Lesson 29 Taxi! 出租汽车
Does Captain Fawcett think any trip is too dangerous?
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.
参考译文
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。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。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。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。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。
taxi n. 出租车
take a taxi to…打的去…
cab [kæb] n.出租车；(公共汽车、火车等的)司机室, 驾驶室；出租马车(Am)
by taxi by cab
taxi stand 出租车站（美）
taxi driver=cab driver
land
1) n.
[U] 陆地，土地，地
land←→sea， water ground←→sky
farming land 农业用地
building land 建筑用地
[C] 祖国（喻）
mother land
home land
native ['neitiv] land
the land of the dead 黄泉路
by land 由陆路←→ by air, by sea
landlord店主，房东landlady 女店主，女房东
2) v. （使）着陆
The plane can land anywhere. 这架飞机能在任何地方着陆。（不及物，无宾语）
The pilot was trying to land the damaged plane safely.
这个飞行员试图使这架损坏的飞机安全着陆。（及物）
land on one’s feet化险为夷
land in / land up 陷入
We landed in a lot of trouble. 我们陷入了许多麻烦。
plough [plau] v. 用犁耕
plow [plau] (Am)
plough a field/plough up a field 耕田
They plough in spring. 他们在春天耕种田地。
plough a lonely furrow 孤独无援地工作
furrow ['fɜ:rəʊ, 'fʌrəʊ] n.犁沟；(脸上的)皱纹vt.犁田,开沟
plough through a dull textbook 费劲地读一本枯燥的教科书
the Plough 北斗七星 the Big Dipper (Am)
lonely adj.
1) adj. 孤寂的，寂寞的 alone; unhappy because of being alone or without friends Although he lives in a big family, he feels very lonely.
尽管他住在一个大家庭里，他还是觉得很孤独。
I live alone but I never feel lonely. 我一个人住但是我不觉得孤独。
2) adj. 指地方偏僻的，人迹罕至的
of places far from inhabited places; without people; unvisited
Antarctic is the loneliest place on the earth. 南极是世界上最偏僻的地方。Antarctic [æn'tɑ:ktik] 南极区; 南极地方
a lonely village in Africa 在非洲一个偏僻的小村庄
alone adj. / adv. 独自的（地）；单独的（地）
He lives alone. (adv.) 他一个人住。
Leave me alone. (adj.) 别理我。
I want to be alone. (adj.) 我想一个人呆着。
alone无不愉快的含义，lonely含不愉快的含义。
alone作形容词不可放名词前，只能做表语，补语，后置定语。
roof [ru:f]
