Lesson 29  Taxi!

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.

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。

Grammar

1. 一般过去时与现在完成时的用法。

2. 现在分词和过去分词作形容词。

一般过去时表示的是过去的动作（已结束）或者状态，与现在有没有关系未知；而现在完成时表示的是发生在过去的动作对现在产生了影响，强调的是现在，属于现在时态的范畴。

Exercises.

1. So far he __________ to many famous scenic spots.

A. has flown    B. is flying

C. flown          D. had flown

2. Hollywood star Gabor stopped __________ expensive fur coats when she was asked to by the SPCA.

A. wear   B. to wear   C. wearing   D. wore

1  解析：本题考查的是现在完成时的用法，提示词为：so far, 所以答案为A。

2. 解析：本题考查的是stop doing（停止做某事）用法，注意：stop to do表示的是“停下来，去做…”，根据题意，应为“停止穿昂贵的皮草”所以答案选C。