Lesson 66 Sweet as honey
First listen and then answer the question
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 undistured,Then in 1989,twenty-six years after the crash,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!
音标
lɑːst ˈkrɪsməs, ðə ˈsɜːkəs ˈəʊnə, ˈʤɪmi geɪts, dɪˈsaɪdɪd tuː teɪk sʌm ˈprɛznts tuː ə ˈʧɪldrənz ˈhɒspɪtl. drɛst ʌp æz ˈfɑːðə ˈkrɪsməsænd əˈkʌmpənid baɪ ə gɑːd ɒv ˈɒnə ɒv sɪks ˈprɪti gɜːlz, hiː sɛt ɒf daʊn ðə meɪn striːt ɒv ðə ˈsɪti ˈraɪdɪŋ ə ˈbeɪbi ˈɛlɪfənt kɔːldˈʤʌmbəʊ. hiː ʃʊd hæv nəʊn ðæt ðə pəˈliːs wʊd ˈnɛvər əˈlaʊ ðɪs sɔːt ɒv θɪŋ. ə pəˈliːsmən əˈprəʊʧt ˈʤɪmi ænd təʊld hɪm hiː ɔːt tuːhæv gɒn əˈlɒŋ ə saɪd-striːt æz ˈʤʌmbəʊ wɒz ˈhəʊldɪŋ ʌp ðə ˈtræfɪk. ðəʊ ˈʤɪmi əˈgriːd tuː gəʊ æt wʌns, ˈʤʌmbəʊ ˌriːˈfjuːzd tuːmuːv. ˈfɪfˈtiːn pəˈliːsmən hæd tuː pʊʃ ˈvɛri hɑːd tuː gɛt hɪm ɒf ðə meɪn striːt. ðə pəˈliːs hæd ə ˈdɪfɪkəlt taɪm, bʌt ðeɪ wɜː məʊstəˈmjuːzd. ˈʤʌmbəʊ mʌst weɪ ə fjuː tʌnz,' sɛd ə pəˈliːsmən ˈɑːftəwədz, səʊ ɪt wɒz ˈfɔːʧnɪt ðæt wiː dɪdnt hæv tuː ˈkæri hɪm. ɒvkɔːs, wiː ʃʊd əˈrɛst hɪm, bʌt æz hiː hæz ə gʊd ˈrɛkɔːd, wiː ʃæl lɛt hɪm ɒf ðɪs taɪm.'
训练任务：L0+L4
训练感想：任务推迟，不接了
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