Lesson29 Taxi!
Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual 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.
Lesson30 Football or polo?
The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual. Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing on the river. Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat. Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them. The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water. I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any in sight: they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.
plough /plaʊ/ 犁地
roof /ruf/ 屋顶
a block of flats 一幢公寓
flat 公寓、一套房间, 水平的
block n. 一栋楼房、大楼，街区 v. 阻碍 注意这个词名词和动词的不同含义
block in 把...的车堵住
block off 封闭、封住（门、窗）
block out 不去想、挡住
bank 岸边
cut across the park 横穿公园
toward /təˈwɔrd/
desert n. /ˈdɛzɜrt/ 沙漠 v. /dɪˈzɜrt/ 抛弃 注意这个词名词和动词读音不同
occasion /əˈkeɪʒən/ 场合、时机
row /roʊ/ v.划船；吵架
这两课里，有好些单词，名词和动词含义不同，比如block、 row、desert，需要引起注意。多多朗读，争取把每一篇课文都读得很熟练、流利，一次性过，不出错。
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