[al:新概念英语（二）] [ar:MP3 同步字幕版（英音）] [ti:Sweet as Honey] [by:更多学习内容，请到VeryCD.com搜索“露珠”] [00:13.78]What was 'sweet as honey' and why? [00:20.63]In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, [00:27.12]a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa. [00:34.11]The plane wasn't too badly damaged, [00:37.25]but over the years the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed. [00:44.10]Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, [00:50.53]the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island. [00:57.38]By this time, [00:58.99]a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing. [01:05.81]The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France. [01:13.38]Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. [01:18.93]It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt. [01:27.46]Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases [01:34.06]and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey--still in perfect condition. [01:42.68]A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!