Lesson66 Sweet as Honey
2020-07-08 11:06:41 最后更新: 2020-07-08 11:06:41 访问数量:787
2020-07-08 11:06:41 最后更新: 2020-07-08 11:06:41 访问数量:787
In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis/ˈwɒlɪs/
Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa/səˈməʊə/
. 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!
明治王朝
rulers westernized Japan with astonishing惊人的
speed. -- 明治王朝使日本西化