a．got going

b．made to work

c．taken to task

d．given a function

11 For one ______ moment, the dish…(11. 21-23)

a．dangerous

b．frightening

c．exciting

d．painful

12 This time they put metal clamps ______ both sides of the dish. (11. 23-24)

a．over

b．on to

c．astride

d．upon