新概念英语第二册 · Lesson 66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一样甜!

New Concept English Book 2 · Lesson 66 · 课文生词例句(粗体为生词)

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课文对话 · Sweet as honey! 像蜜一样甜!(课本 Lesson 66,印刷页 300-303)
1In 1963 a Lancaster /'læŋkəstə/ n. 兰开斯特 bomber /'bɒmə/ n. 轰炸机 crashed on Wallis Island, a remote /rɪ'məʊt/ adj. 偏僻的 place in the South Pacific /pə'sɪfɪk/ n. 太平洋, a long way west of Samoa.
1963年,一架兰开斯特轰炸机在瓦立斯岛坠毁。那是南太平洋中一个很偏僻的小岛,位于萨摩亚群岛以西,距离群岛还有很长一段距离。
2The plane wasn't too badly damaged /'dæmɪdʒd/ v. 毁坏, but over the years, the crash was forgotten and the wreck /rek/ n. 残骸 remained undisturbed.
飞机损坏的程度并不严重,但是,多年来这起飞机失事已被遗忘,飞机残骸也没受到破坏。
3Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered /ˌriːdɪ'skʌvəd/ v. 重新发现 in an aerial /'eəriəl/ adj. 航空的 survey /'sɜːveɪ/ n. 调查 of the island.
于是,到了1989年,飞机失事26年后,在对小岛的一次航空勘查中那架飞机被意外地发现了。
4By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing /'reskjuːɪŋ/ v. 营救.
到了那个时候,状况良好的兰开斯特轰炸机实属罕见,值得抢救。
5The French authorities had the plane packaged /'pækɪdʒd/ v. 把……打包装箱 and moved in parts back to France.
法国政府让人把飞机包装起来,一部分一部分地搬回法国。
6Now a group of enthusiasts /ɪn'θjuːziæsts/ n. 热心人 are going to have the plane restored /rɪ'stɔːd/ v. 修复.
一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。
7It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt.
该飞机装配有4台罗尔斯-罗伊斯的默林发动机,但是他们只需要修复其中的3台。
8Imagine /ɪ'mædʒɪn/ v. 想象 their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases /'pækɪŋ-keɪsɪz/ n. 包装箱 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4台发动机就像蜂蜜一样甜——发动机完好无损。
9A colony /'kɒləni/ n. 群 of bees /biːz/ n. 蜂 had turned the engine into a hive /haɪv/ n. 蜂房 and it was totally preserved /prɪ'zɜːvd/ v. 保护 in beeswax /'biːzwæks/ n. 蜂蜡!
一群蜜蜂把发动机当作了蜂窝,发动机在蜂蜡中被完整地保存了下来。

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