Lesson 29 Taxi!

出租汽车!

First listen and then answer the question: Does Captain Fawcett think any trip is too dangerous?

Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.

本•弗西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。

The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'.

这辆 “出租汽车” 是一架小型瑞士飞机,叫 “皮勒特斯•波特”号

This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.

这架奇妙的飞机可以载 7 名乘客。

The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.

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。

Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.

弗西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。

Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.

从那时开始,弗西特机长已经载送乘客到过许多不寻常的地方。

Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.

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。

Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman.

弗西特机长刚刚拒绝了一位商人的奇怪要求。

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.

这个人想要飞往大西洋上的一个孤岛 -- 罗卡尔岛,弗西特机长之所以不送他去,是因为那段飞行太危险了。

表语从句

单词列表

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taxi

/ ˈtæksi /n. 出租汽车

Pilatus Porter

/ pɪˈleɪtəs ˈpɔrtər /n. 皮勒特斯 波特(飞机名)

land *

/ lænd /v. 着陆 (不及物)

plough

/ plaʊ /v. 耕地

lonely

/ ˈləʊnli /adj. 偏僻的, 人迹罕见的(地方)

Welsh

/ welʃ /adj. 威尔士的

roof

/ ruːf /n. 楼顶 (从外面看)

block *

/ blɒk /n. 块, 一座大楼

flat

/ flæt /n. 公寓房

desert *

/ ˈdezət /v. 废弃