Lesson 66
第66課
Sweet as Honey
像蜜一樣甜！
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
What was 'sweet as honey' and why?
“像蜜一樣甜”指什么？為什么？
In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island,
1963年，一架蘭開斯特轟炸機(jī)在瓦立斯島毀。
a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa.
那是南太洋中一個很偏僻的小島，位于薩摩亞群島以西，距離群島還有很長一段距離。
The plane wasn't too badly damaged,
飛機(jī)損壞的程度并不嚴(yán)重，
but over the years the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed.
但是，多年來這起飛機(jī)失事已被遺忘，飛機(jī)殘骸也沒受到破壞。
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，在對小島的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.
到了那個時候，狀況良好的蘭開斯特轟炸機(jī)實(shí)屬罕見，值得搶救。
The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France.
法國政府讓人把飛機(jī)包裝起來，一部分一部分地搬回法國。
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臺羅爾斯-羅伊斯的默林發(fā)動機(jī)，但是他們只需要修復(fù)其中的3臺。
Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases
想一想他們所感受到的驚奇和興奮 ——
and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey--still in perfect condition.
當(dāng)他們拆開包裝箱時，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)第4臺發(fā)動機(jī)就像蜂蜜一樣甜 —— 發(fā)動機(jī)完好無損。
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)動機(jī)當(dāng)作了蜂房，發(fā)動機(jī)在蜂蠟中被完整地保存了下來。
第66課
Sweet as Honey
像蜜一樣甜！
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
What was 'sweet as honey' and why?
“像蜜一樣甜”指什么？為什么？
In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island,
1963年，一架蘭開斯特轟炸機(jī)在瓦立斯島毀。
a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa.
那是南太洋中一個很偏僻的小島，位于薩摩亞群島以西，距離群島還有很長一段距離。
The plane wasn't too badly damaged,
飛機(jī)損壞的程度并不嚴(yán)重，
but over the years the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed.
但是，多年來這起飛機(jī)失事已被遺忘，飛機(jī)殘骸也沒受到破壞。
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，在對小島的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.
到了那個時候，狀況良好的蘭開斯特轟炸機(jī)實(shí)屬罕見，值得搶救。
The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France.
法國政府讓人把飛機(jī)包裝起來，一部分一部分地搬回法國。
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臺羅爾斯-羅伊斯的默林發(fā)動機(jī)，但是他們只需要修復(fù)其中的3臺。
Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases
想一想他們所感受到的驚奇和興奮 ——
and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey--still in perfect condition.
當(dāng)他們拆開包裝箱時，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)第4臺發(fā)動機(jī)就像蜂蜜一樣甜 —— 發(fā)動機(jī)完好無損。
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)動機(jī)當(dāng)作了蜂房，發(fā)動機(jī)在蜂蠟中被完整地保存了下來。