新概念（二）

Lesson 29 Taxi 出租车

Does captain Forsit(Fawcett) think any trip is too dangerous? Captain Fawcett认为任何旅程都太危险了吗？

Captain Ben Forsit(Fawcett) has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The taxi is a small Swiss airplane called it(a) pelydies(Pilatus) porter. Captain Fawcett机长刚买了一辆不寻常的出租车，并且开始了新的服务项目。这个“出租车”是一架小型瑞士飞机，名字叫“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 ploud(ploughed) field. 这架奇妙的飞机可载七名乘客。然而，最令人惊讶的是它可以着陆在任何地方：雪地里，水里，甚至是废墟中（刚耕过的田里）。

Captain Forsit(Fawcett’s) first passenger was a doctor who flew from Berminghan(Birmingham) to a lonely village in the Walsh(Welsh) mountains . Since then, Captain forst(Fawcett) have(has)flew(passengers)to many unusual places. Once, he landed on a(the)roof of a block (of)flats. Fawcett机长的第一名乘客是一名医生，从伯明翰飞去Welsh山上与世隔绝（偏僻）的村庄里。自那以后，Fawcett机长载着乘客去了很多奇怪的地方。有一次，他着陆在一堆平房顶上（一栋公寓楼）。

And on a another occasion, he landed in a desert(ed)car park. Captain forst(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 forst(Fawcett) did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.还有一次，他着陆在废弃的停车场。Fawcett机长刚刚拒绝了一个商人的奇怪请求，这个商人想飞去Rockall， 大西洋上的一个孤岛。但是Fawcett机长没有载他因为这个行程太危险了。