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Captain Ben Fawcett
本.弗西特机长
has bought an unusual taxi
买了一辆不同寻常的出租汽车
and has begun a new service.
并开始了一项新的业务
The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane
这辆出租汽车是一架小型瑞士飞机
called a 'Pilatus Porter'.
叫皮勒特斯.波特号
This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.
这架奇妙的飞机可以载7名乘客
The most surprising thing about it, however,
然而 最令人惊奇的是
is that it can land anywhere:
它能够在任何地方降落
on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.
雪地上 水面上甚至刚耕过的田里
Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor
弗西特机长的第一名乘客是位医生
who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.
他从伯明翰飞往威尔士山区一个偏僻的村庄
Since then,Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.
从那时开始 弗西特机长已经载送乘客到过许多不寻常的地方
Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats
一次 他把飞机降落在了一栋公寓楼的屋顶上
and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.
还有一次 降落在了一个废弃的停车场上
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
The man wanted to fly to Rockall,
这个人想要飞往大西洋上的一个孤岛
a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean,
罗卡尔岛
but Captain Fawcett did not take him
弗西特机长之所以不送他去
because the trip was too dangerous.
是因为那段飞行太危险了
