Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxiand has begun a new service. The 'taxi' is asmallSwissaeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'. Thiswonderful plane can carry seven passengers. Themost surprising thing about it, however, is that itcan land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on aploughed field. Captain Fawcett's first passenger wasa doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely villagein theWelsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcetthas flown passengers to many unusualplaces. Once he landedon the roof of a block of flatsand on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has justrefused a strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, alonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him becausethetrip was too dangerous.
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7. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed ina deserted car park.
一次,他把飛機(jī)降落在了一棟公寓樓的樓頂上;還有一次,他降落在了一個(gè)廢棄的停車(chē)場(chǎng)上。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 本句中of a block of flats是一個(gè)介詞短語(yǔ),作roof的后置定語(yǔ)。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2 on another occasion意為“還有一次”。注意occasion必須和介詞on連用。
對(duì)比學(xué)習(xí):on occasion (= from time to time, now and then)不時(shí)地,有時(shí)
例:I only met her twice, once on the street and on another occasion at my friend’s house.
我只見(jiàn)過(guò)她兩次,一次在街上,還有一次在朋友家里。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)3 deserted意為“荒廢的”,近義詞為abandoned(被拋棄的)。
8. Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman.
弗西特機(jī)長(zhǎng)剛剛拒絕了一位商人的奇怪要求。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) refuse sth. from sb.拒絕某人提出的某要求
9. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but CaptainFawcett did nottake him because the trip was too dangerous.
那個(gè)人想要飛往大西洋中的一個(gè)孤島——羅卡爾島,但是弗西特機(jī)長(zhǎng)拒絕送他去,因?yàn)槟嵌物w行太危險(xiǎn)了。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean 為Rockall的同位語(yǔ)。
語(yǔ)窗點(diǎn)2 too dangerous過(guò)于危險(xiǎn)(貶義);very dangerous非常危險(xiǎn)(中性,指危險(xiǎn)程度較大)