Lesson29

Taxi!PreviewHowoftendoyoutakeataxi?Whatistheadvantage(優勢)ordisadvantageoftakingataxi?Describethepicturetaxi[?t?ksi]n.出租車Hecalledataxiforme.

他給我叫了輛出租車。bytaxi乘出租車taxistand(AmE)出租車站taxidriver出租車司機takeataxito…打車去…他每天早上打車上學。

Hetakesataxitoschooleverymorning.Hegoestoschoolbytaxieverymorning.passenger[?p?s?nd??(r)]n.乘客，旅客Thisbuscancarry50passengers.

這輛公交車能載50名乘客。land[l?nd]v.著陸，登陸Theplanewilllandinfiveminutes.

飛機將在五分鐘后降落。Thepilotlandedtheplanesafely.

飛行員將飛機安全著陸。Theballlandedinthelake.

球落入湖中。plough[pla?]詞根：v.ploughploughafield耕田Theyploughinspring.

他們在春耕。美語表達：plow[plau](發音一樣)Farmersplowinfallorspring.

農民們在秋天或者春天耕種。thePlough北斗七星（BrE）theBigDipper北斗七星（AmE）ploughed:adj.耕過的（地）Birmingham['b?:m???h?m]n.伯明翰（主要指英國中部城市，為英國第二大城市。注：美國也有同名的城市）擴：英國主要城市：London(倫敦，位于英格蘭英國首都)Birmingham(伯明翰，英格蘭中部)Manchester(曼徹斯特，英國西北部)Liverpool(利物浦)Cambridge(劍橋)Oxford(牛津)Edinburgh(愛丁堡)Belfast(貝爾法斯特)Cardiff(卡地夫)Portsmouth(樸茨茅斯)block[bl?k]n.大樓，大廈，街區，阻塞，障礙物anofficeblock辦公大樓Turnleftaftertwoblocks.

走過兩個街區后左拐。ablockinthepipes.

管道阻塞aroadblock路障ablockofrock一塊巖石ablockintraffic交通阻塞flat[fl?t]n.（樓房的）一層，公寓房間，平的公寓另一種表達：apartmentIhopetohaveaflatofmyown.

我希望擁有一套屬于自己的公寓。ablockofflats

一幢公寓大樓Theearthisround,notflat.

地球是圓的，不是平的。occasion[??ke??n]n.場合，時機，時刻，理由Ionlywearatieonspecialoccasions.

我只在特殊場合系領帶。Hewasnotathomeonthatoccasion.

那時他正好不在家。I’vemetheronseveraloccasionsrecently.

我最近見到過她好幾次。Youhavenooccasiontobuyanothercar.

你沒有必要再買一輛車。deserted[d??z?:t?d]adj.被遺棄的，荒蕪的聯想：desertn.沙漠，荒野

v.遺棄，拋棄desertedcity荒涼的城市lonely[?l??nli]adj.寂寞的，孤獨的，偏僻的，荒無人煙的Whenhiswifedied,hewasverylonely.

他太太去世后他非常孤獨。Shehasnofriends,soshealwaysfeelslonely.

她沒有朋友，所以常常感到孤獨。自從我最好的朋友離開后，我感到很寂寞。

Ifeltverylonelywhenmybestfriendleft.Theylivealonelylifeinthehills.

他們在山里過著寂寞的生活。lonely擴：與另一個近義詞alone的區別:仔細想想下面這句話，比較兩詞的不同：

Ilivedalone,butIdidn’tfeellonely.

我雖然單獨一人生活，但我并不感到寂寞。lonely強調感覺上的孤獨寂寞，是種不好的感覺。但alone強調形式上的孤單，沒有不好的感覺。ShewatchesTVwhensheisalone.

她單獨一人時便看電視。Icandoitalone.

我可以獨自一人辦理此事。theAtlanticOceanReview:四大洋theAtlanticOcean[?t‘l?ntik]大西洋thePacificOcean

[p?‘sifik]太平洋theArcticOcean

[‘ɑ:ktik]北冰洋theIndianOcean印度洋ListenandanswerDoesCaptainFawcettthinkanytripistoodangerous?Yes,hedoes.HeoncerefusedtoflytoRockall.TextCaptainBenFawcetthasboughtanunusualtaxiandhasbegunanewservice.The'taxi'isasmallSwissaeroplanecalleda'PilatusPorter'.Thiswonderfulplanecancarrysevenpassengers.Themostsurprisingthingaboutit,however,isthatitcanlandanywhere:onsnow,water,orevenonaploughedfield.CaptainFawcett'sfirstpassengerwasadoctorwhoflewfromBirminghamtoalonelyvillageintheWelshmountains.Sincethen,CaptainFawcetthasflownpassengerstomanyunusualplaces.Oncehelandedontheroofofablockofflatsandonanotheroccasion,helandedinadesertedcarpark.CaptainFawcetthasjustrefusedastrangerequestfromabusinessman.ThemanwantedtoflytoRockall,alonelyislandintheAtlanticOcean,butCaptainFawcettdidnottakehimbecausethetripwastoodangerous.Keystructures現在完成時&一般過去時中時間狀語的比較現在完成時的時間狀語多表示到現在為止的這段時間：since+某一時間，for+一段時間，uptillnow,just,before等。一般過去時表示過去某時發生的動作，時間狀語多為lastyear(month),ago(3yearsago),in+某一年，justnow等。Isawhimin1994.Ihaven’tseenhimsince1994.Isawhim3yearsago.Ihaven’tseenhimfor3years.KeystructuresHestayedatthishotellastmonth.Haveyoueverstayedatthishotel?Iwentabroadlastyear.Uptillnow,Ihaveneverbeenabroadbefore.3.用already,yet,just,ever,never這類副詞作狀語時，常可用于現在完成時。如：Ihavejustreceivedaletterfrommybrother,Tim.HaveyoueverbeentoLondon?Ihaveneverbeenthere.Haveyouhadyourlunchyet?

TellthestoryCaptainFawcett–unusual–newservice‘taxi’–Swiss–‘PilatusPorter’wonderful–sevenpassengersmostsurprising–landanywherefirst–doctor–Birmingham–mountainsSincethen–flown–unusualplacesOnce–flats–another–carparkrefused–strange–businessmanwanted–Rockall–Atlantic–didn’ttake–dangerousMultiplechoicequestions

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