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Lesson 29 Taxi出租汽车
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。
词汇和短语
taxi n.
Pilatus Porter
land v.
plough v.
lonely adj.
Welsh adj.
roof n.
block n.
flat n.
desert v.
1.since then / so far / up to now
since then 强调起点
so for / up to now 强调终点
from then 从...起
since then 从...起（到现在为止）
by then /by that time 到...为止
Five summers have rolled round since then.
从那时到现在五个夏天已经过去了。
Up to now everything has been successful.
到目前为止，一切都很顺利。
2.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.
lonely alone
首先，二者的词性不同。alone可作副词或形容词, 只作表语，不能作定语；而lonely只能作形容词，在句中充当定语或表语。
其次，二者所表达的含义不同。alone表示（身体上的）独自，孤单；而lonely表示（感情上的）孤单寂寞，有时指本人的意愿并非如此，含有不愉快的意思。
alone 形容词 adj. 单独的
He is alone. 他独自一人。
We are not alone; we have friends all over the world.
我们并不孤立，我们的朋友遍天下。
lonely 形容词比较级： lonelier 最高级： loneliest
形容词 adj. 孤独的；寂寞的
She often felt lonely. 她常感到寂寞。
I was alone, but I did not feel lonely.
我虽然孤单，但我不感到寂寞。
形容词 adj. 偏远的；人迹罕至的
· They went to a lonely place in the mountains.
他们到了山中寂寞的地方。
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本课课文复述提纲：
1.What did Captain Ben Fawcett buy?
2.What kind of "taxi" is it?
3.How many passengers can it carry?
4.What's the most surpring thing?
5.Who was the frist passenger?
6.Where has Captain Ben Fawcett landed?
7.Why did he refuse the request of a business man?
