Lesson 29 Taxi
First listen and then answer the question
Does Captain Fawcett has bought an unususl taxi and has begun a new service.The 'taxi' is a small 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 the Welsh mountains.Since then,Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.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 the trip was too dangerous.
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ˈkæptɪn bɛn Fawcett hæz bɔːt ən ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl ˈtæksi ænd hæz bɪˈgʌn ə njuː ˈsɜːvɪs. ðə ˈtæksi ɪz ə smɔːl swɪs ˈeərəpleɪn kɔːld ə'Pilatus ˈpɔːtə. ðɪs ˈwʌndəfʊl pleɪn kæn ˈkæri ˈsɛvn ˈpæsɪnʤəz. ðə məʊst səˈpraɪzɪŋ θɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt, haʊˈɛvə, ɪz ðæt ɪt kæn lændˈɛnɪweə: ɒn snəʊ, ˈwɔːtə, ɔːr ˈiːvən ɒn ə plaʊd fiːld. ˈkæptɪn Fawcett's fɜːst ˈpæsɪnʤə wɒz ə ˈdɒktə huː fluː frɒm ˈbɜːmɪŋəm tuː əˈləʊnli ˈvɪlɪʤ ɪn ðə wɛlʃ ˈmaʊntɪnz. sɪns ðɛn, ˈkæptɪn Fawcett hæz fləʊn ˈpæsɪnʤəz tuː ˈmɛni ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl ˈpleɪsɪz. wʌns hiː ˈlændɪdɒn ðə ruːf ɒv ə blɒk ɒv flæts ænd ɒn əˈnʌðər əˈkeɪʒən, hiː ˈlændɪd ɪn ə dɪˈzɜːtɪd kɑː pɑːk. ˈkæptɪn Fawcett hæz ʤʌst ˌriːˈfjuːzd əstreɪnʤ rɪˈkwɛst frɒm ə ˈbɪznɪsmən. ðə mæn ˈwɒntɪd tuː flaɪ tuː Rockall, ə ˈləʊnli ˈaɪlənd ɪn ði ətˈlæntɪk ˈəʊʃən, bʌt ˈkæptɪnFawcett dɪd nɒt teɪk hɪm bɪˈkɒz ðə trɪp wɒz tuː ˈdeɪnʤrəs.
训练任务:L0+L4
训练感想:今天是很想放水的一天,就是想把任务留到明天,觉得明天也可以,但是最终理智战胜了情绪,终于战胜了自己,把任务搞定。差不多12点了,最近篇幅长任务重了很多。英语的学习一定不能停,不能防水。给自己一个承诺,持续的把这个事做1000天。越来越觉得没有必要急躁,也没有必要和别人比,大部分人都死在路上,和自己比就够了,所以,沉下下来,踏实行动。