Sweet as Honey

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In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island,

1963年，一架兰开斯特轰炸机坠毁在沃利斯岛，

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a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa.

一个位于南太平洋的偏远地方，在萨摩亚以西很远。

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The plane wasn't too badly damaged,

飞机没有损坏得太严重，

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but over the years the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed.

但多年来，这次坠机事件被遗忘，残骸也一直未被触动。

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Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island.

1989年，坠机26年后，在一项对该岛的空中勘测中，这架飞机被意外重新发现。

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By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing.

此时，一架状况尚可的兰开斯特轰炸机已属罕见，值得营救。

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The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France.

法国当局将飞机打包，并分批运回法国。

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Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored.

现在，一群爱好者正准备修复这架飞机。

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It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt.

它有四台劳斯莱斯梅林发动机，但该团队只需要重建其中三台。

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Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases

想象一下，当他们打开包装箱时，是多么惊喜和高兴，

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and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey--still in perfect condition.

发现第四台发动机“甜如蜂蜜”——仍然处于完美状态。

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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，它完全被蜂蜡保存了下来！