1. A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!
一群蜜蜂把这台发动机当作了蜂房,发动机在蜂蜡中被完整地保存了下来。
知识点1：colony指一群聚居在一起的生物，如：a colony of ants 二群蚂蚁；a colony of artists 一群艺术家；另外还有：a flock of goats 一群羊；a herd of cows 一群奶牛；a crowd of people 一群人
知识点2：preserve 保存；preserved指经过特殊手段而保存下来的，例：preserved bean curd 豆腐乳；preserved fruit 果脯；preserved meat 腊肉；preserved fish 腊鱼。
2. The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France.
法国政府请人把飞机包装起来，然后一部分一部分地运回了法国。
知识点：had the plane packaged请人将飞机包装起来,并非自己亲自去做。
3. The plane wasn't too badly damaged,but over the years, the crash was forgotten and the wreck rranained undisturbed.
飞机的损坏程度并不严重，但是多年来，这起飞机失事已被遗忘，飞机的残骸也没受到破坏。
知识点1：wasn't too badly damaged 损坏并不严重
知识点2 ：over“在……期间”相当于during,如：over the years 这些年来；over the Christmas 在圣诞期间。
