Lily的Scalers Talk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练 Day66 2018-12-12

听力材料

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!

ɪn 1963 ə ˈlæŋkəstə ˈbɒmə kræʃt ɒn ˈwɒlɪs ˈaɪlənd, ə rɪˈməʊt pleɪs ɪn ðə saʊθ pəˈsɪfɪk, ə lɒŋ weɪ wɛst ɒv səˈməʊə. ðə pleɪn wɒznt tuː ˈbædli ˈdæmɪʤd, bʌt ˈəʊvə ðə jɪəz, ðə kræʃ wɒz fəˈgɒtn ænd ðə rɛk rɪˈmeɪnd ˌʌndɪˈstɜːbd. ðɛn ɪn 1989, ˈtwɛnti-sɪks jɪəz ˈɑːftə ðə kræʃ, ðə pleɪn wɒz ˌæksɪˈdɛntəli ˌriːdɪsˈkʌvəd ɪn ən ˈeərɪəl ˈsɜːveɪ ɒv ði ˈaɪlənd. baɪ ðɪs taɪm, ə ˈlæŋkəstə ˈbɒmər ɪn ˈriːznəbl kənˈdɪʃən wɒz reər ænd wɜːθ ˈrɛskjuːɪŋ. ðə frɛnʧ ɔːˈθɒrɪtiz hæd ðə pleɪn ˈpækɪʤd ænd muːvd ɪn pɑːts bæk tuː ˈfrɑːns. naʊ ə gruːp ɒv ɪnˈθjuːzɪæsts ɑː ˈgəʊɪŋ tuː hæv ðə pleɪn rɪsˈtɔːd. ɪt hæz fɔː rəʊlz-rɔɪs ˈmɜːlɪn ˈɛnʤɪnz, bʌt ðə gruːp wɪl niːd tuː hæv ˈəʊnli θriː ɒv ðɛm ˌriːˈbɪlt. ɪˈmæʤɪn 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. ə ˈkɒləni ɒv biːz hæd tɜːnd ði ˈɛnʤɪn ˈɪntuː ə haɪv ænd ɪt wɒz ˈtəʊtli prɪˈzɜːvd ɪn ˈbiːzwæks!

任务配置L0+L4

知识点:worth rescuing;enthusiast/ɪnˈθjuːzɪæst/热心人；restore/rɪsˈtɔː/;a colony of bees 一群蜜蜂

学习感悟

今天的短文读了很多遍，生僻词相对较多，每天的时间都紧张，还需要再改进。