Does Captain Fawcett think any trip is too dangerous?
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.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
taxi n.
Pilatus Porter
land v.
plough v.
lonely adj.
Welsh adj.
roof n.
block n.
flat n.
desert v.
參考譯文
本.弗西特機(jī)長買了一輛不同尋常的出租汽車,并開始了一項(xiàng)新的業(yè)務(wù).這輛“出租汽車”是一架小型瑞士飛機(jī),叫“皮勒特斯.波特“號(hào).這架奇妙的飛機(jī)可以載7名乘客.然而,最令人驚奇的是它能夠在任何地方降落：雪地上,水面上,甚至剛耕過的田里.弗西特機(jī)長的第一名乘客是位醫(yī)生,他從伯明翰飛往威爾士山區(qū)一個(gè)偏僻的村莊.從那時(shí)開始,弗西特機(jī)長已經(jīng)載送乘客到過許多不尋常的地方.一次,他把飛機(jī)降落在了一棟公寓樓的屋頂上；還有一次,降落在了一個(gè)廢棄的停車場(chǎng)上.弗西特機(jī)長剛剛拒絕了一位商人的奇怪要求.這個(gè)人想要飛往大西洋上的一個(gè)孤島 -- 羅卡爾島,弗西特機(jī)長之所以不送他去,是因?yàn)槟嵌物w行太危險(xiǎn)了.