新概念英语第二册 Lesson 29 Taxi 讲义

Lesson 29 Taxi

🌻Part 1: Text

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.

🌻Part 2: New words and expressions

 

1 taxi['tæksi] n.出租汽车

2 Pilatus Porter皮勒特斯·波特(飞机机名)

3 land[lænd] v.着陆

4 plough[plau] v.耕地

5 lonely['ləunli] a.偏僻的，人迹罕至的

6 Welsh[welʃ] a.威尔士的

7 roof[ru:f] n.楼顶

8 block[blɔk] n.一座大楼

9 flat[flæt] n.公寓房

10 desert ['dezət] v.废弃

★taxi['tæksi] n.出租汽车

take a taxi to…     打的去…

cab [kæb] n.出租车(美)；(公共汽车、火车等的)司机室, 驾驶室；出租马车(Am)

by taxi      by cab 打车

★ land[lænd] v.着陆

1) n. [U] 陆地，土地，地

[C] 祖国（喻）

mother land

2) vi&vt. （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.耕

v. 用犁耕 / plow [plau]  (Am)

plough a field/plough up a field  耕田

 

the Plough 北斗七星 

★lonely['ləunli] a.偏僻的，人迹罕至的

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. 修饰地点，指地方偏僻的，人迹罕至的

of places far from inhabited places; without people; unvisited

a lonely island

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。

 

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。

★roof[ru:f] n.楼顶

1) n. 房顶，车顶，顶部   pl. roofs

have no roof over one’s head /have no place to live in没有地方住

2) n. 最高处 / the roof of the world 世界屋脊 / the roof of the mouth 上颚

3)天花板

hit the roof 大发雷霆          

raise the roof 闹翻了天

★ block[blɔk] n.一座大楼

1) [C] n. （木，石，金属等的）大块

a block of rock 一大块岩石

2) [C] n. 大建筑物，大楼（内有许多相互独立的公寓或办公室的）

a block of flats 一栋公寓楼

a tower block 高层建筑，塔楼

 

3) [C] 街区，四面街道围成的一大片建筑物，或指此类建筑群一边的长度 [Am]

 

The two buildings share the block. 这两栋建筑物整整占满了这个街区。

★flat[flæt] n.公寓房

1) n. 公寓，单元房，一套房间 [Br]

apartment [ə'pɑ:tmənt]  [Am] 美语多用这个词表示公寓

2) adj. 平坦的 / flat land 平原