Lesson 66  Sweet as honest

What was ‘sweet as honest’?

In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa, The plan wasn’t too badly damaged, but over the years, the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed未混乱的没弄乱的. Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial空中 survey调查 of the island. By this time a Lancaster bomber in reasonable还算好的合理的 condition 状况 was rare and worth rescuing. The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts一部分一部分的back to France. Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored修理. It has fore 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 蜂房and it was totally完全的preserved 保护in beeswax蜂蜡!

Summary writing

Answer these questions in not more than 100 words.

1 Was the Lancaster bomber badly damaged when it crashed on a remote island in the south Pacific?

2 How long did the wreck remain undisturbed? How was it rediscovered? (Then… until…)

3 What did the French authorities do with the plane? Who will be having it restored?

4 How many engines will they have to have rebuilt? Why is the fourth engine still in perfect condition? (…, but …because…)

  The Lancaster bomber was not too badly damaged when it crashed on a remote island in the South Pacific. Then the wreck remained undisturbed for twenty-six years until it was rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island. The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France, where a group pf enthusiasts will be having it restored. They will have to have three of the engines rebuilt, but the fourth engine is still in perfect condition because a colony of bees had turned it into a hive and it was totally covered in beeswax. (99 words)

Composition

Rewrite the sentences below using the joining words in parentheses. Make any necessary changes:

1 The Lancaster bomber crashed. It was not too badly damaged. The island was very remote. The wreck remained undisturbed for more than years. (When…, but…so…that)

2 Now some enthusiasts in France plan to have the plane restored. They are absolutely完全的绝对的delighted. (who)

3 They will only need to have three of the engines rebuilt. The fourth engine was preserved保护 in beeswax. It is still as sweet as honey. (because…and)

1 When the Lancaster bomber crashed it was not too badly damaged, but the island was so remote that the wreck remained undisturbed four more than twenty tears.

2 Now some enthusiasts in France who plan to have the plane restored are absolutely delighted.

3 They will only need to have three of the engines rebuilt because the fourth one was preserved in beeswax, and is still as sweet as honey.

Letter writing

Write a short opening paragraph of a letter to a friend who has invited you to go to the circus with him.

Key structures

Have

I washed my car. (I washed it myself.)

I had my car washed. (Someone else washed it for me.)

I’m going to clean my suit. (I’m going to clean it by myself.)

I’m going to have my suit cleaned.(Someone else will do it for me.)

He had his hair cut yesterday.

I will have to have my watch repaired.

Did you have your watch repaired?

I didn’t have my watch repaired.

Exercises

A Find four examples in the passage of have+ovject+past participle:

B Write these sentences again using have with the verbs in italics. Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise.

1 The French authorities took charge of负责.It was packaged and moved in parts back to France.

2 The plane is going to be restored by a group of enthusiasts.

3 The group are delighted. Only three of the engines will need to be rebuilt.

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

2 A group of enthusiasts are going to have the pane restored.

3 The group will need to have only three of the engines rebuilt.

C Rewrite these sentences using have with the verb in italics and making any necessary changes.

1 He is building a new house

2 She will make a new dress.

3 I did not decorate装饰the house.

4 They repaired the washing machine.

5 We must cut this dangerous tree down.

6 We have to install安装 this new television set. (install…set安装)

1 He is having a new house built.

2 She will have a new dress made.

3 I did not have the house decorated.

4 They had the washing machine repaired.

5 We must have this dangerous tree cut down.

6 We have to have this new television set installed.

Special difficulties

A group of enthusiasts are going to have the plan repaired.

Collective noun集合名词+singular or plural复数verb.

集合名词与连用动词的单数和复数形式。当我们把这个名词当成非人格的东西看，即当成一个整体，连用的动词为单数。把这个名词人格化，即看成整体的若干人时，连用的动词为复数。

Study these sentences:

The national team is travelling to London tomorrow.

The team are all highly talented有才能的young people.

The audience is made up of school children.

The audience were spellbound出神的 by the magic of the performance.

Exercise

Choose the correct verb in these sentences:

1 The Government (has)(have)taken strong measures措施 against inflation通货膨胀.

has

2 The shipwrecked 失事/海滩crew (was)(were)rescued from the water by helicopter直升飞机.

Were

3(Has)(Have)the stall职员 been informed通知about the meeting?

Have

4 This class (is)(are)a pleasure to teach.

Is

Multiple choice questions

Comprehension

1 People are interested in restoring 恢复the Lancaster bomber because ___.

a it had crashed over twenty years ago

b the crash took place in a remote island in the South Pacific

c it was a rare model

d it was discovered accidentally

c

2 What had preserved one of the four engines all these years?

a The kind efforts of the French government.

b A colony of bees.

c The interest 兴趣of a group of enthusiasts.

d The remote island west of Samoa.

b

Structure

3 Wallis Island is west of Samoa.      

a to the west of Samoa

b to the east of Samoa

c in the west of Samoa

d in the east of Samoa

4 The wreck remained undisturbed. It was not ___.

a moved

b damaged

c packaged

d restored

a

5 By 1989, a Lancaster bomber was rare and worth ___.

a to be saved

b to save

c saved

d saving

d note: worth是adj+n or ing

6 Only three of the four Rolls Royce Merlin engines ___ rebuilt.

a will have to be需要被

b need have been不合习惯用法

c are being

d had to be

a

Vocabulary

7A group of enthusiasts are planning to have the plane___.

a repaired

b repairing

c reparation

d being repaired

a

8 The plane was moved back to France in parts. It was sent ___.

a as a whole

b bit by bit

c completely

d totally

b

9 Wallis Island is a remote place in the South Pacific. It is ___.

a far away

b well-known

c popular

d close to the European continent

a

10 ___the years that followed, the crash was forgotten.

a Between

b During

c While

d Among

b

11 A Lancaster bomber was rare by 1989. It was ___.

a common寻常的

b uncommon

c popular

d well-known

b

12 The bomber was in __ condition.

a fair

b bad

c perfect

d terrible

c

Sentence structure

Join the following sentences, then check your answer against the text.

A Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island. The island is a remote place in the South Pacific. It is west of Samoa. It is a long way from Samoa.

A Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa.