口语

  • the arts(音乐、戏剧、舞蹈等)

  • a big name(名人)

  • a DJ set(由 DJ 演奏的一组歌曲)

  • energetic(充满活力的)

  • to miss out(不参加某项活动)

  • to be packed with(充满、满是)

  • spectacles(节目或表演)

  • to take place(发生)

  • unpredictable(令人吃惊或出人意料)

  • a venue(活动的举办地点)

新概念 2 L29 Taxi! 出租汽车!

词汇

  • taxi n. 出租汽车

    • a taximeter cab
      • cab 马车
    • hail a taxi
      • hail v. 招呼
    • take a taxi
  • land v. 着陆

    • take off 起飞
    • pull in 火车 / 公交 进站
    • pull out 出站
  • plough v. 耕(地)

    • plough a field 耕地
  • lonely a. 孤独的

    • lonely 和 alone
      • lonely 心理孤独(主观)
      • alone adj. 孤独的,一个人的(客观,不能加地方)
        • alone 可以作为 adv.
          • get out alone
          • work alone
    • lonely + 地方 人迹罕至的
  • roof n. 房顶

  • block 大块;大楼

    • a block of flats(英) 一栋公寓
      • flat(英) = apartment(美)
      • house 是独栋的
  • desert n. 沙漠
    v. 抛弃

    • dessert n. 甜点
    • deserted a. 荒凉的,空无一人的

原文

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.

参考译文:
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。

  • on one occasion 有一次
  • refuse to do