【故事复现】一次被拒绝的旅行（上）
• Step 1: Listen and answer the question.
第一步：听Freya慢速朗读的故事，回答下列问题。
Question: Does Captain Fawcett think the trip is too dangerous?
问题：弗西特机长是不是觉得这次旅行太过危险？
词汇准备
• taxi 出租汽车
• Pilatus Porter 皮勒特斯·波特（飞机机名）
• land 着陆
• plough 耕（地）
• lonely 偏僻的，人迹罕至的
• Welsh 威尔士的
• roof 楼顶
• block 一栋大楼
• flat 公寓房
• desert 废弃
• Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.
本·弗西特机长买了一辆不同寻常的“出租车”，并开始了一项新的业务。
The ‘taxi’ is a small Swiss airplane called a ‘Pilatus Porter’. This wonderful plane
can carry seven passengers.
这辆“出租车”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.
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。
Captain Fawcett’s first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a
lonely village in the Welsh mountains.
弗西特机长的第一位乘客是位医生，他从伯明翰飞往威尔士山区一个偏僻的
村庄。
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 and on another occasion, he landed in
a deserted car park.
有一次，他把飞机降落在了一栋公寓楼的屋顶上；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 a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett
did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.
这个人想要飞往大西洋上的一个孤岛，弗西特机长之所以不送他去，是因为
那 段飞行太危险了。
第二十六单元
【故事复现】一次被拒绝的旅行（下）
• Step 3: Listen again and answer the questions.
第三步：再听一遍，回答下列问题。
1 Has Captain Ben Fawcett bought a small Swiss airplane, or has he bought an
ordinary taxi? Does he use it as a taxi or not?
2 What is it called?
3 How many passengers can it carry? Can it land anywhere or not?
4 Has Captain Fawcett taken passengers to many strange places in his plane or not?
5 Did he refuse to fly a businessman to the island or not?
6 Was the journey too dangerous or not?
Answer: Captain Ben Fawcett has bought a small Swiss airplane and (he)uses
it as a taxi. It is a “Pilatus Porter”. It can not only carry seven passengers but
also land anywhere. Captain Fawcett has taken passengers to many strange
places in his plane. He refused to fly a businessman to the island. The journey
was too dangerous.
• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
课外练习：句型及词汇训练。
1 The most remarkable thing about the ‘Pilatus Porter’ is that ______.
(a)it can be used as a taxi
(c)it can carry seven passengers
(b)it doesn't' need runway to land on
(d) it is Swiss airplane.
2 Captain Fawcett _______.
(a)is prepared to fly passengers anywhere
(b)flies passengers anywhere
(c)will fly passengers anywhere except very dangerous places
(d) will fly passengers anywhere except the island
3 The 'taxi' is a small Swiss airplane _____called 'Pilatus Porter'.
(a)who is
(b)whom is
(c) which is
(d) whose is
4 This is the most surprising thing about it. It is than anything.'
(a)most surprising
(b)more surprising
(c)more surprised
(d)most surprised0
5 He flew a doctor to a Welsh village. ______he has flown to many unusual places.
(a) From then
(b)By then
(c)By that time
(d) Since that time
6 He was asked ______ businessman to fly to the island and he refused.
(a) from
(b) by
(c) with
(d) out of
7 The man wanted to fly to the island. ______to take him there.
(a)He wanted the pilot
(b)He wanted
(c)The pilot he wanted
(d) The pilot the man wanted
8 It's an unusual taxi. It isn't very _______.
(a)accustomed
(b)common
(c)usually
(d) used to
9 The ploughed field is ready for _______.
(a)sewing
(b)sowing
(c)seeding
(d)growing
10 It's a lonely village. It is _______.
(a)far
(b) far from anywhere
(c)alone
(d)the only one
11 Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual ______.
(a)parts
(b)pieces
(c)spots
(d)sections
12 The car park was deserted. It was________.
(a) a desert
(b)empty
(c)abandoned
(d) wasted
Key: 1b 2c 3c 4b 5d 6b 7a 8b 9b 10b 11c 12b
第二十六单元 【语法点拨】
助动词的分类和用法
▶ 助动词的分类
协助主动词构成谓语动词词组的词叫助动词，助动词分为三大类：基本助动
词、情态动词和半助动词。
▪ 基本助动词
基本助动词be, do, have是语法功能词，自身没有词义，不可单独使用。助动词
协助主动词表示时态、语态、构成疑问句或与否定副词not连用构成否定句以及
用来加强语气。
▪ 情态动词
情态动词具有情态意义，其语法作用是协助主动词构成限定动词词组。
• He can play the violin very well.他小提琴拉的很好。
▪ 半助动词
半助动词是指介于主动词和助动词之间的一种结构。
I have to go now.我现在得走了。(have to在此句相当于must)
以下是主要的半助动词:be about to, be apt to, be bound to, be going to, be liable to,
be sure to, be to, had better, had best, have to, had got to, come to, happen to, fail to,
get to, tend to, be certain to, be likely to, appear to, seem to, turn out to, be supposed
to, manage to等。
▶ 基本助动词的形式和用法
基本助动词只有三个，即be, do, have。其作用是协助主动词表示时态、语态、
构成疑问句或与否定副词not连用构成否定句以及用来加强语气。
▪ 助动词be的用法
(1) 构成进行时
• She is singing.她在唱歌。
(2)构成被动语态
• He was sent to England.他被派往英国。
(3)构成否定式
• She is not much of singer.她不是什么了不起的歌唱家。
(4)构成疑问形式或附加疑问形式
• Are you a college student? 你是大学生吗?
• These tools are very useful, aren’t they? 这些工具很有用，是吗?
(5)构成修辞倒装
• Not only was Churchill a statesman, but also a man of letters.
丘吉尔不仅是一位政治家，而且是一位文学家。
▪ 助动词do的形式和用法
(1)构成否定式
• She does not like Japanese.她不喜欢日语。
(2)构成疑问形式或附加疑问形式
• When did you graduate from college? 你什么时候大学毕业的?
• Do you like college life? 你喜欢大学生活吗?
• He doesn’t smoke, does he? 他不吸烟，是吗?
(3)构成修辞倒装
• Never did I see her again after graduation. 毕业后我再也没有看到她了
(4)加强语气
• Do come here at three o’clock this afternoon.下午三点务必来这里。
• Do be quiet! 请务必安静!
(5)用作代动词
• Do you like Beijing? 你喜欢北京吗?
—Yes, I do.是的，喜欢。(do用作代动词，代替 like Beijing)
▪ 助动词have的形式和用法
(1)构成完成时或完成进行时(主动态或被动态)
• John Smith has worked here for five years.
约翰·史密斯已经在这里工作五年了。
• He has been working in this university ever since 1978.
1978年以来他一直在这所大学工作。
• English has been taught in China for many years.
中国教英语已经有许多年了。
(2)构成否定式
• I haven’t been to the cinema for a long time.我很久没去看电影了。
(3)构成疑问形式或附加疑问形式
• Have you ever been to Tibet? 你去过西藏吗?
• Prices have been soaring in the past few months, haven’t they?
近几个月来物价一直在飞涨，是不是?
(4)构成修辞倒装
• Never have I found her in such a good mood.
我从来没有见过她心情这么愉快。
• I have sometimes succeeded. Sometimes I have failed. But never have I been
a quitter.
我有时成功，有时失败，但我从来不是知难而退者。
第二十七单元