内容正文:
Lesson 29 Taxi
阅读理解
1. Has Captain Fawcett taken passengers to many strange places in his plane?
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2. Why is the plane called ‘Taxi’?
Because the plane can ______________________________________.
单词详解
1. taxi n. 出租汽车
同义词:___________
2. Pilatus Porter 皮勒特斯·波特(飞机机名)
3. land v. 着陆
词组:____________________ 登月
_____________________ 在机场着陆
n. 陆地,国家,国土,地带
扩展:mainland _______________
4. plough v. 耕地
5. lonely adj. 偏僻的,人迹罕至的;孤独的,寂寞的
词组:_____________________ 人迹罕至的农舍
辨析:alone adj. 单独的,独自的 adv. 独自地
翻译:我独自住但我不感到孤独。
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6. Welsh adj. 威尔士的
7. roof n. 楼顶
8. block n. 一座大楼
词组:a block of flats ___________________
v. 防碍,阻塞
翻译:My nose is blocked up. _________________
9. flat n. 公寓房
10. desert v. 废弃;放弃,遗弃,逃跑
翻译:他抛妻弃子,出国了。
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派生:____________ adj. 荒芜的,荒废的,为人所弃的
desert n. ___________
词组:the Sahara Desert _______________________________
课文解析
1. 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’.
· 单词:called是____________作____________修饰___________
翻译:________________________ 一只叫做Snoopy的狗
2. 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.
· 词组:a ploughed field _________________
____________________ 书面语
____________________ 口语
3. Captain Fawcett’s first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.
· 语法:who 引导_________从句,who 做主语_________省略(详见语法重点)
· 单词:fly的主语可以是人或物
翻译:This plane has flown to Brazil. ___________
He will fly to Hong Kong tomorrow. __________
4. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.
· 单词:fly vt. 空运(乘客等)
翻译:他把他的跑车空运到法国去了。
He has ______________________________________.
5. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, h