Question

新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点第29课(1)

Answer 1

29课 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 asmall 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 theWelsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusualplaces. 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 thetrip was too dangerous.

语法归纳：现在分词和过去分词作定语

一句话总结：现在分词和过去分词可以放在名词前面或者后面充当定语，起修饰限定作用。

1）现在分词作定语，与名词是主动关系：a shouting woman —个大喊大叫的女人；an exciting trip 一次令人激动的旅行；a passing boat 一艘路过的船

2）过去分词作定语，与名词是被动关系：a deserted house 一座废弃的房子；my lost pen我那支丢失的笔；a broken pipe 一个坏了的烟斗

3）现在分词和过去分词放在名词之后作定语相当于定语从句：There is a dog called Dudu (= There is a dog that is called Dudu.)有一只叫嘟嘟的狗。/ Please look at the student sitting on the chair.请看那个坐在椅子上的学生。

精讲笔记：

1、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汽车，开始了一项新的业务。

语言点 表达“与众不同的，不寻常的”的词汇：unusual, remarkable, uncommon, unwonted, differed.

2. The taxi is a small Swiss aeroplane called a ‘Pilatus Porter’.

这辆“出租车”是一架小型瑞士飞机，叫“皮勒特斯•波特”号。

语言点 本句中called引导的过去分词短语作aeroplane的后置定语，相当于定语从句。所以原句可改为：The ‘taxi’ isa small Swiss aeroplane which is called a ‘Pilatus Porter’

3. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.

这架奇妙的飞机可以载7名乘客。

语言点 carry—般为以不接触地面的方式携带，请参考Lesson 5。