Lesson 66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一样甜！Read the text and then answer the question.读课文，然后回答以下问题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. I magine 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! New words and expressions生词和短语1Lancaster n. 兰开斯特package v.把……打包bomber n.轰炸机enthusiast n.热心人remote adj. 偏僻的restore v.修复packing case 包装箱wreck n.残骸colony n.群rediscover v.重新发现aerial adj. 航空的hive n.蜂房beeswax n.蜂蜡Notes on the text课文注释1 The French authorities had the plane packaged 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。
句子中的动词have被称为使役动词，结构是have+名词或代词+过去分词在使用这种结构时，我们可能不知道或认为不必指明为我们服务的人是谁，然而，这种结构比被动语态更强调“使”别人为我们服务这一事实参考译文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，值得抢救法国政府让人把飞机包装起来，一部分一部分地搬回法国一群热心人计划修复这架飞机该飞机装配有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——发动机完好无损一群蜜蜂把发动机当作了蜂房，发动机在蜂蜡中被完整地保存了下来Comprehension理解1 People are interested in restoring the Lancaster bomber because ____.(a)it had crashed over twenty years ago(b) the crash took place in a remote island in the South Pacific(c) it was a rare model(d) it was discovered accidentally2 What had preserved one of the four engines all these years?(a) The kind efforts of the French government.(b) A colony of bees.(c) The interest of a group of enthusiasts.(d) The remote island west of Samoa.Structure句型3 Wallis Island is west of Samoa. Wallis is ____.(a) to the west of Samoa(b) to the east of Samoa(c) in the west of Samoa(d) in the east of Samoa4 The wreck remained undisturbed. It was not ____.(a) moved(b) damaged(c) packaged(d)restored5 By 1989, a Lancaster bomber was rare and worth ____.(a) to be saved(b) to save(c) saved(d)saving6 Only three of the four Rolls Royce Merlin engines ____rebuilt.(a) will have to be(b) need have been(c)are being(d)had to beVocabulary词汇7 A group of enthusiasts are planning to have the plane ____.(a) repaired(b) repairing(c)reparation(d)being repaired 8 The plane was moved back to France in parts. It was sent ____.(a) as a whole (b) bit by bit (c) completely (d)totally 9 Wallis Island is a remote place in the South Pacific. It is ____.(a)far away (b)well-known(c)popular(d)close to the European continent10____the years that followed, the crash was forgotten. (a)Between (b)During (c)While (d)Among11 A Lancaster bomber was rare by 1989.It was ____.(a)common (b)uncommon(c)popular (d)well-known12 The bomber was in ____condition. (a)fair (b)bad (c)perfect(d)terrible。
