新概念英语第二册78-03

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!

New words and expressions 生词和短语

Lancaster n. 兰开斯特
bomber n. 轰炸机
remote adj. 偏僻的
Pacific n. 太平洋
damage v. 毁坏
wreck n. 残骸
rediscover v. 重新发现
aerial adj. 航空的
survey n. 调查
rescue v. 营救
package v. 把......打包
enthusiast n. 热心人
restore v. 修复
imagine v. 想像
packing case 包装箱
colony n. 群
bee n. 蜂
hive n. 蜂房
preserve v. 保护
beeswax n. 蜂蜡

参考译文

1963年，一架兰开斯特轰炸机在瓦立斯岛毁。那是南太洋中一个很偏僻的小岛，位于萨摩亚群岛以西，距离群岛还有很长一段距离。飞机损坏的程度并不严重，但是，多年来这起飞机失事已被遗忘，飞机残骸也没受到破坏。于是，到了1989年，飞机失事26年后，在对小岛的一次航空勘查中那架飞机被意外地发现了。到了那个时候，状况良好的兰开斯特轰炸机实属罕见，值得抢救。法国政府让人把飞机包装起来，一部分一部分地搬回法国。一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。该飞机装装配有4台罗尔斯-罗伊斯的默林发动机，但是他们只需要修复其中的3台。想一想他们所感受到的惊奇和兴奋 —— 当他们拆开包装箱时，他们发现第4台发动机就像蜂蜜一样甜 —— 发动机完好无损。一群蜜蜂把发动机当作了蜂房，发动机在蜂蜡中被完整地保存了下来。
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★Lancaster n 兰开斯特

lancaster : name of the plane

★bomber n 轰炸机, 炸弹手

bomb 炸弹

bomber n.轰炸机, 轰炸员, 投弹手

★remote adj 偏僻的

lonely偏僻的(孤零零的)

remote village遥远的村庄

lonely island孤岛

remote偏远

★Pacific n 太平洋

Atlantic大西洋 / Indian ocean印度洋 / Arctic ocean 北冰洋

★damage v 毁坏

★wreck n 残骸

wreck强调坏了没用的东西 : broken thing (一个坏了的整体,完整的)

wrekage强调坏的东西成碎片 : piece of

★rediscover v 重新发现

re-表示再, 又的意思

review复习 / reread再读 / rewrite改写 / retell复述

★aerial adj 航空的

★survey n 调查

investigation n.调查, 研究

survey调查(一定要跟数据有关系)

aerial survey航空调查(跟数据有关系)

★rescue v 营救

rescue＝save

★package v 把...打包

pack n. 小包, v. 把...打成小包

package n 大包

package v 把...打成大包

parcel包裹(邮局邮寄)

pack it for me

wrap it up for me

package deal : 一揽子交易,一揽子交易中的条款

★enthusiast n 热心人

enthusiast n.热心家, 狂热者

★restore v 修复

修并且复原,如对艺术品的修复

★imagine v 想像

imagine doing

imagine it想象一下吧! (口语)

imagine that + 从句

★packing case 包装箱

★colony n 群, 殖民地

colony n.殖民地, 侨民, (聚居的)一群同业, 一批同行, (生物)群体

colony 一群聚居在一起的生物

a colony of ants一群蚂蚁

a colony of bees一群蜜蜂

a colony of artists一群艺术家

a flock of

a flock of goats 羊群

a herd of cows 一群奶牛

a crowd of (用于人)

★bee n 蜂

★hive n 蜂房

★preserve v 保护

protect保护

preserve保存(经过特殊手段而保存下来)

bean curd豆腐

preserved bean curd豆腐乳

preserved fruit果脯

preserved meat腊肉

preserved fish腊鱼

smoked fish熏鱼

can I keep your photo? 我能保存你的照片吗?

how long can I keep it?

can I return it to you?

can I keep it for you?

store the cabbage

store储存, 保存(以便日后使用)

★beeswax n 蜂蜡

本课重点词: 1 remote 2 wreck 3 re- 4 package / package deal 5 restore 6 imagine it 7 preserve

【课文讲解】

Lancaster轰炸机的型号

crash从上往下掉 (不及物, on)

crash in the mountain掉到山里

a remot place in the South Pacific 作islant 的同位语

a long way to go 有很长的路要走

west of / east of / south of / north of

在英文中跟方位感相连的介词有三个in, on, to

Haerbin‘s in the north of China

on是指跟一个地方有接触面

Korea is on the north of China

to是相离的概念

★前面又没the, 又没介词, west of＝to the west of

west of前面没有任何词修饰的时候, 我们认为处于相离的概念

was too badly damaged损坏得太厉害

over在此之间, 相当于during (over后如有数字则译为 “超过” )

over the years 这些年来

over the new year在新年期间 / over the Christmas在圣诞期间

over Spring Festival在春节期间

festival n.节日, 喜庆日, 音乐节, 戏剧节, 喜庆, 欢宴, 欢乐 adj.节日的, 快乐的

remain+adj看作系动词be理解

the room remained warm房间还是那么暖和, 注意与 “the room was warm.” 的区别, “remain” 有保持的意思

Christmas is coming few days after the beginning of the winter

by this time到这时

in condition处于...状态

in reasonable condition＝in good condition

in perfect condition处于完美状态

in poor confition状态不好

in reasonable condition做后置定语

keep the house in good condition

建议看的几部电影:

‘walking in the cloud’---《云中漫步》, 《浓情巧克力》

动画片 : ’dinosaur’---《恐龙》; ’snow white’---《白雪公主》

was rare and was worth rescuing.

be worth doing表达了被动含义, 用主动ing表达被动含义

the cake is worth eating

the books are worth reading

have something done 让别人做某事

in parts:little by little,bit by bit一部分一部分

the group : the group of enthusiasts

imagine后面可以直接加宾语

imagine my excitement when I found my mother outside

imagine their excitement and delight when the People’s Republic of China was founded

the door opened(open是动词)

the door is open(open是形容词)

break sth open打开...

cut open切开

cut it open剪开(信封)

tear it open撕开(信封)

busy as a bee忙得象个蜜蜂

sweet as honey甜得象蜜 (在文中是双关语, 注意体会)

sticky as glue胶水一样粘

stong as horse马一样强壮

turn...into把...变成

在固定短语中as...as中得的一个as省略

as busy as a bee中第一个as省略: I am busy as a bee.

文章读20遍, 不用背,注意模仿句子结构

【Key structures】 关键句型

have sth done

1、让别人做某事 2、遭遇不幸

I have my leg broken我摔断了腿

I have my wallet lost/stolen我丢了钱包

【Special difficulties】 难点

A group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane repaired.

Collective noun+ singular or plural verb.

集合名词与连用动词的单数或复数形式. 当我们把这个名词当作一种非人格的东西看待时, 即当作一个整体, 连用的动词应为单数. 当我们把这个名词人格化时, 即看作组成整体的若干人时, 连用的动词应为复数.

Study these Sentences: 细读以下句子 :

The national team is travelling to London tomorrow. 国家代表队将于明天去伦敦.

The team are all highly talented young people. 全队人员都是天赋极高的年轻人.

The audience is made up of school children. 观众是由学校的学生组成的.

The audience were spellbound by the magic of the performance. 观众们被表演的魅力迷住了.

my family are watching TV. / my family is happy

集合名词做人看 : 复数; 不作人看, 单数

Exercise练习 Choose the correct verb in these sentences: 选择正确的动词 :

1 The Government(has)(have)taken strong measures against inflation.

2 The shipwrecked crew (was)(were)rescued from the water by helicopter.

3 (Has)(Have)the staff been informed about the meeting?

4 This class(is)(are) a pleasure to teach.

1 has 2 were (shipwreck n.船只失事, 海难, 遇难) 3 Have 4 is

【Multiple choice questions】多项选择题

5 By 1989, a Lancaster bomber was rare and worth ____.

(a) to be saved (b) to save (c) saved (d)saving

answer: d

be worth doing

6 Only three of the four Rolls Royce Merlin engines ____rebuilt.

(a) will have to be (b) need have been (c)are being (d)had to be

answer: a

情态动词need只用于否定句和疑问句中,要用在肯定句中肯定是实义动词

need to do 将来需要做

10____the years that followed, the crash was forgotten.

(a)Between (b)During (c)While (d)Among

over the years = during the years

【Summary writing】摘要写作

Answer these questions in not more than 100 words. 回答下列问题, 将答案组成一个段落, 不要超过100个单词.

1 Was the Lancaster bomber badly damaged when it crashed on a remote island in the south Pacific?

2 How long did the wreck remain undisturbed? How was it rediscovered?(Then...until...)

3 What did the French authorities do with the plane? Who will be having it restored? (...,where...)

4 How many engines will they have to have rebuilt? Why is the fourth engine still in perfect condition?(...,but... because...)

3 where = 介词+先行词

The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France, where a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored.