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29_Taxi

29 Taxi

Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.

本·福塞特机长买了一辆不同寻常的出租汽车，并开始了一项新的业务。这辆"出租汽车"是一架小型瑞士飞机，叫"皮勒特斯·波特"号。 这架奇妙的飞机可以载7名乘客。然而，最令人惊奇的是它能够在任何地方降落：雪地上、水面上，甚至刚耕过的田里。 福塞特机长的第一名乘客是位医生，他从伯明翰飞往威尔士山区一个偏僻的村庄。 从那时开始，福塞特机长已经载送乘客到过许多不寻常的地方。一次，他把飞机降落在了一栋公寓楼的屋顶上；还有一次，降落在了一个废弃的停车场上。 福塞特机长刚刚拒绝了一位商人的奇怪要求。这个人想要飞往大西洋上的一个孤岛——罗卡尔岛， 福塞特机长之所以不送他去，是因为那段飞行太危险了。

Words

  • land /lænd/ 降落
  • ploughed /plaʊd/ 耕地
  • lonely /ˈlonli/ 偏僻的
  • flats /flæts/ 公寓
  • deserted /dɪˈzɝtɪd/ 遗弃的
  • roof /ruf/ 屋顶
  • block /blɑk/ 街区

Expressions

  • unusual taxi 不寻常的出租车
  • a Swiss aeroplane 一架瑞士飞机
  • land anywhere 随处降落
  • a block of flats 一栋公寓楼
  • refuse a request 拒绝请求

done做定语

  1. 通常表被动⼀般/被动完成
  2. a broken cup = the cup that has been broken
  3. boiled water = water that has been boiled
  4. 偶尔表示主动完成
  5. fallen leaves = leaves that have fallen
  6. a retired captain = a captain who has retired
  7. a married man = a man that has married
  8. 位置: 单词(done) + n. + done引导的短语