新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点 第29课(2)

29课 Does Captain Fawcett think any trip is toodangerous?

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 thatit can land anywhere: on snow, water, or evenon a ploughed field. Captain Fawcett's firstpassenger was a doctor who flew fromBirmingham to alonely village in the Welshmountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusualplaces.Once he landedon the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landedin a desertedcar park. Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. Themanwanted to fly to Rockall, a lonelyisland in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did nottake him because thetrip was too dangerous.

精讲笔记：

4. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow,water, or even on a ploughed field.

然而，最令人惊奇的是它可以在任何地方降落：雪地上，水面上，甚至是刚耕过的田地里。

语言点1 重要句型：The most...is that...意为“最……的是……”

The most surprising thing is that the little baby can stand..最令人惊奇的是小婴儿可以自己站起来。

The most amusing thing is that puppy runs in the race.最有趣的是小狗参加赛跑。

The happiest thing is that we can speak English well.最快乐的事情是我们都可以说一口漂亮的英文。

语言点2 句中that it can land anywhere是表语从句。

表语从句：从句放在系动词后作表语。经常引导表语从句的连词有：that, whether, what, who, which,where, when, how, why.

例：My question is what you want to do.我的问题是你想做什么。

That is where we are interested in.那就是我们的兴趣所在。

5. Captain Fawcett’s first passenger was a doctor who flew from Bormingham to alonely village in the Welsh mountains.

弗西特机长的第一名乘客是位医生，他从伯明翰飞往威尔士山区—个偏僻的村庄。

语言点1 此句中关系代词who引导定语从句修饰doctor。

语言点2 lonely虽然以-ly结尾，从构词规律来看像副词，但实际为形容词。类述有friendly友好的, jolly偷快的, chilly寒冷的,goodly优秀的

语言点3 mountain意为“山”;mountains意为“山脉，群山”。注意，表达“在群山之中"用介词in。

6. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.

从此，弗西特机长已经送乘客到许多不寻常的地方。

语言点1 fly sb. to somewhere= send sb. by air/plane用飞机把乘客送到某个地方

所以原句还可以改为：Since then, Captain Fawcett has sent passengers to many usual places byair.

语言点2 since常用于现在完成时态。