Lesson 29

Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.
本·福塞特船长买下了一辆不寻常的出租车，并开始了一项新服务。
The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'.
这架“出租机”是一架被称为“皮拉图斯·波特”号的小型瑞士飞机。
This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.
这架奇妙的飞机可以携带七名乘客
The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.
然而，关于它最令人惊讶的事情是，它可以降落在任何地方：雪地、水面，甚至耕过的田里。
Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.
福塞特上尉的第一位乘客是一位医生，他从伯明翰飞往威尔士山区的一个偏僻村庄。
Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.
从那时起，福塞特船长已经载客去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.
有一次他降落在一栋公寓楼的屋顶上，另一次他降落在一个荒废的停车场。
Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman
福塞特船长刚刚拒绝了一位商人提出的奇怪要求
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.
这个男人想要飞往大西洋里的孤岛罗卡尔，但福塞特上尉没有带上他，因为这次旅行太危险了。