新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 29 Taxi
1 . Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.弗西特機長的第一名乘客是位醫生,他從伯明翰飛往威爾士山區一個偏僻的村莊。
2 . but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.弗西特機長之所以不送他去,是因為那段飛行太危險了。
3 . Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman.弗西特機長剛剛拒絕了一位商人的奇怪要求。
4 . Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.從那時開始,弗西特機長已經載送乘客到過許多不尋常的地方。
5 . The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'.這輛「出租汽車」是一架小型瑞士飛機,叫「皮勒特斯。波特「號。
6 . The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean,這個人想要飛往大西洋上的一個孤島 -- 羅卡爾島,
7 . The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.雪地上,水面上,甚至剛耕過的田里。
8 . This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.這架奇妙的飛機可以載7名乘客。
9 . Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.本。弗西特機長買了一輛不同尋常的出租汽車,並開始了一項新的業務。
10 . Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.一次,他把飛機降落在了一棟公寓樓的屋頂上;還有一次,降落在了一個廢棄的停車場上。