Lesson 66: Sweet as honey 像蜜一樣甜
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!
句子講解:
4、By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing.
到了那個(gè)時(shí)候,一架保存完好的蘭開斯特轟炸機(jī)實(shí)屬罕見,所以值得搶救。
語言點(diǎn) in reasonable condition介詞短語作后置定語修飾bomber。
5、The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France.
法國政府請(qǐng)人把飛機(jī)包裝起來,然后一部分一部分地運(yùn)回了法國。
語言點(diǎn) had the plane packaged請(qǐng)人將飛機(jī)包裝起來,并非自己親自去做。
6、Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored.
現(xiàn)在一群熱心人計(jì)劃修復(fù)這架飛機(jī)。
語言點(diǎn) have the plane restored請(qǐng)人來修復(fù),并非自己動(dòng)手做。
真題測試 測試語言點(diǎn):主將從現(xiàn)
——When will you come to see me, Dad?
——I will go to see you when you ( )the training course. (2003 年高考北京卷,第 26 題)
A. will have finished B. will finish C. are finishing D. finish
答案:選D
分析:如果主句是一般將來時(shí)態(tài),由when引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句中通常用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)表將來。
翻譯:——爸爸,你什么時(shí)候會(huì)來看我啊? ——在你完成了培訓(xùn)課程的時(shí)候我就會(huì)來的。
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