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：

　　7、It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt.

　　这架飞机有四台罗尔斯一罗伊斯公司制造的默林发动机，但是，他们只需要修复其中的二台。

　　8. 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.

　　想一想他们所感受到的惊奇和兴奋——当他们拆开包装箱时，他们发现第四台发动机就像蜂蜜一样甜——发动机完好无损，

　　语言点 Imagine their surprise and delight.是一个祈使句

　　9、A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!

　　一群蜜蜂把这台发动机当作了蜂房，发动机在蜂蜡中被完整地保存了下来。

　　语言点1 colony指一群聚居在一起的生物，如：a colony of ants 二群蚂蚁;a colony of artists 一群 艺术家;另外还有：a flock of goats 一群羊;a herd of cows 一群奶牛;a crowd of people 一群人

　　语言点2 preserve保存;preserved指经过特殊手段而保存下来的，例：preserved bean curd豆腐乳;preserved fruit 果脯;preserved meat 腊肉;preserved fish 腊鱼。

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