「新概念英语」Taxi 出租汽车（不 它不是）
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Lesson 29 Taxi! 出租汽车
一 听音频磨耳朵(美音)
二 文章内容与解释
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".
[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。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. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.
[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。]
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. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.
[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。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. 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.
[弗西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，弗西特机长之所以不送他去，是因为那段飞行太危险了。]
三 New Word and expressions & 生词和短语
taxi n. 出租汽车；Pilatus Porter 皮勒特斯波特；land v. 着陆；plough v. 耕地；
lonely adj. 偏僻的，人迹罕至的；Welsh adj. 威尔士的；roof n. 楼顶；block n. 一座大楼；
flat n. 公寓房；desert v. 废弃；
四 Notes on the text & 课文注释
[1] The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: 然而，最令人惊奇的是它能在任何地方降落。
that it can land anywhere是一个从句，起表语作用，被称为表语从句。
[2]on another occasion还有一次
[3]car park. 汽车停车场
[4]a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean. 大西洋的一个孤岛。
补充说明名词Rockall.
五 Word study & 词汇学习
[1]taxi n. 出租汽车
[1-1]taxi driver 出租车司机
[1-2]take a taxi/take a bus/take a lift [乘出租车/乘公共汽车/乘电梯]
[2]land v. 着陆 (不及物)
eg: whose plane landed in the field.[谁的飞机降落在野外]
[3]lonely adj. 偏僻的, 人迹罕见的(地方)
[3-1]lonely (人) 孤独的, 孤僻的/cold fish
eg: She felt lonely (感到, 主观)
eg: She is alone. (事实, 客观)
[4]roof n. 楼顶 (从外面看)
[4-1]ceiling 天花板 (从里面看)
[4-2]raise the roof v. 喧闹, 大声抱怨
[4-3]hit the ceiling [美口语] 勃然大怒, 暴跳如雷, 怒发冲冠
[5]flat n. 公寓房
[5-1]a block of flats 公寓楼 (英国)
[5-2]office block 办公楼 写字楼
[5-3]apartment 公寓(美国)
[5-3]a block of apartments
[6]desert v. 废弃
[6-1]desert the house = let the room empty
[6-2]desert .n沙漠, 不毛之地, 注意名词和动词的读音不同
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