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Lesson 29 Taxi! 出租汽車
一 聽音頻磨耳朵(美音)
二 文章內容與解釋
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'.
[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。這輛「出租汽車」是一架小型瑞士飛機,叫「皮勒特斯.波特「號。]
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.
[這架奇妙的飛機可以載7名乘客。然而,最令人驚奇的是它能夠在任何地方降落:雪地上,水面上,甚至剛耕過的田裡。]
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,他從伯明罕飛往威爾斯山區一個偏僻的村莊。]
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.
[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。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。]
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.
[弗西特機長剛剛拒絕了一位商人的奇怪要求。這個人想要飛往大西洋上的一個孤島 -- 羅卡爾島,弗西特機長之所以不送他去,是因為那段飛行太危險了。]
三 New Word and expressions & 生詞和短語
taxi n. 出租汽車;Pilatus Porter 皮勒特斯波特;land v. 著陸;plough v. 耕地;
lonely adj. 偏僻的,人跡罕至的;Welsh adj. 威爾斯的;roof n. 樓頂;block n. 一座大樓;
flat n. 公寓房;desert v. 廢棄;
四 Notes on the text & 課文注釋
[1] The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: 然而,最令人驚奇的是它能在任何地方降落。
that it can land anywhere是一個從句,起表語作用,被稱為表語從句。
[2]on another occasion還有一次
[3]car park. 汽車停車場
[4]a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean. 大西洋的一個孤島。
補充說明名詞Rockall.
五 Word study & 詞彙學習
[1]taxi n. 出租汽車
[1-1]taxi driver 計程車司機
[1-2]take a taxi/take a bus/take a lift [乘計程車/乘公共汽車/乘電梯]
[2]land v. 著陸 (不及物)
eg: whose plane landed in the field.[誰的飛機降落在野外]
[3]lonely adj. 偏僻的, 人跡罕見的(地方)
[3-1]lonely (人) 孤獨的, 孤僻的/cold fish
eg: She felt lonely (感到, 主觀)
eg: She is alone. (事實, 客觀)
[4]roof n. 樓頂 (從外面看)
[4-1]ceiling 天花板 (從裡面看)
[4-2]raise the roof v. 喧鬧, 大聲抱怨
[4-3]hit the ceiling [美口語] 勃然大怒, 暴跳如雷, 怒髮衝冠
[5]flat n. 公寓房
[5-1]a block of flats 公寓樓 (英國)
[5-2]office block 辦公樓 寫字樓
[5-3]apartment 公寓(美國)
[5-3]a block of apartments
[6]desert v. 廢棄
[6-1]desert the house = let the room empty
[6-2]desert .n沙漠, 不毛之地, 注意名詞和動詞的讀音不同
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