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Taxi!

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Does Captain Fawcett think any trip is too dangerous?弗西特机长认为有太危险的旅行吗?

新概念英语-课文

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.

新概念英语-单词与短语

taxi
['tæksi]
n.
出租汽车
Pilatus Porter
皮勒特斯·波特(飞机机名)
land
[lænd]
v.
着陆
plough
[plau]
v.
耕地
lonely
['ləunli]
a.
偏僻的,人迹罕至的
Welsh
[welʃ]
a.
威尔士的
roof
[ru:f]
n.
楼顶
block
[blɔk]
n.
一座大楼
flat
[flæt]
n.
公寓房
desert
['dezət]
v.
废弃

新概念英语-翻译

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“Pilatus Porter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。