Lesson 66 Sweet as honey!
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. 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!
?l?sn 66 swi?t ?z ?h?ni!
w?t w?z swi?t ?z ?h?ni ?nd wa??
?n 1963 ? ?l??k?st? ?b?m? kr??t ?n ?w?l?s ?a?l?nd, ? r??m??t ple?s ?n e? sa?θ p??s?f?k, ? l?? we? w?st ?v s??m???. e? ple?n w?znt tu? ?b?dli ?d?m??d, b?t ???v? e? j??z, e? kr?? w?z f??g?tn ?nd e? r?k r??me?nd ??nd??st??bd.
e?n ?n 1989, ?tw?nti-s?ks j??z ?ɑ?ft? e? kr??, e? ple?n w?z ??ks??d?nt?li ?ri?d?s?k?v?d ?n ?n ?e?r??l ?s??ve? ?v ei ?a?l?nd.
ba? e?s ta?m, ? ?l??k?st? ?b?m?r ?n ?ri?zn?bl k?n?d???n w?z re?r ?nd w??θ ?r?skju???.
e? fr?n? ???θ?r?tiz h?d e? ple?n ?p?k??d ?nd mu?vd ?n pɑ?ts b?k tu? ?frɑ?ns.
na? ? gru?p ?v ?n?θju?z??sts ɑ? ?g???? tu? h?v e? ple?n r?s?t??d.
?t h?z f?? r??lz-r??s ?m??l?n ??n??nz, b?t e? gru?p w?l ni?d tu? h?v ???nli θri? ?v e?m ?ri??b?lt.
??m???n ee? s??pra?z ?nd d??la?t w?n ee? br??k ???p?n e? ?p?k?? ?ke?s?z ?nd fa?nd e?t e? f??θ ??n??n w?z swi?t ?z ?h?ni -- st?l ?n ?p??f?kt k?n?d???n.
?? ?k?l?ni ?v bi?z h?d t??nd ei ??n??n ??ntu? ? ha?v ?nd ?t w?z ?t??tli pr??z??vd ?n ?bi?zw?ks!
任務(wù)配置：L0+L4
知識(shí)筆記：
Lancaster bomber? 蘭開斯特轟炸機(jī)
remote 英 /r?'m??t/? adj. 遙遠(yuǎn)的筹误；偏僻的伟骨；疏遠(yuǎn)的 n. 遠(yuǎn)程
wreck 英 /rek/? n. 破壞垮庐；失事；殘豪癖ァ；失去健康的人 vt. 破壞究驴；使失事慨仿；拆毀 vi. 失事；營救失事船只
undisturbed 英 /?nd?'st??bd/ adj. 安靜的纳胧；鎮(zhèn)定的镰吆；未被擾亂的；泰然自若的
aerial 英 /'e?r??l/? adj. 空中的跑慕，航空的万皿；空氣的；空想的 n. [電訊] 天線
survey 英 /?s??ve?; (for v.) s??ve?/ n. 調(diào)查核行；測量牢硅；審視；縱覽 vt. 調(diào)查芝雪；勘測减余；俯瞰 vi. 測量土地
rare 英 /re?/? adj. 稀有的；稀薄的惩系；半熟的 adj. 杰出的位岔；極度的如筛；非常好的 adv. 非常；極其 vi. 用后腿站起抒抬；渴望
rescue 英 /'reskju?/? vt. 營救杨刨；援救 n. 營救；援救擦剑；解救
enthusiast 英 /?n'θju?z??st; en-/ n. 狂熱者妖胀，熱心家
enthusiasm 英 /?n?θju:z??z?m/ n. 熱心，熱忱惠勒，熱情
restore 英 /r?'st??/? vt. 恢復(fù)赚抡；修復(fù)；歸還 vi. 恢復(fù)纠屋；還原
delight 英 /d?'la?t/ n. 高興 vi. 高興 vt. 使高興
colony 英 /'k?l?n?/? n. 殖民地怕品；移民隊(duì)；種群巾遭；動(dòng)物棲息地
hive 英 /ha?v/? vi. 群居肉康；入蜂房；生活在蜂房中 n. 蜂房灼舍，蜂巢吼和；熱鬧的場所；熙攘喧鬧的人群 vt. 入蜂箱骑素；貯備
preserve 英 /pr?'z??v/? vt. 保存炫乓；保護(hù)；維持献丑；腌末捣；禁獵 n. 保護(hù)區(qū)；禁獵地创橄；加工成的食品箩做；（某人或群體的）專門活動(dòng)
beeswax 英 /'bi?zw?ks/? vt. 涂蜜蠟 n. 蜂蠟
Imagine 英 /?'m?d??n/ vt. 想象；猜想妥畏；臆斷 vi. 想象邦邦；猜想；想象起來
Image? 英 /'?m?d?/ n. 影像醉蚁；想象燃辖；肖像；偶像 vt. 想象网棍；反映黔龟；象征；作…的像
練習(xí)感情：
今天發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)EXCEL大神的課，好興奮氏身，好想開始學(xué)他的課巍棱，但是還是要把今天的英語任務(wù)先完成。
