雅思阅读：新概念文化爆炸-沉船宝藏的呼唤_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读：新概念文化爆炸-沉船宝藏的呼唤

　　新概念三Lesson 32讲述了原本准备打捞金币的埃尔科号搜寻船阴差阳错地找到了一艘沉没已久的巡洋舰。广阔的海底埋葬了许许多多的珍宝，数以万计的金币，银器在现实生活中有这么一种职业：打捞沉船宝藏。文化大爆炸为大家介绍三艘著名的宝船，以及它们装载的宝藏是如何被发现的。

　　Famous Sunken Ship Treasures

　　Treasure hunters have salvaged huge quantities of gold and silver coins from the ocean floor. For most people, sunken treasure ships exist only in adventure stories and tales of pirates, Spaniards and swashbuckling rogues. For the real life men and women who seek these treasures, however, the quest for the oceans lost riches is a very real and potentially lucrative occupation.

　　寻宝者们已经从海底打捞了大量的金币银币。对大多数人来说，那些沉入海底的宝船只存在于冒险故事或海盗、西班牙人和嚣张的盗贼的传说中。然而，在那些搜索沉没宝藏的人们的现实生活中，对于海底失踪财富的寻找是一个非常赚钱和实际的职业。

　　Nuestra Se ora de Atocha

　　On Sept. 4, 1622, the Nuestra Se ora de Atocha set sail from Havana bound for Spain. The ship was laden with riches plundered from the conquered empires of the Americas. According to the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, the Atochas cargo included 24 tons of silver bullion, 18,000 pesos of silver coins, 582 copper ingots, 125 gold bars and 1,200 lbs. of silverware. The ship sank, taking its treasure and all but five of its crew to the ocean floor. Mel Fisher and his crew began the search for the treasure in 1969. On July 20, 1985, Mel Fishers son Kane finally found the main pile of the ships cargo.