Taxi
    課文內(nèi)容：
    Does Captain Fawcett think any trip is too dangerous?
    Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 'taxi' is asmall 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 theWelsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusualplaces. 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 thetrip was too dangerous.
    語法歸納：現(xiàn)在分詞和過去分詞作定語
    一句話總結(jié)：現(xiàn)在分詞和過去分詞可以放在名詞前面或者后面充當(dāng)定語，起修飾限定作用。
    1)現(xiàn)在分詞作定語，與名詞是主動(dòng)關(guān)系：a shouting woman —個(gè)大喊大叫的女人;an exciting trip 令人激動(dòng)的旅行;a passing boat 一艘路過的船
    2)過去分詞作定語，與名詞是被動(dòng)關(guān)系：a deserted house 一座廢棄的房子;my lost pen我那支丟失的筆;a broken pipe 一個(gè)壞了的煙斗
    3)現(xiàn)在分詞和過去分詞放在名詞之后作定語相當(dāng)于定語從句：There is a dog called Dudu (= There is a dog that is called Dudu.)有一只叫嘟嘟的狗。/ Please look at the student sitting on the chair.請看那個(gè)坐在椅子上的學(xué)生。
    參考譯文
    本.弗西特機(jī)長買了一輛不同尋常的出租汽車，并開始了一項(xiàng)新的業(yè)務(wù)。這輛“出租汽車”是一架小型瑞士飛機(jī)，叫“皮勒特斯.波特“號。這架奇妙的飛機(jī)可以載7名乘客。然而，令人驚奇的是它能夠在任何地方降落：雪地上，水面上，甚至剛耕過的田里。弗西特機(jī)長的第一名乘客是位醫(yī)生，他從伯明翰飛往威爾士山區(qū)一個(gè)偏僻的村莊。從那時(shí)開始，弗西特機(jī)長已經(jīng)載送乘客到過許多不尋常的地方。，他把飛機(jī)降落在了一棟公寓樓的屋頂上;還有，降落在了一個(gè)廢棄的停車場上。弗西特機(jī)長剛剛拒絕了一位商人的奇怪要求。這個(gè)人想要飛往大西洋上的一個(gè)孤島 -- 羅卡爾島，弗西特機(jī)長之所以不送他去，是因?yàn)槟嵌物w行太危險(xiǎn)了。