1. Captain has bought an unusual taxi and has began a new service.
    机长买了一辆不寻常的出租汽车，开始经营一种新型的服务业务。

2. 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，并开始了一项新的业务。

3. Certain birds, like pigeons, also seemed to be especially noisy, and were reported to be flying in unusual patterns before the earthquake.
    有些鸟，如鸽子，也似乎显得特别聒噪，据说地震前它们飞行的方式也与往常不同。

4. Occasionally, unusual creatures are washed to the shore, but they are rarely caught out at sea.
    一些异常的生物偶尔会被冲到岸上来，但它们在海上却极少能被捕到。

5. Like most city folks, I'm cautious. I scan the street and pathways for anything — or anyone — unusual before pulling into the garage. That night was no exception.
    和大多数城里人一样，我非常小心谨慎。在把车开进车库前，我会扫视街道和周围的小路，看看有没有异常的人或东西。那天晚上也不例外。

6. It was not unusual for him to cough for an hour.
    他常常一连咳上一个来小时。

7. It was about midday. I'd left work early in the morning to cash (兑现) a cheque. I walked along to the bank and found there were only about ten or eleven customers in there, a pretty unusual number for those central city banks.
    当时大约是中午时分，为了兑现一张支票，上午我提前下了班。我一路走到银行，发现那儿只有十来个顾客，这个数字对市中心的银行来说是相当不寻常的。