Lesson 66: Sweet as honey 像蜜一样甜

　　In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa. The plane wasn't too badly damaged, but over the years, the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed. Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island. By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing. The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France. Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt. Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey — still in perfect condition. A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!

　　句子讲解：

　　4、By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing.

　　到了那个时候，一架保存完好的兰开斯特轰炸机实属罕见，所以值得抢救。

　　语言点 in reasonable condition介词短语作后置定语修饰bomber。

　　5、The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France.

　　法国政府请人把飞机包装起来，然后一部分一部分地运回了法国。

　　语言点 had the plane packaged请人将飞机包装起来，并非自己亲自去做。

　　6、Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored.

　　现在一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。

　　语言点 have the plane restored请人来修复，并非自己动手做。

　　真题测试 测试语言点：主将从现

　　——When will you come to see me, Dad?

　　——I will go to see you when you ( )the training course. (2003 年高考北京卷，第 26 题)

　　A. will have finished B. will finish C. are finishing D. finish

　　答案：选D

　　分析：如果主句是一般将来时态，由when引导的时间状语从句中通常用一般现在时表将来。

　　翻译：——爸爸，你什么时候会来看我啊? ——在你完成了培训课程的时候我就会来的。

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