First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Does Captain Fawcett think any trip is too dangerous?

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: or 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.

New words and expressions 生词和短语

taxi(title)/’tæksi/n．出租汽车
Welsh(1．7)/welʃ/adj．威尔士的
Pilatus Porter(11．2-3)/’pilətəs’pɔ:tə/皮勒特斯·波特
roof(1．9)/ru:f/n．楼顶
(飞机机名) block(1．9)/blok/n．一座大楼
land(1．4)/lænd/v．着陆
flat(1．9)/flæt/n．公寓房
plough(1．5)/plau/v．耕地
desert(1．9)/di’zə:t/v．废弃
lonely(1．6)/’launli/adj．偏僻的，人迹罕至的

Notes on the text 课文注释

1  The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere. 然而，最令人惊奇的是它能在任何地方降落。在这句话中that it can land anywhere是一个从句，起表语作用，被称为表语从句。
2  on another occasion，还有一次。
3  car park，汽车停车场。
4  a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean，大西洋中的一个孤岛。这个短语用来补充说明名词 Rockall。

参考译文

本·弗西特机长买了一辆不同寻常的出租汽车，并开始了一项新的业务。这辆“出租汽车”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。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。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一个偏僻的村庄。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。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。弗西特机长刚刚拒绝了一位商人的奇怪要求。这个人想要飞往大西洋上的一个孤岛——罗卡尔岛，弗西特机长之所以不送他去，是因为那段飞行太危险了。