新概念英语第二册Lesson29Taxi!学案

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第二册Lesson 29

Taxi! 出租汽车

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.

【课文翻译】

Captain 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。

The taxi is a small Swiss aeroplane called a Pilatus Porter.

这辆“出租汽车”是一架小型瑞士飞机，叫““号。

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。

Captain Fawcetts first 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。

Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers 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。

Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a

deserted 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。

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。

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.

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。

New Word and expressions 生词和短语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

详 解

语法 Grammar in use

1．The‘taxi’is a small Swiss aeroplane called a‘Pilatus Porter’.

这辆“出租汽车”是一架小型瑞士飞机，叫“皮勒特斯·波特”号。

（1）taxi加引号是因为它不是一辆真正的出租汽车而是飞机。

（2）Swiss aeroplane是指瑞士生产的飞机。

（3） called a‘Pilatus Porter’是个过去分词短语，作aeroplane的定语，在意思上和一个定语从句差不多，即which is called a‘Pilatus Porter’。一般说来，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：

It can land on a ploughed field.

它可以在耕过的田里降落。

He landed in a deserted car park.

他降落在了一个废弃的停车场上。

过去分词ploughed和deserted都位于它们所修饰的名词之前。

2．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。

（1）表示转折的连词however可以位于句首、句末或句中，其意义不变。大多数情况下它位于句中，前后用逗号隔开。

（2）从句 that it can land anywhere在句子中起表语作用，是表语从句，that为引导词，it代指this wonderful plane。

（3） on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field是 anywhere的同位语，举例说明这架飞机可以在哪些地方降落。

3．…Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.……弗西特机长已经载送乘客到过许多不寻常的地方。

我们已经学过fly作为不及物动词的用法，其意义为“飞”、“飞行”：

The aeroplane is flying over the river.

飞机正从河上飞过。

在本课中，fly为及物动词，意思为“空运（乘客）”：

He has flown his car to France.

他已将他的汽车空运到法国。

一般过去时与现在完成时

对比这两种时态时，我们一方面要注意它们的时间状语的区别，另一方面要注意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。

但介词for和since引导的时间状语通常与现在完成时连用，虽然for有时可以与一般过去时连用。

I painted the picture last month/five days ago.

我上个月／5天前画的这幅画。（一般过去时与具体时间连用）

词汇学习 Word study

1．refuse与deny

当refuse作为及物／不及物动词表示“拒绝接受”时，不可与deny混用：

I offered to pay him for his help but he refused（payment）.

他帮助了我，为此我提出要酬谢他，但是他拒绝接受（酬谢）。

但是，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：

Captain Fawcett has just refused/denied 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。

All those not holding tickets will be refused/denied entry.

无票者不得入内。

deny最常用的含义是“否认（指控、做过某事等）”，refuse则没有这个意义：

The secretary denies that she has stolen the letter.

那秘书不承认她偷了那封信。

2．bring，take与fetch

bring表示从某处将某物“带来”；take表示“拿走”；fetch则表示去某地将某物“取来”，是个双程的动作，（bring与take则表示单程的）：

If you're going to the kitchen, would you mind bringing me a glass of water please?

如果你去厨房的话，请给我带杯水来好吗？

Did he bring you a gift last Sunday?

上星期天他给你带礼物了吗？

Please fetch me a glass of water.

请帮我取一杯水来。

Take this glass of water to your father.

把这杯水拿给你父亲。

3．too与very

very与too都表示程度，very的意思是“非常”、“很”，too表示“太”、“过于”：

This bus is going very slowly.

这辆公共汽车走得非常慢。（very只描述状况，不涉及后果）

This bus is going too slowly. I'll miss the train.

这辆公共汽车走得太慢了。我会赶不上火车的。（too表示“太……”以至于引起某种后果）

Tom's very clever.

汤姆很聪明。

Tom's too clever. He won't believe such a thing.

汤姆太聪明了，他不会相信这种事的。

习 题

1 The most remarkable thing about the' Pilatus Porter'is that_______

can be used as a taxi

b. it doesn't need a runway to land on

C. it can carry seven passengers

d. it is a Swiss aeroplane

2 Captain Fawcett_____

a. is prepared to fly passengers anywhere

b. flies passengers anywhere

C. will fly passengers anywhere except very dangerous places

d. will fly passengers anywhere except Rockall

Structure句型

3 The'taxi"is a small Swiss aeroplane_____called a'Pilatus Porter'.

a. who is

b. whom is

C. which is

d. whose is

4 This is the most surprising thing about it. It is________than anything.

a. most surprising

b. more surprising

C. more surprised

d. most surprised

5 He flew a doctor to a Welsh village.______he has flown to many unusual places.

a. From then

b. By then

C. By that time

d. Since that time

6 He was asked_____a businessman to fly to Rockall and he refused.

a. from

b. by .

C. with

d. out of

7 The man wanted to fly to Rockall._____to take him there.

a. He wanted the pilot

b. He wanted

C. The pilot he wanted

d. The pilot the man wanted

Vocabulary词汇

8 It's an unusual taxi. It isn't very______

a. accustomed

b. common

C. usually

d. used to

9 The ploughed field is ready for______

a. sewing

b. sowing

C. seeding

d. growing

10 It's a lonely village. It is______

a. far

b. far from anywhere

C. alone

d. the only one

11 Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual______

a. parts

b. pieces

C. spots

d. sections

12 The car park was deserted. It was______

a. a desert

b. empty

C. abandoned

d. wasted

习 题 答 案

根据课文第3-4行The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land

可以判断只有b.是正确的，it doesn't need a : runway to land on(它着陆时不需要跑道)是课文所暗示的这个飞机的令人惊奇之处。其他3个选择都不能表明这飞机的令人惊奇之处。

2. c

根据课文第7-8行...Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places和最后一行 ......but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous可以看出C. will fly passengers anywhere except very dangerous places(将载运旅客去任何地方,除了非常危险的地方)是正确的结论,其他3个选择都过于片面和绝对了。

a. who is句中修饰的词是物而不是人，因此不能用who做关系代词;

b. whom is : whom做定语从句中的宾语，而本句需要的是做主语的关系代词;

d. whoseis不合语法

只有s是正确的，which既可以做定语从句的主语，又可做宾语。

这是一个带形容词比较级的句子，已经有连词than. a. most surprising和d. most

surprised都是最高级，不合乎语法; d. more surprised虽然是比较级，但surprised(感到

惊奇)主语应该是人，而本句的主语是it,故不能选d;只有b. more surprising(更令人惊奇的)最合乎语法和题目意思。

5. d

a. From then不是正确的表达方式，应该是From then on;

b. By then,和c. By that time都有“到那时"”的意思，指截止到过去某-一时间，都不能用于现在完成时;只有d. Since that time(从那时起)是正确的表达方式，可以用于现在完成时。

6. b

这是一个被动语态的句子，需要选一个合适的介词表示行为的主体，即动作的执行者，, c. which, d. out of 都不用于被动语态，只有 合乎语法，表示执行动作的人。

7. a

只有a. He wanted the pilot才能同前一句The man wanted to fly to Rockall的意思相符。而b. He wanted不合乎逻辑; c. Thepilot he wanted不是主谓结构，不合乎语法;

d. The pilot the man wanted同c一样，也不合乎语法。

8. b

本句需要选出同前--句的unusual(不寻常的)意思相反的词。a. accustomed(习惯的)不是unusual的反义词c. usually(通常)是副词，也不是unusual的反义词d. used to(习惯于)也不合乎题目意思。只有b. common(寻常的，常见的)是unusual的反义词,因此b.是答案。

9. b

只有b. sowing(播种)最符合逻辑:“耕好的田地是准备播种的”。

a. sewing(缝纫)与耕地无关，不合逻辑;

c. seeding(结出种子)也有“播种”的意思，但作及物动词，常于with连用，如seed

the field with wheat,故此句不应该选c.

d. growing(生长，长大)不合乎题目意思。

10.b.

只有b It is far from anywhere(它远离任何地方)才能同前一-句It's a

lonely village(那是一座孤零 零的村庄)的意思相符合。(远的)没有强调“孤独”，只强调距离的远。(单独，独自)没有“孤独，寂寞"的含义; d. the only one (仅有的一个)不符合题目意思。

11. c

a. parts(部分)不- -定指的是地方，词义含糊;

b. pieces(小块)不合题目意思; .

d. sections(部分)同a.-样，词义含糊;

只有c. spots(地点，场所)含义正确。

12.b.

只有b. empty(空的，无人占据的)同前一句的deserted(无人问津)意思相同。a. a

deser(n.沙漠)，ned(被拋弃的)，d. wasted(浪费的)这3个都与deserted含义不同。