Nanhai-I exploration enters final stage

时间：2007-04-25 00:34:17

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Chinanews, Beijing, April 24 - The exploration of the famous shipwreck1, Nanhai-I, has entered the final stage recently. More than 300 complete or nearly complete pieces of cultural relics2 have been found in the sea areas around it in the last series of investigations3, including 235 metal artifacts of 20 sets, 50 pieces of chinaware of 40 sets, and 15 pieces of stoneware and japan.

 

Nanhai-I was a merchant ship in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279), and it is the oldest, biggest and the best preserved offshore4 trading ship hitherto discovered in the world, with more than 60,000 cultural relics having been found on or near the ship.

 

Archeologiests believe that Nanhai-I used to play an active part on the "Maritime5 Silk Road", and it will provide precious material information for the research of the nautical6 history of China, as well as the history of ship-and-china-making of this country.

 

After checking the condensate from the shipwreck, archeologists were surprised to find quite a number of new cultural relics, including a 3-m-long stone anchor of diamond shape, two gold-plated bracelets7 with a dragon pattern and a japan wood box. The bracelets are luxuriously8 designed, and very well preserved. 800 years under the sea has not harmed their beauty at all.

 

The container of the shipwreck will arrive at the scene at the end of April, 2007, and the entire ship will be dragged out of the sea in June or July.

 
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1 shipwreck eypwo     
n.船舶失事，海难
参考例句：
  • He walked away from the shipwreck.他船难中平安地脱险了。
  • The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.那次船难是一个惨痛的经历。
2 relics UkMzSr     
[pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸
参考例句：
  • The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
  • Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。
3 investigations 02de25420938593f7db7bd4052010b32     
（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究
参考例句：
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
4 offshore FIux8     
adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面
参考例句：
  • A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
  • A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
5 maritime 62yyA     
adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的
参考例句：
  • Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
  • The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
6 nautical q5azx     
adj.海上的，航海的，船员的
参考例句：
  • A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
  • It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。
7 bracelets 58df124ddcdc646ef29c1c5054d8043d     
n.手镯，臂镯( bracelet的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The lamplight struck a gleam from her bracelets. 她的手镯在灯光的照射下闪闪发亮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • On display are earrings, necklaces and bracelets made from jade, amber and amethyst. 展出的有用玉石、琥珀和紫水晶做的耳环、项链和手镯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 luxuriously 547f4ef96080582212df7e47e01d0eaf     
adv.奢侈地，豪华地
参考例句：
  • She put her nose luxuriously buried in heliotrope and tea roses. 她把自己的鼻子惬意地埋在天芥菜和庚申蔷薇花簇中。 来自辞典例句
  • To be well dressed doesn't mean to be luxuriously dressed. 穿得好不一定衣着豪华。 来自辞典例句

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