听力材料
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.
ˈkæptɪn bɛn Fawcett hæz bɔːt ən ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl ˈtæksi ænd hæz bɪˈgʌn ə njuː ˈsɜːvɪs. ðə ˈtæksi ɪz ə smɔːl swɪs ˈeərəpleɪn kɔːld ə 'Pilatus ˈpɔːtə. ðɪs ˈwʌndəfʊl pleɪn kæn ˈkæri ˈsɛvn ˈpæsɪnʤəz. ðə məʊst səˈpraɪzɪŋ θɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt, haʊˈɛvə, ɪz ðæt ɪt kæn lænd ˈɛnɪweə: ɒn snəʊ, ˈwɔːtə, ɔːr ˈiːvən ɒn ə plaʊd fiːld. ˈkæptɪn Fawcett's fɜːst ˈpæsɪnʤə wɒz ə ˈdɒktə huː fluː frɒm ˈbɜːmɪŋəm tuː ə ˈləʊnli ˈvɪlɪʤ ɪn ðə wɛlʃ ˈmaʊntɪnz. sɪns ðɛn, ˈkæptɪn Fawcett hæz fləʊn ˈpæsɪnʤəz tuː ˈmɛni ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl ˈpleɪsɪz. wʌns hiː ˈlændɪd ɒn ðə ruːf ɒv ə blɒk ɒv flæts ænd ɒn əˈnʌðər əˈkeɪʒən, hiː ˈlændɪd ɪn ə dɪˈzɜːtɪd kɑː pɑːk. ˈkæptɪn Fawcett hæz ʤʌst ˌriːˈfjuːzd ə streɪnʤ rɪˈkwɛst frɒm ə ˈbɪznɪsmən. ðə mæn ˈwɒntɪd tuː flaɪ tuː Rockall, ə ˈləʊnli ˈaɪlənd ɪn ði ətˈlæntɪk ˈəʊʃən, bʌt ˈkæptɪn Fawcett dɪd nɒt teɪk hɪm bɪˈkɒz ðə trɪp wɒz tuː ˈdeɪnʤrəs.
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这篇短文生僻单词相对多一些，特别是一些人名和地名的发音。
