Lesson 66

In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa.
1963年，一架兰开斯特轰炸机在瓦利斯岛坠毁，那是南太平洋上一个偏僻的地方，距离萨摩亚向西很远。
The plane wasn’t too badly damaged, but over the years, the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed.
这架飞机受损并不太严重，但多年以后，那次坠机事故已被遗忘，飞机残骸也一直无人问津。
Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island.
然后在1989年，即坠机事故发生26年后，这架飞机在一次对该岛的航空调查中被意外重新发现。
By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing.
到这时，一架处于良好状态的兰开斯特轰炸机已很罕见，值得营救。
The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France.
法国当局将飞机拆解打包，运回了法国。
Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored.
现在，一群爱好者打算修复这架飞机。
It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt.
它有四台罗尔斯·罗伊斯梅林发动机，但该团队将只需要把其中三台进行重建。
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.
想象一下，当他们拆开包装箱，发现第四台引擎完好如初、运行顺滑时，该是多么惊讶和欣喜。
A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax
一群蜜蜂把发动机变成了一个蜂巢，它被完整地保存在了蜂蜡之中