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Lesson 66:Sweet as honey!
像蜜一样甜！
First listen and then
answer the question.
听录音，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. 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!
(
文中出现的部分生词注音：
Wallis
['v
ɑ
:lis] Island
['ail
?
nd]
瓦立斯岛
Samoa [s
?
'm
?
u
?
]
萨摩
亚群岛
accidentally
[,?ksi'dentli]
偶然地
Rolls-Royce
['r
?
u
lz'r
?
is]
（劳斯莱斯）
Merlin
['m
?
:lin]
梅林
)
New words and expressions
生词和短语
Lancaster
['l??k?
st
?
]
n.
兰开斯特
bomber ['b
?
m
?
]
n.
轰炸机
remote
[ri'm
?
ut]
adj.
偏僻的
Pacific
[p
?
'sifik]
n.
太平洋
damage
['d?mid
?
]
v.
毁坏
wreck [rek]
n.
残骸
rediscover [,r
i:di'sk
?
v
?
]
v.
重新发现
aerial
['ε?
ri
?
l]
adj.
航空的
survey [s
?
:'vei,
's
?
:vei,
s
?
-]
n.
调查
rescue
['reskju:]
v.
营救
package
['p?kid
?
]
v.
把
......
打包
enthusiast [in'θju:zi?st,
inθu:
-]
n.
热心人
restore
[ri'st
?
:]
v.
修复
imagine
[i'm?d
?
in]
v.
想像
packing case
['p?ki?
keis]
包装箱
colony [
'k
?
l
?
n
i]
n.
群
bee [bi:]
n.
蜂
hive [haiv]
n.
蜂房
preserve
[pri'z
?
:v]
v.
保护
beeswax
['bi:zw?ks]
n.
蜂蜡
【生词讲解】
1.
Lancaster ['l?
?k?
st
?
]
n.
兰开斯特
2. bomber ['b
?
m
?
]
n.
轰炸机
bomb n.
炸弹
a time bomb
定时炸弹
an atomic
bomb
原子弹
a
bomblet
小炸弹
（
-let
表示“小的”
）
go like a bomb
非常成功
bomber ['b
?
m
?
] n.
轰炸机（注意其中的字母
b
是不发音的）
发音规则：
-mb-
中，
b
不发音
eg. climb
bomb comb tomb thumb dumb
3. remote
[ri'm
?
ut]
adj.
偏僻的
1) adj.
遥远的，偏远的
=distant
a
remote island in the Pacific Ocean
太平洋的一个遥远的小岛
a
remote village.
一个偏远的村庄
2) adj.
（时间上）久远的，遥远的
in
the remote past
在遥远的过去
in the remote future
在遥远的将来
4. Pacific
[p
?
'sifik]
n.
太平洋
1
）太平洋
2
）
adj.
和解的，和平的，爱和平的
peaceful
peace
n.
和平
a pacific
solution
和平解决
a
dove of peace
和平鸽
the Pacific Ocean
太平洋
5. damage
['d?mid
?
]
v.
毁坏
1)
n. [u]
损坏、破坏
damage to
the car
对车辆造成的损坏
damage to the crops
对庄稼造成的损坏
damage
to one
’
s reputation
对名誉造成的损坏
=damage
to one
’
s fame
2)
n. [c] pl.
损坏赔偿金（
damages
）
eg. He claimed $$7000
damages from the taxi company.
他向出租车公司索要
7000
美元的赔偿金。
$$5000 damages to the injured man
给予受伤者的
5000
美元的赔偿金
3)
vt.
损伤，加害于，损害（名誉）
damage sth.
损坏某事
damage a fence
损坏栅栏
damage a car
损坏汽车
damage
furniture
损坏家具
eg. Smoking can damage your health.
吸烟会损害你的健康。
eg.
The bridge was badly damaged by the flood.
这座桥被洪水严重损坏了。
eg.
The groundless rumor damaged his good name.
这个毫无根据的谣言损坏了他的好名声。
(
近义词
)
spoil
损坏、破坏（从情绪上去破坏）
< br>（
eg. Postcards always spoil my
holidays.
）
damage
造成损坏，造成伤害（可恢复）
destroy
毁坏、毁灭（无法修复）
6. wreck [rek]
n.
残骸
1
）
n.
遇难的般，失事船的残骸
eg.
The wreck wasn
’
t found
失事船只的残骸还没有找到
eg.
Lots of wrecks were washed up on the shore.
许多失事船只的残骸被冲上岸了。
2
）
n.
残骸（撞毁的车辆，飞机，毁坏的房屋）
the wreck of the plane
飞机的残骸
the wreck
of the car
汽车的残骸
the wreck of the ship
船只的残骸
eg. My
house was a worthless wreck after the earthquake.
地震后我的房子只剩下废墟一片了。
3
）
n.
毁坏，毁灭，受挫
the
wreck of a plan
计划受挫
go to wreck
毁灭
（近义词）
remains
建筑物的遗址；
（人或动物的）遗体，尸体，残骸
wreck
残骸（撞毁的车辆，飞机，毁坏的房屋）
7. rediscover [,ri:di'sk
?
v
?
]
v.
重新发现
re- discover (re-
表示“又、再”的概念
)
discover vt.
发现
discover + n.
eg. Do you know who discovered the
America?
你知道是谁发现了美洲吗？
eg.
I discovered an unopened letter in the drawer.
我在抽屉里找到了一封未拆开的信。
eg. I soon discovered the truth.
我很快发现真相了。
discover +
that/wh-
（宾语从句）
eg. I discovered that she was a good
cook.
我发现她是个好厨师。
eg. We
never discovered how he died.
我没法查清他是怎么死的。
discover sb. to be
发现??为
eg. I
discovered him to be quite trustworthy.
我发现他相当可靠。
re-
前缀
再次进行或发生
rebuild
重建
review
复习
restore
修复
rewrite
改写
rename
重新起名
remarry
再婚
8.
aerial
['ε?
ri
?
l]
adj.
航空的，从飞行器上的，从窜的
aerial bombardment
轰炸
an aerial
survey
航空勘测
an
aerial railway
悬浮列车
aero-
前缀
空气的，飞行器的
9. survey
[s
?
:'vei,
's
?
:vei,
s
?
-]
n.
调查
1
）
n.
调查；测量，实地勘察
a
public opinion survey
民意测验
a convicing survey
令人信服的调查
make a
survey of river pollution
调查河流污染
2
）
n.
概观，概论
eg.
I
’
m not good at making a
general survey of matters.
我不是爱对事物做总结。
survey [s
?
:'vei,]
v. =investigate
详细调查；测量，勘察
eg. We surveyed 500 housewives; 10
percent of them use dishwashers.
我们调查了
500
名家庭妇女，其中有
10%
使
用洗碗机。
eg. They started
surveying the coast.
他们开始调查海岸线了。
have a house surveyed
请人勘察房屋
['reskju:]
v.
营救
1
）
v.
挽救，解救（通常是从危险情况中）
eg. They rescued a boy from drowning.
他们从水中救起了一个男孩子。
eg. The firemen rescued a baby from the
burning house.
消防员从着火的房子里救出了一个婴儿。
2) n.
挽救
come to a
person
’
s rescue
来营救某人
go to a
person
’
s rescue
去营救某人。
rescuer n.
求助者，搭救者
（近义词）
save
1) v.
挽救，拯救，搭救
eg. He
saved his child from drowning.
他从水中救起了他的孩子。
eg.
He saved an old man from the fire.
他从火中救出了一个老人。
2)
v.
储存（金钱，体力）
；储蓄，保留
eg. He is saving his money to buy a
bicycle.
他存钱是为了买自行车。
eg.
They’re
saving money for
their old age.
他们为自己的晚年储存金钱。
e ['p?kid
?
]
v.
把
......
打包
1
）
n.
包
open a package
打开一个包
a package of books
一包书
2
）
vt
将（某物）包装，将??打包（为了出售）
eg. They packaged the mouse in a
beautiful box and sent it to their teacher.
他们把老鼠包在一个漂亮的盒子里并送给了老师。
package tour
包办旅行
packet
商品以小包装形式出售
pack (
美
)
a packet of cigarettes
一包香烟
a packet of
sweets
一包糖果
parcel
指用来邮寄的包裹
package
（美）
package
(
英
)
指携带的包裹
pack
指背负的包，包裹
a
backpack
背包
packaging
包装材料
packing-case
装货的木箱
siast [in'θju:zi?st,
inθu:
-]
n.
热心人
enthusiasm
[in'θju:zi?z?m, in'θu:
-] n. [u]
热心，热情，热忱
eg. He
has great enthusiasm for personal computer.
他对个人电脑很热衷。
with
enthusiasm
热衷地，狂热地
eg. Learning English needs enthusiasm,
diligence and good methods.
学英语需要热情、勤奋及好方法。
enthusiastic
[in,θju:zi'?stik]
adj.
热情的，热心的