Day65 20181212周三
20181212
练习材料:
[Day 65 2018-12-12]
Lesson 66 Sweet as honey!
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!
Day65 20181212周三
ˈlɛsn 66 swiːt æz ˈhʌni!
15ɪn 1963 ə ˈlæŋkəstə ˈbɒmə kræʃt ɒn ˈwɒlɪs ˈaɪlənd, ə rɪˈməʊt pleɪs ɪn ðə saʊθ pəˈsɪfɪk, ə lɒŋ weɪ wɛst ɒv səˈməʊə.
28 ðə pleɪn wɒznt tuː ˈbædli ˈdæmɪʤd, bʌt ˈəʊvə ðə jɪəz, ðə kræʃ wɒz fəˈgɒtn ænd ðə rɛk rɪˈmeɪnd ˌʌndɪˈstɜːbd.
38ðɛn ɪn 1989, ˈtwɛnti-sɪks jɪəz ˈɑːftə ðə kræʃ, ðə pleɪn wɒz ˌæksɪˈdɛntəli ˌriːdɪsˈkʌvəd ɪn ən ˈeərɪəl ˈsɜːveɪ ɒv ði ˈaɪlənd.
51baɪ ðɪs taɪm, ə ˈlæŋkəstə ˈbɒmər ɪn ˈriːznəbl kənˈdɪʃən wɒz reər ænd wɜːθ ˈrɛskjuːɪŋ.
59ðə frɛnʧ ɔːˈθɒrɪtiz hæd ðə pleɪn ˈpækɪʤd ænd muːvd ɪn pɑːts bæk tuː ˈfrɑːns.
65naʊ ə gruːp ɒv ɪnˈθjuːzɪæsts ɑː ˈgəʊɪŋ tuː hæv ðə pleɪn rɪsˈtɔːd.
71ɪt hæz fɔː rəʊlz-rɔɪs ˈmɜːlɪn ˈɛnʤɪnz, bʌt ðə gruːp wɪl niːd tuː hæv ˈəʊnli θriː ɒv ðɛm ˌriːˈbɪlt.
79ɪˈmæʤɪn ðeə səˈpraɪz ænd dɪˈlaɪt wɛn ðeɪ brəʊk ˈəʊpən ðə ˈpækɪŋ ˈkeɪsɪz ænd faʊnd ðæt ðə fɔːθ ˈɛnʤɪn wɒz swiːt æz ˈhʌni -- stɪl ɪn ˈpɜːfɪkt kənˈdɪʃən.
93ə ˈkɒləni ɒv biːz hæd tɜːnd ði ˈɛnʤɪn ˈɪntuː ə haɪv ænd ɪt wɒz ˈtəʊtli prɪˈzɜːvd ɪn ˈbiːzwæks! 102 87
任务配置:
L0+L4
知识笔记:
a Lancaster bomber
Wallis Island
Samoa
the wreck 失事的飞机
an aerial survey of the island在一次航空调查中
was rare and worth rescuing挽救是合理并且值得的。
a group of enthusiasts一群狂热分子
Rolls-Royce Merlin engines
delight愉快
was sweet as honey
像蜜一样甜
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蜂巢,然后被蜂蜡封存起来了。
练习感悟(做完事情的感触和吐槽 ,用时):
开始时刻:0522
结束时刻:0642
用时80min。早上困,用时需要长一些。
终于又被人点评了。听了下,确实不太清晰,后面用耳机录音。