、 Have you ever flown in an aeroplane? Did you enjoy it? Why/ Why not?
Lead in12、 What are the advantages/disadvantages of air travel?
3、 What do you think air travel will be like in the future (e.g. private helicopers, supersonic flight, journeys to the moon, etc.)?
New words and expressions】
taxi n.岀租汽车
Pilatus Porter皮勒特斯波特 land v.着陆 plough v.耕地 lonely adj.扁僻的，人迹罕见的（地方） Welsh
adj.威尔士的
roof n.楼顶（从外面看） block n.块，一座大楼 flat n.公寓房 desert v.废弃
Questions on the text:
Who's bought an unusual taxi?
2. Captain Ben Fawcett has.
2. What is the \"taxi' in fact?
4. A small aeroplane.
3. How many passengers can it carry?
6. Seven
4. Who was the Captain5
s first passenger?
A doctor.
5. Whafs Captain Fawcett done since then?
He?
s flown passengers to many
unusual places・
6. Where else had he landed?
In a deserted car park.
Language point
★taxi n.岀租汽车
taxi driver 出租车司机 take a taxi, take a bus, take a lift
★land vi.着陆
Whose plane landed in the field?
★plough v.耕地
plough n.梨；v.耕，犁，犁耕，费力穿过，艰苦前进, 在考试中淘汰 farm n.农田，家场
★lonely adj.偏僻的，人迹罕见的（地方） 「丿^dj.瀬独的,孤（
She felt lonely.她感到孤独（主观）
alone adj.单独的，独一无二的，孤独的，独自的；adv.扌虫自地
She is alone. 她独自一个人（事实，客观）★roof n•楼顶（从外面看）
raise the roof v.喧闹，大声抱怨 ceiling n.天花板（从里面看）
hit the ceiling 勃然大怒，暴跳如雷,怒发冲 冠（美口语）
★block n.块，一座大楼
★flat
n.公寓房
a block of flats 公寓楼（英国英语） a block of apartments 公寓楼（美语, apartment n.公寓） office block 办公楼写字楼
★desert v.废弃
①v.废弃
desert the house = let the room empty @n.沙漠，不毛之地
1、The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter*.
called a Tilatus Porter，是过去分词短语，作 aeroplane的定语。一般过去分词短语作定语 时要放在所修饰的名词/代词之后，而一个单 独的分词作定语时则往往放在所修饰的名词/ 代词前面。
He landed in a deserted car park. a race across the Atlantic
call sb. sth.叫某人 .... be called 被称为 .....
The instrument was called a clavichord.
）过去分词做定语时是作为被动状态来翻译的
I have an instrument called a clavichord・
a ploughed field 被耕过白勺 田； a deserted car park 被废弃的车场
written English 书面语；spoken English 口 语 colloquial language 口 语
2> The mostsurprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or eveir ofi a ploughed field.
that从句在此处是表语从句。宾语从句中的 that可省略；定语从句中的关系词在从句中做 宾语时可以省略。
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The most surprising thing is that… (surprising可以由其它词替换)
The most exciting thing is that we can win football match.
The happiest thing is that I can visit/see/(stay with) mother during the Spring Festival, (the Spring Festival 春节) To one's surprise,..・
the 3、Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places ・
since then 从那时起（强调起点） so far =up to now 强调终点
★fly
① vi.飞，飞行
The aeroplane is flying over the river・ ② vt.空运（乘客）
fly sb./sth. To... 开飞机送某人/物去He has flown his car to France・ drive sb. to...
开车送某人去 ...
... My friend drove me to Tianjin・
4、©nee he landed on the roof of a block ofrlats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.
once...and on another occasion 一次 ....... 有一次……
Once I met him on the street and on another occasion I met him in the library.
还 5、Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. request from sb. request for sth.
6、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・ take sb. to… 送某人 too在副词或形容词前表示否定含义，强调程度大到人们不愿去做
too expensive 太贵了（买不起） • very强调程度深
You are very kind・ very expensive 很贵，但买得起 dangerous adj.危险的
了[Key structures]
一般过去时和现在完成时
一般过去时往往强调动作本身，而现在完 成时则表示%台于过去升#寺续到现在的动［乍 或表示过去不确定的时间发生过的并与现 在有某种联系的动作。
I hope you washed them before you ate them. Up till now, I have never been abroad before.
[Special Difficulties]
Refuse and Deny refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事
I offered to pay him for his help but he refused (payment)・ deny doing sth. / deny that +从句 否认(指控、做过某事等)
The secretary denies that she has stolen the letter.
当refuse作为及物/不及物动词表示“拒绝接受”时， 不可与deny混用；当refuse作为及物动词衾示“拒绝 给予、拒绝要求”时，它与deny可以互相替换。
All those not holding tickets will be refused /denied entry ・
Bring，Take与Fetch
bring v.从某处将某物\"带来”，离说话人 越来越近
He brought the book with him when he came to see me.
• take v.拿走，离说话人越来越远
He took the book with him when he left.
fetch v.去某地将某物“取来”，是个双程 作，去了再来（双向动作） Please fetch me a glass of water.
动Very and Too
• very adv.很,非常（very描述状况，不涉 及后果）
I arrived very late but I caught the train. too adv.太，过于（too表示“太 ....... 至于引起某种后果）
I arrived too late and I missed the train.
”，以
Multiple choices
There was ____ house on the top of the hill.
a lone B. a lonely C. an alone D. a lonesome
2. Mary always felt left when she was at home by her paints. A. lone B. lonely C. solo D. solitary
3. He spent ____ hour in the coffee bar. A. a lone B. a solo C. an alone Ionesome Nothing is ___ difficult if you are determined to do it well.
too B. very C. so D. that
5. It would be ____ dangerous to go there alone.
A. B. very C. so D. that
6. The captain _ _ the request to fly to the strange place.
A. admitted C. ned down accepted 7. The man __ library.
nied C. accepted 8. The man __ him to .
A. denied
C. accepted D. received taking any books from the B. refused D. received to do what the robbers asked ^^rrefused D. received
Text translation
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Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane
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called a Pilatus Porter. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers・
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Retell the story 厂一\"、 / 1、 Captain Ben Fawcrett一bought一an unusual taxi一 begun——a new service
2、 “ tax厂一Swiss aeroplane一carry一seven passengers 3、 the most surprising thing——land anywhere——snow—— water—a ploughed field 4、 first passenger—a doctor—flew from •…to a lonely village一Welsh mountains 5、 since then一unusual places
6、 once——landed——roof of a block of flats一on another occasion——a deserted car park 7、 refused——a strange request from——a businessman——a lonely island——Atlantic
8、 didn^t take——because—too dangerous
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