新概念英语第二册29_Taxi

Lesson 29: Taxi

Key words and expressions

• Captain Ben Fawcett 本·弗西特机长
• Pilatus Porter 皮勒特斯·波特
• land 着陆
• ploughed field 耕过的地
• Birmingham 伯明翰
• Welsh 威尔士的
• a block of flats 一栋公寓楼
• a deserted car park 废弃的停车场
• lonely 偏僻的，人迹罕至的

plough /plaʊ/ v.&n.
[ alsoV ] to dig and turn over a field or other area of land with a plough犁（田）；耕（地）；翻（土）
[ VN ]
• ploughed fields犁过的田地

des·ert /ˈdezət/ n.&v.
/ˈdezət/ [ CU ]a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it. Many deserts are covered by sand.沙漠；荒漠；荒原
• the Sahara Desert撒哈拉大沙漠

des·ert /dɪˈzɜːt/

1. [ VN ] to leave sb without help or support抛弃，离弃，遗弃（某人）
   SYNabandon
   • She was deserted by her husband.她被丈夫遗弃了。

des·sert n. /dɪˈzɜːt/
[ UC ]sweet food eaten at the end of a meal（饭后）甜点，甜食
•What’s for dessert ?餐后甜点吃什么？
•a rich chocolate dessert腻人的巧克力甜点
•a dessert wine餐末甜酒

Questions on the text

1. Why does the writer say Captain Ben Fawcett’s taxi is unusual?
   1. Because the taxi is actually a small aeroplane.
2. What is the most surprising thing about this “taxi”?
   1. It can land anywhere.
3. Why has Captain Fawcett refused to fly a businessman to that lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean?
   1. Because the trip is too dangerous.

Language points

1. The ‘taxi’ is a small Swiss aeroplanecalled‘Pilatus Porter’.
   1. 过去分词短语，修饰前边的名词。相当于一个定语从句
      1. which is called ‘Pilatus Porter’
      2. whose name is ‘Pilatus Porter’
   2. Have you heard of a restaurantnamed‘Small Potato’?
2. This wonderful plane cancarryseven passengers.
   1. She’s carrying a baby in her arms. 抱着
   2. Dont’t carry too much money. 携带
   3. The morning paper carried the story. 刊载
3. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere.
   1. A strange thing about him is that he often wears sunglasses, even when he’s inside the room.
   2. The ball landed in the lake.
4. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown many passengers to many unusual palces.
   1. The children are flying kites.
5. Captain Fawcett did nottakehim because the trip was too dangerous. 送某人去某地
   1. Take it away. 拿走
   2. Take a seat please. 请坐
   3. Let’s take a walk. 去散步
   4. I’ll take you word. 相信。。。的话
   5. which bus shall I take? 乘坐
   6. Have you taken your medicine? 吃（药）
   7. I’ll take you to the museum. 带你去。。。
   8. It takes an hour to get there. 花费

Key structures and usage

定语从句

1. Captain Fawcett’s first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.
   1. who 在从句中作主语，因此不能省略。
2. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown many passengers to many unusual palces.
   1. since then 时间状语，和现在完成时态连用。
3. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.
   1. once … on another occasion 一次。。。还有一次。。。。
4. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Occean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.
   1. but 转折连词
   2. because 原因连词

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