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: or 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.
1 The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere. 然而，最令人惊奇的是它能在任何地方降落。在这句话中that it can land anywhere是一个从句，起表语作用，被称为表语从句。
2 on another occasion，还有一次。
3 car park，汽车停车场。
4 a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean，大西洋中的一个孤岛。这个短语用来补充说明名词 Rockall。
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发表于 2022-4-9 10:08:48
