Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxiand has begun a new service. The 'taxi' is asmallSwissaeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'. Thiswonderful plane can carry seven passengers. Themost surprising thing about it, however, is that itcan land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on aploughed field. Captain Fawcett's first passenger wasa doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely villagein theWelsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcetthas flown passengers to many unusualplaces. Once he landedon the roof of a block of flatsand on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has justrefused a strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, alonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him becausethetrip was too dangerous.
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7. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed ina deserted car park.
一次，他把飞机降落在了一栋公寓楼的楼顶上;还有一次，他降落在了一个废弃的停车场上。
语言点1 本句中of a block of flats是一个介词短语,作roof的后置定语。
语言点2 on another occasion意为“还有一次”。注意occasion必须和介词on连用。
对比学习：on occasion (= from time to time, now and then)不时地，有时
例：I only met her twice, once on the street and on another occasion at my friend’s house.
我只见过她两次，一次在街上，还有一次在朋友家里。
语言点3 deserted意为“荒废的”,近义词为abandoned(被抛弃的)。
8. Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman.
弗西特机长刚刚拒绝了一位商人的奇怪要求。
语言点 refuse sth. from sb.拒绝某人提出的某要求
9. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but CaptainFawcett did nottake him because the trip was too dangerous.
那个人想要飞往大西洋中的一个孤岛——罗卡尔岛，但是弗西特机长拒绝送他去，因为那段飞行太危险了。
语言点1 a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean 为Rockall的同位语。
语窗点2 too dangerous过于危险(贬义);very dangerous非常危险(中性，指危险程度较大)
