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1 课文
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。
2 单词
2.1 taxi [ˈtæksi] n. 出租汽车 BrE
cab AmE
2.2 land [lænd] v.着陆
land n.表示陆地。
land v.只要碰的着地的就是着陆。
2.3 plough [plaʊ] v.耕地
2.4 lonely [ˈləʊnli] adj.偏僻的，人迹罕至的，感到孤单的。
I feel lonely.我感到孤单的。
2.5 Welsh [welʃ] adj. 威尔士的（英国的一部分）
Wales [weɪlz] n. 威尔士
2.6 roof [ru:f] n.楼顶
2.7 block [blɒk] n.一座大楼
a block of flats/apartmest 一座公寓楼
an office block 一个办公楼
a tower block 一个塔楼。
n.堵塞，拥堵
traffic block/jam 交通拥堵。
2.8 flat [flæt] n. 公寓房 BrE
apartment AmE
house 表示独栋的房子。
2.9 desert [ˈdizə:t] v.废弃
desert [ˈdezət] n.沙漠。