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Lesson 29  Taxi

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 Fawcetts 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.

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ˈlɛsn 29  ˈtæksi

ˈkæptɪn bɛn Fawcett hæz bɔːt ən ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl ˈtæksi ænd hæz bɪˈgʌn ə njuː ˈsɜːvɪs. ðə ˈtæksi ɪz ə smɔːl swɪs ˈeərəpleɪn kɔːld ə Pilatus ˈpɔːtə. ðɪs ˈwʌndəfʊl pleɪn kæn ˈkæri ˈsɛvn ˈpæsɪnʤəz. ðə məʊst səˈpraɪzɪŋ θɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt, haʊˈɛvə, ɪz ðæt ɪt kæn lænd ˈɛnɪweə: ɒn snəʊ, ˈwɔːtə, ɔːr ˈiːvən ɒn ə plaʊd fiːld. ˈkæptɪn Fawcetts fɜːst ˈpæsɪnʤə wɒz ə ˈdɒktə huː fluː frɒm ˈbɜːmɪŋəm tuː ə ˈləʊnli ˈvɪlɪʤ ɪn ðə wɛlʃ ˈmaʊntɪnz. sɪns ðɛn, ˈkæptɪn Fawcett hæz fləʊn ˈpæsɪnʤəz tuː ˈmɛni ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl ˈpleɪsɪz. wʌns hiː ˈlændɪd ɒn ðə ruːf ɒv ə blɒk ɒv flæts ænd ɒn əˈnʌðər əˈkeɪʒən, hiː ˈlændɪd ɪn ə dɪˈzɜːtɪd kɑː pɑːk. ˈkæptɪn Fawcett hæz ʤʌst ˌriːˈfjuːzd ə streɪnʤ rɪˈkwɛst frɒm ə ˈbɪznɪsmən. ðə mæn ˈwɒntɪd tuː flaɪ tuː Rockall, ə ˈləʊnli ˈaɪlənd ɪn ði ətˈlæntɪk ˈəʊʃən, bʌt ˈkæptɪn Fawcett dɪd nɒt teɪk hɪm bɪˈkɒz ðə trɪp wɒz tuː ˈdeɪnʤrəs.

配置任务:  L 0+L 4

知识笔记

taxi n. 出租车

Pilatus Porter 皮勒特斯•波特

land v. 着陆

plough v. 耕地

lonely adj. 偏僻的，人迹罕至的

Welsh adj. 威尔士的

roof n. 楼顶

block n. 一座大楼

flat n. 公寓房

desert v.废弃

练习感悟：规则总是在变化的，我发现了一天投稿的次数和发布的次数都是有限的。说明，还是尽早做打算比较好。你永远不知道会发生什么。比如说想补都没有办法一次补太多。