NCE2(29)：Taxi_新概念英语

taxi

　　captain ben fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. the 'taxi' is a small swiss airplane 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. 

出租汽车

　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。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。