1963年，一架兰开斯特轰炸机在华利斯岛坠毁，那是南太平洋一处偏僻的地方，在萨摩亚以西很远处。
In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa.
飞机损坏得不算太严重，但多年来坠机事故逐渐被人遗忘，残骸也一直无人打扰。
The plane wasn't too badly damaged, but over the years the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed.
然后，1989年——坠机26年后——在一次对该岛的航空测量中，这架飞机被意外地重新发现了。
Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island.
到那时，一架状况尚可的兰开斯特轰炸机已属罕见，值得抢救。
By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing.
法国当局让人把飞机分零件打包运回了法国。
The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France.
现在，一群爱好者打算让人将这架飞机修复。
Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored.
飞机装有四台劳斯莱斯梅林发动机，但这个小组只需让人重建其中三台。
It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt.
想象一下他们打开包装箱时的惊喜——发现第四台发动机竟然甜如蜂蜜，仍处于完美状态。
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.
一群蜜蜂把发动机变成了蜂巢，发动机被完全封存在蜂蜡之中！
A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!