新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第66課(3)

　　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：

　　7、It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt.

　　這架飛機有四臺羅爾斯一羅伊斯公司制造的默林發(fā)動機，但是，他們只需要修復(fù)其中的二臺。

　　8. 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.

　　想一想他們所感受到的驚奇和興奮——當(dāng)他們拆開包裝箱時，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)第四臺發(fā)動機就像蜂蜜一樣甜——發(fā)動機完好無損，

　　語言點 Imagine their surprise and delight.是一個祈使句

　　9、A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!

　　一群蜜蜂把這臺發(fā)動機當(dāng)作了蜂房，發(fā)動機在蜂蠟中被完整地保存了下來。

　　語言點1 colony指一群聚居在一起的生物，如：a colony of ants 二群螞蟻;a colony of artists 一群 藝術(shù)家;另外還有：a flock of goats 一群羊;a herd of cows 一群奶牛;a crowd of people 一群人

　　語言點2 preserve保存;preserved指經(jīng)過特殊手段而保存下來的，例：preserved bean curd豆腐乳;preserved fruit 果脯;preserved meat 臘肉;preserved fish 臘魚。

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