新概念二Lesson.pptVIP

Lesson 66 Sweet as honey! 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 wasnt 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!  Topics for discussion 1 Tell us about any plane crash youve heard about recently.  2 Tell us about the pleasure of restoring old cars or planes. 3 Tell us about what you know about the habits of bees.  * Lancaster bomber Map of the Pocific Ocean The wreck of a plane Pacage something pacage Rolls Royce Merlin engine hive *