Lesson 66 Sweet as honey!
像蜜一樣甜！
First listen and then answer the question.
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。
What was 'sweet as honey' and why?
In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa.
1963年，一架蘭開(kāi)斯特轟炸機(jī)在瓦立斯島墜毀。那是南太平洋中一個(gè)很偏僻的小島，位于薩摩亞群島以西，距離群島還有很長(zhǎng)一段距離。
The plane wasn't too badly damaged, but over the years, the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed.
飛機(jī)損壞的程度并不嚴(yán)重，但是，多年來(lái)這起飛機(jī)失事已被遺忘，飛機(jī)殘骸也沒(méi)受到破壞。
Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island.
于是，到了1989年，飛機(jī)失事26年后，在對(duì)小島的一次航空勘查中那架飛機(jī)被意外地發(fā)現(xiàn)了。
By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing.
到了那個(gè)時(shí)候，狀況良好的蘭開(kāi)斯特轟炸機(jī)實(shí)屬罕見(jiàn)，值得搶救。
The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France.
法國(guó)政府讓人把飛機(jī)包裝起來(lái)，一部分一部分地搬回法國(guó)。
Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored.
一群熱心人計(jì)劃修復(fù)這架飛機(jī)。
It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt.
該飛機(jī)裝裝配有4臺(tái)羅爾斯-羅伊斯的默林發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)，但是他們只需要修復(fù)其中的3臺(tái)。
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.
想一想他們所感受到的驚奇和興奮 -- 當(dāng)他們拆開(kāi)包裝箱時(shí)，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)第4臺(tái)發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)就像蜂蜜一樣甜 -- 發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)完好無(wú)損。
A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!
一群蜜蜂把發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)當(dāng)作了蜂房，發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)在蜂蠟中被完整地保存了下來(lái)。
像蜜一樣甜！
First listen and then answer the question.
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。
What was 'sweet as honey' and why?
In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa.
1963年，一架蘭開(kāi)斯特轟炸機(jī)在瓦立斯島墜毀。那是南太平洋中一個(gè)很偏僻的小島，位于薩摩亞群島以西，距離群島還有很長(zhǎng)一段距離。
The plane wasn't too badly damaged, but over the years, the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed.
飛機(jī)損壞的程度并不嚴(yán)重，但是，多年來(lái)這起飛機(jī)失事已被遺忘，飛機(jī)殘骸也沒(méi)受到破壞。
Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island.
于是，到了1989年，飛機(jī)失事26年后，在對(duì)小島的一次航空勘查中那架飛機(jī)被意外地發(fā)現(xiàn)了。
By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing.
到了那個(gè)時(shí)候，狀況良好的蘭開(kāi)斯特轟炸機(jī)實(shí)屬罕見(jiàn)，值得搶救。
The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France.
法國(guó)政府讓人把飛機(jī)包裝起來(lái)，一部分一部分地搬回法國(guó)。
Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored.
一群熱心人計(jì)劃修復(fù)這架飛機(jī)。
It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt.
該飛機(jī)裝裝配有4臺(tái)羅爾斯-羅伊斯的默林發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)，但是他們只需要修復(fù)其中的3臺(tái)。
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.
想一想他們所感受到的驚奇和興奮 -- 當(dāng)他們拆開(kāi)包裝箱時(shí)，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)第4臺(tái)發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)就像蜂蜜一樣甜 -- 發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)完好無(wú)損。
A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!
一群蜜蜂把發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)當(dāng)作了蜂房，發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)在蜂蠟中被完整地保存了下來(lái)。