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Taxi!?

Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.

• taxi n.出租車 taximeter cabriolet = cab(taxicab)

  take a taxi 搭乘出租車

  by taxi 乘出租車

  call a taxi / hail a taxi 叫出租車

  I'll call you a taxi. 我?guī)湍憬谐鲎廛嚒?/p>

• unusual adj.不同尋常的；與眾不同的（=rare）

  an unusual name?

  It is unusual for him to be late

• an unsusal taxi 一輛不同尋常的出租車

The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'. This wonderful plane can carry seven passsengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.

• Swiss?adj. 瑞士的，瑞士人的 ?n. 瑞士人 Switzerland n. 瑞士

• land n. 陸地；土地 v. 著陸，降落

  We expect to land in Shanghai in ten minutes.我們計(jì)劃于十分鐘后降落在上海

• plough v. 耕（地） ?ploughed field 耕過的田野

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.

• Welsh adj. 威爾士（人）語的 n. 威爾士人（語）

• Wales n.威爾士（英國）

• fly-flew-flown

Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion. he landed in a deserted car park.

• on another occasion還有一次

• car park停車場

• deserted?adj. 廢棄的，荒蕪的

  in a deserted area 在一片荒地

• desert? v. 丟棄，離棄/di?z?:t/ ? ??n.?沙漠/?dez?t/

  desert one's family 拋棄家庭 ? the Sahara Desert

Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman.The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Oceanm, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.

Language plus

表語從句

The most surprising thing about it, however , is (that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.)

從句在句中充當(dāng)表語即為表語從句。陳述句作表語從句時(shí)用that引導(dǎo)。疑問句亦可作表語從句。

近義詞辨析

very vs too

• very ???adv. 很，非常

  He walked very carefully.

  I'm not feeling very well.

  Are you busy？-No, not very.

  Be careful. The tea is very hot.

• too ? ???adv. 太，過于 ??常帶有言外之意

  You came too late.

  It ended too soon.?它結(jié)束地太早了。（不舍）

  The tea is too hot!?我的天！這茶也太燙了?。ūг梗?/p>

  too... to...太.....以至于不。。。

  He is too young to do this.?他太年輕了，做不了這個(gè)。

  It's too good to be true.?這好的都不真實(shí)了。
  

refuse ?v.拒絕

to say no to something that you have been offered

to say firmly that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do

She refused a piece of cake.

The offer was very good but she had to rufuse.

She asked him to leave, but he refused.?

vs

deny?v. 否認(rèn)， 拒絕

to say that something is not true 否認(rèn)，不承認(rèn)（別人的指控）

to not allow someone to have or do something 拒絕（別人的需求）

He denied that he had stolen the money.他否認(rèn)自己偷了錢。

He denied stealing the money.他否認(rèn)偷錢。

Her request to take a break was denied.她請假的請求被拒絕了。

bring vs take vs fetch

bring v. 拿來，帶來

come from somewhere with something 從某處拿來。。。

Shall I bring a cake to the party?

我要不要帶個(gè)蛋糕去派對?。?

take?v. 拿，取走

go away from somewhere or someone with something

從某處/某人那里拿走……

Here is your pen. I took it by mistake.這是你的筆，我拿錯(cuò)了。

Has anthing been taken(= stolen)?丟了什么東西嗎？?

?fetch v.去拿來，取回

go somewhere, pick something up and bring it back 去某地取某物并將他拿回

Could you fetch my glasses for me from the other room?

你能去另一個(gè)房間幫我把眼鏡拿來嗎？

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