1、taxi n.出租汽车 taxi driver出租车司机 take a taxi，take a bus，take a lift CabCaptain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.本.弗西特机长买了一辆不同寻常的出租汽车,并开始了一项新的业务.Captain(1)person in charge of a ship or civil aircraft 船长;舰长;（民航机的）机长.(2)officer in the British Army between the ranks of lieu
2、tenant and major（英）陆军上尉(3)person given authority over a group or team;leader 队长;组长:他当了五年的足球队长.He was(the)captain of the football team for five years.(5)captain v Tn be captain of(a football team,etc)担任（足球队等的）队长:Who is captaining the side today?今天这队的队长是谁?The taxi is a small Swiss aeroplane called a P
3、ilatus Porter.这辆“出租汽车”是一架小型瑞士飞机,叫“皮勒特斯.波特”号.called a Pilatus Porter是过去分词短语,作aeroplane的定语。一般过去分词短语作定语时要放在所修饰的名词/代词之后，而一个单独的分词作定语时则往往放在所修饰的名词/代词前面。它可以再耕过的田里降落。It can land on a ploughed field.call sb.sth.叫某人 be called被称为 The instrument was called a piano.过去分词做定语时是作为被动状态来翻译的 I have an instrument called
4、a piano.written English书面语；spoken English口语 This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.这架奇妙的飞机可以载7名乘客.The most surprising thing about it,however,is that it can land anywhere:on snow,water,or even on a ploughed field.然而,最令人惊奇的是它能够在任何地方降落:雪地上,水面上,甚至刚耕过的田里.that 从句在此处是表语从句。宾语从句中的that可省略；定语从句中的关系词在从
5、句中做宾语时可以省略。The most surprising thing is that（surprising 可以由其它词替换）最令人激动的是我们能赢得足球比赛。The most exciting thing is that we can win the football match.最高兴的是在春节期间我能和妈妈待在一起。The happiest thing is that I can stay with mother during the Spring Festival.land vi.着陆 Whose plane landed in the field?plough n.梨；v.耕,犁
6、,犁耕,费力穿过,艰苦前进,在考试中淘汰 1 Tn,Tn.p sth(up)break up the surface of(land)with a plough 耕（地）:plough a field 耕田2 I,Tn(dated Brit sl 旧,俚)(cause sb to)fail(an examination)（使某人）考（试）不及格:我期末考试不及格.I ploughed my finals.The examiners ploughed half the candidates.主考人员刷掉了一半应试者.plough(ones way)through sth(a)force a wa
7、y through sth 费力穿过某处The ship ploughed through the waves.那轮船破浪前进.Fieldrange of a subject,an activity or an interest（某种学科 活动或兴趣的）领域,范围,界:在政治 艺术 科学 音乐等领域 in the field of politics,art,science,music,etc That is outside my field,ie not among the subjects I have studied.那不在我所研究的范围之内.Captain Fawcetts first
8、passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.弗西特机长的第一名乘客是位医生,他从伯明翰飞往威尔士山区一个偏僻的村庄.lonely adj.偏僻的,人迹罕见的(地方)lonely adj.孤独的,孤僻的(人)She felt lonely.她感到孤独（主观）alone adj.单独的,独一无二的,孤独的,独自的；adv.独自地 She is alone.她独自一个人（事实,客观）Since then,Captain Fawcett has flown pass
9、engers to many unusual places.从那时开始,弗西特机长已经载送乘客到过许多不寻常的地方.since then从那时起（强调起点）so far=up to now强调终点 Fly飞机正从河上飞过。（不及物）The aeroplane is flying over the river.他已将他的汽车空运到法国。(及物 空运乘客)He has flown his car to France.Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion,he landed in a desert
10、ed car park.一次,他把飞机降落在了一栋公寓楼的屋顶上;还有一次,降落在了一个废弃的停车场上.onceand on another occasion一次还有一次 Once I met him on the street and on another occasion I met him in the library.roof n.楼顶（从外面看）plants vs zombiesceiling n.天花板（从里面看）hit the ceiling勃然大怒,暴跳如雷,怒发冲冠（美口语）block n.块,一座大楼 flat n.公寓房 a block of flats公寓楼(英国英语)
11、a block of apartments公寓楼(美语，apartment n.公寓)office block办公楼写字楼desert v.废弃 Tn(a)go away from(a place)without intending ever to return 离弃（一地方）;放弃;遗弃:离弃一所房屋 一座城市等 desert a house,city,etc The village had been hurriedly deserted,perhaps because terrorists were in the area.全村人都匆匆逃走了,或许因为该地区有恐怖分子.leave(sb)w
12、ithout help or support;abandon 离弃（某人）;抛弃:他抛弃了妻子儿女,出国去了.He deserted his wife and children and went abroad.deserted adj(a)with no one present 无人的:空无一人的街道 地区等 a deserted street,area,etc The office was quite deserted.这个办公室里没有人.N.(large area of)barren land,with very little water and vegetation,often sand
13、-covered 沙漠;荒漠;荒原:Vast areas of land have become desert.广大的地区均已变成沙漠.the Sahara Desert 撒哈拉大沙漠Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman.弗西特机长刚刚拒绝了一位商人的奇怪要求.request from sb.来自某人的请求 request for sth.要求得到 Refuse and Deny refuse to do sth.拒绝做某事 I offered to pay him for his help
14、but he refused(payment).deny doing sth./deny that+从句否认（指控、做过某事等）秘书不承认她偷了那封信。The secretary denies that she has stolen the letter.当refuse作为及物/不及物动词表示“拒绝接受”时，不可与deny混用；当refuse作为及物动词表示“拒绝给予、拒绝要求”时，它与deny可以互相替换。All those not holding tickets will be refused/denied entry.无票者不得入内。The man wanted to fly to Ro
15、ckall,a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean,but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.这个人想要飞往大西洋上的一个孤岛-罗卡尔岛,弗西特机长之所以不送他去,是因为那段飞行太危险了.take sb.to 送某人 Very and Too very adv.很，非常（very描述状况，不涉及后果）very expensive很贵，但买得起 I arrived very late but I caught the train.You are very kind.too adv.太，过于（too表示“太”，以至于引起某种后果）在副词或形容词前表示否定含义，强调程度大到了人们不愿去做 too expensive太贵了（买不起）I arrived too late and I missed the train.一般过去时和现在完成时一般过去时往往强调动作本身，而现在完成时则表示始于过去并持续到现在的动作或表示过去不确定的时间发生过的并与现在有某种联系的动作。I hope you washed them before you ate them.Up till now,I have never been abroad before.
