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 生词和短语
taxi n.
Pilatus Porter
land v.
plough v.
lonely adj.
Welsh adj.
roof n.
block n.
flat n.
desert v.
参考译文
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.这辆“出租汽车”是一架小型瑞士飞机,叫“皮勒特斯.波特“号.这架奇妙的飞机可以载7名乘客.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.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.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.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.弗西特机长刚刚拒绝了一位商人的奇怪要求.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.
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