Lesson 29 Taxi! 出租汽车Does Captain Fawcett think any trip is too dangerous?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。
taxi n. 出租车take a taxi to…打的去…cab [kæb] n.出租车；(公共汽车、火车等的)司机室, 驾驶室；出租马车(Am)by taxi by cabtaxi stand 出租车站（美）taxi driver=cab driverland1) n.[U] 陆地，土地，地land←→sea， water ground←→skyfarming land 农业用地building land 建筑用地[C] 祖国（喻）mother landhome landnative ['neitiv] landthe land of the dead 黄泉路by land 由陆路←→ by air, by sealandlord店主，房东landlady 女店主，女房东2) v. （使）着陆The plane can land anywhere. 这架飞机能在任何地方着陆。
（不及物，无宾语）The pilot was trying to land the damaged plane safely.这个飞行员试图使这架损坏的飞机安全着陆。
（及物）land on one’s feet化险为夷land in / land up 陷入We landed in a lot of trouble. 我们陷入了许多麻烦。
plough [plau] v. 用犁耕plow [plau] (Am)plough a field/plough up a field 耕田They plough in spring. 他们在春天耕种田地。
plough a lonely furrow 孤独无援地工作furrow ['fɜ:rəʊ, 'fʌrəʊ] n.犁沟；(脸上的)皱纹vt.犁田,开沟plough through a dull textbook 费劲地读一本枯燥的教科书the Plough 北斗七星 the Big Dipper (Am)lonely adj.1) adj. 孤寂的，寂寞的 alone; unhappy because of being alone or without friends Although he lives in a big family, he feels very lonely.尽管他住在一个大家庭里，他还是觉得很孤独。
I live alone but I never feel lonely. 我一个人住但是我不觉得孤独。
2) adj. 指地方偏僻的，人迹罕至的of places far from inhabited places; without people; unvisitedAntarctic is the loneliest place on the earth. 南极是世界上最偏僻的地方。
Antarctic [æn'tɑ:ktik] 南极区; 南极地方a lonely village in Africa 在非洲一个偏僻的小村庄alone adj. / adv. 独自的（地）；单独的（地）He lives alone. (adv.) 他一个人住。
Leave me alone. (adj.) 别理我。
I want to be alone. (adj.) 我想一个人呆着。
alone无不愉快的含义，lonely含不愉快的含义。
alone作形容词不可放名词前，只能做表语，补语，后置定语。
abandon [ə'bændən]：give up 强调放弃某一想法，打算等He deserted his wife and children and went abroad. 他抛弃妻子出国了。
desert a house 放弃一个房子 desert a city 放弃一座城市3) deserted [dɪ’zɜ:tɪd] adj. 无人的 empty, with no one presenta deserted street 空无一人的大街 a deserted office 空荡荡的办公室a deserted area 无人地区deserted adj. 被离弃的，被遗弃的，被抛弃的a deserted wife 被抛弃的妻子 a deserted house 被遗弃的房子一般过去时和现在完成时的比较1）一般过去时表示过去某时发生的动作。
时间状语多为：last year, last month, 3 years ago, in 1994, just now等。
2）现在完成时表示过去发生的某一动作对现在造成的影响和结果；或表示从过去某一时刻开始一直延续到现在，而且还可能继续延续下去的动作；或表示经验。
时间状语多为表示到现在为止的这段时间。
since 1994, for three years, up until now, just, before等。
此外，在用already, yet, just ,ever, never 这类副词做状语时，常可用现在完成时。
I saw him in 1994. 我在1994年看见他的。
I haven’t seen him since 1994.我从1994年以后就再也没有见过他了。
I saw him 3 years ago. 我三年前见过他。
I haven’t seen him for 3 years.我已经三年没有见过他了。
He stayed at this hotel last month. 他上个月住过这家旅馆。
Have you ever stayed at this hotel? 你住过这家旅馆吗？I went abroad last year. 我去年出国了。
Up till now, I have never been abroad before. 至今为止，我从没出过国。
练习：1. We _____ each other again since then. [ not see ] have not seen从那以后，我们再没有见过对方。
2. I _____ in last night. [ am ] was昨天晚上我在家。
3. I _____ much of him recently. [ not see ] have not seenrecently=these days我最近没见过他几次。
4. The day before yesterday / Yesterday she _____ for the U.K. [ leave ] leftU.K. = the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国。
英国。
leave for 离开去某地前天她去了英国。
5. He _____ a good deal since he _____ here. [ learn / come ] has learnt / came自从他来这儿，他学到了很多东西。
Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.句中出现了两个现在完成时表示对过去的强调。
captain 机长（本文含义）可指上尉，队长，船长，连长，领班等。
service ['sə:vis]1) n. 服务，贡献，帮助，功劳social services 社会福利事业He did me a great service. 他帮了我很大的忙。
2) n. 供水，通讯等公共事业，业务，公共汽车的行驶，班次等。
a mail service / a postal service 邮政业务the telephone service 电话业务，电话网络Is there a good train service into the city?往市内的火车班次方便吗？3) n. 车辆，机器等定期的维修When did you take your car for service? 你什么时候修的车？after-sale service 售后服务4) n. 军务，兵役He was in the service for two years. 他在服两年兵役。