229_Taxi

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Taxi

Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The "taxi" is a small Swiss airplane 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 plowed[^1] field. Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who^2 flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains. Since then^3, Captain Fawcett has flown[^4] passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on the roof[^5] 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.

[^1]: 过去分词做定语 plowed 被耕种过的地

[^4]: fly vi 飞 | 作为vt 是用飞机送 [^5]: roof 房顶 | ceiling 天花板 [^6]: [^7]: [^8]:

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vocabulary

• land 着陆
• plough -> plow 耕地
• lonely adj 孤独的 | alone adj 单独的
• roof -> roofs 房顶
• block n 大楼 街区 v 阻碍 阻挡 堵住
• flat n 公寓 -> department 美式
• desert v 废弃 n 沙漠 | dessert n 甜品

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语言点： 表语从句

表语从句是一种名词性从句，用作句子中的表语，用来说明主语的内容、性质、身份或状态。表语从句通常跟在系动词（如be, seem, appear, look, become等）后面，由连接词如that, whether, if, what, who, whom, whose, which, when, where, why, how等引导。

常见引导词：

• that：最常用的引导词，无实际意义，不充当从句中的成员，有时可以省略。
• whether/if：引导表示“是否”的表语从句，二者通常可以互换。
• 问句词（what, who, whom, whose, which, when, where, why, how）：引导间接问句作表语从句。

例子：

1. That引导的表语从句：
   • The truth is that we have lost the game.
   • My idea is that we should start early.
2. Whether/if引导的表语从句：
   • The question is whether/if he will accept the offer.
   • It depends on whether/if we have enough time.
3. 问句词引导的表语从句：
   • The problem is who should be sent there.
   • The question is how we can solve this issue.
   • What surprised me was why he refused the invitation.

表语从句在英语表达中非常重要，它们提供了一种表达复杂信息和观点的方式，能够使句子更加丰富和详细。在写作和口语中合理运用表语从句，可以有效提升表达的清晰度和说服力。

例子

it 在后面的句子中不做成分 that： The case is it. He is ill in hospital. The case is that he is ill in hospital.

it 在后面的句子中做成分 what： This is it. We should do it first. This is what we should do first.

He was admitted, it was mainly because he could endure loneliness. He looked as if he were the boss.

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扩展

• Taxi 英国喜欢用Taxi
• Cab 美国喜欢用Cab
• Uber 乌ber