学乐教育内部讲义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 Fawcetts 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 【New words and expressions】（10）1 taxi[tksi] n.出租汽车2 Pilatus Porter皮勒特斯波特(飞机机名)3 land[lnd] v.着陆4 plough[plau] v.耕地5 lonely[ləunli] a.偏僻的，人迹罕至的6 Welsh[welʃ] a.威尔士的7 roof[ru:f] n.楼顶8 block[blɔk] n.一座大楼9 flat[flt] n.公寓房10 desert [dezət] v.废弃一．单词讲解：taxin.出租车take a taxi to…打的去…cab [kb] n.出租车；(公共汽车、火车等的)司机室, 驾驶室；出租马车(Am)by taxiby cabtaxi stand出租车站（美）taxi driver=cab driverland 学乐教育内部讲义1) n.[U]陆地，土地，地land←→sea，waterground←→skyfarming land农业用地building land建筑用地[C]祖国（喻）mother land /home land/ native [neitiv] landthe land of the dead黄泉路by land由陆路←→by air, by sealandlord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)lonelyadj.1) adj.孤寂的，寂寞的alone; unhappy because of being alone or without friendsAlthough 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; unvisitedAntarctic is the loneliest place on the earth.南极是世界上最偏僻的地方Antarctic [ntɑ: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]1) n.房顶，车顶，顶部pl. roofs 学乐教育内部讲义Although divorced, they continued to live under the same roof.尽管离婚了，他们还是住在同一栋房子里。
have no roof over one’s head /have no place to livein没有地方住2) n.最高处the roof of the world世界屋脊the roof of the mouth上颚-----What kind of roof can’t keep the wet?哪种房顶不能挡雨？-----The roof of the mouth.3) ceiling [si:liŋ] 天花板hit the ceiling勃然大怒hit the roof大发雷霆raise the roof闹翻了天block [blɔk]1) [C] n.（木，石，金属等的）大块a block of concrete[kɔnkri:t] 一块混凝土块a block of marble[mɑ:bl] 一块大理石a block of rock一大块岩石2) [C] n.大建筑物，大楼（内有许多相互独立的公寓或办公室的）a block of flats一栋公寓楼a tower block高层建筑，塔楼3) [C]街区，四面街道围成的一大片建筑物，或指此类建筑群一边的长度[Am]The two buildings share the block.这两栋建筑物整整占满了这个街区。
The post office is two blocks away.邮局在两个街区之外flat [flt]1) n.公寓，单元房，一套房间[Br]apartment [əpɑ:tmənt] [Am]flatlet[‘fltlet]小公寓-let小的booklet小册子piglet小猪tablet[tblit] 药片bomblet[bɔmlit] 小炸弹2) adj.平坦的flat land平原3) adj.泄了气的，瘪下去的flat tyre瘪了的轮胎4) adj.浅的，扁的a flat dish浅碟子The cake was flat.这个蛋糕没有发起来5) adj.啤酒等会起泡的饮料走了气My cola has gone flat.我的可乐走气了desert1) [dezət] n.沙漠，荒漠the Sahara [sə’hɑ:rə] Desert撒哈拉大沙漠2) [dizə:t] v.离弃，放弃，遗弃desert sb / desert sp抛弃某人，放弃某个地方desert强调丢弃，抛弃abandon [əbndən]：give up强调放弃某一想法，打算等He deserted his wife and children and went abroad.他抛弃妻子出国了。
desert a house放弃一个房子desert a city放弃一座城市3) deserted [dɪ’zɜ:tɪd] adj.无人的empty, with no one presenta deserted street空无一人的大街a deserted office空荡荡的办公室a deserted area无人地区deserted adj.被离弃的，被遗弃的，被抛弃的 学乐教育内部讲义a deserted wife被抛弃的妻子a deserted house被遗弃的房子二、关键句型Key structures一。