?Lesson 5 No wrong numbers
無錯(cuò)號(hào)之虞
Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
詹姆斯. 斯科特先生在錫爾伯里有一個(gè)汽車修理部,現(xiàn)在他剛在平赫斯特買了另一個(gè)汽車修理部。
Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury,
平赫斯特離錫爾伯里只有5英里景埃,
but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage,
但詹姆斯. 斯科特先生未能為他新的汽車修理部搞到一部電話機(jī),
so he has just bought twelve pigeons.
所以他買了12只鴿子痹束。
Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
昨天雄坪,一只鴿子把第一封信從平赫斯特帶到錫爾伯里驱犹。
The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
這只鳥只用了3分鐘就飛完了全程砖瞧。
Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
到目前為止息堂,斯科特先生從一個(gè)汽車修理部向另一個(gè)發(fā)送了大量索取備件的信件和其他緊急函件。
In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.
就這樣块促,他開始自己的私人“電話”業(yè)務(wù)储矩。
單詞:
garage ? ? ?n. ? ?修車廠
pigeon ? ? ?n. ? 鴿子
cover ? ? ?v. ? ?越過
distance ? n. ?距離
request ? ? n.要求,請(qǐng)求
spare part ? ?備件
urgent ? ? adj.緊急的
語法:
1褂乍、表示距離:Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury.
The bank is about 5minutes'walk away.
2、carry sth. 傳遞即硼、運(yùn)送
3逃片、cover ? 完成一段行程
4、up to now ?目前為止只酥,一般與現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)連用
5褥实、request for 請(qǐng)求 ? ? make a request for sth.請(qǐng)求要什么東西
request (sb.) to do sth.要求/請(qǐng)求某人做某事
on/upon request ? 應(yīng)什么請(qǐng)求
6、spare parts ?備件裂允、零件. ? spare tire 備用輪胎 ?spare key 備用鑰匙 ? spare time空閑時(shí)間 ? spare money零錢
7损离、in this way = by way of this 已這種方式
8、service業(yè)務(wù)绝编,服務(wù)僻澎;postal service 郵政業(yè)務(wù)? ? ? passenger service 客運(yùn)業(yè)務(wù)? ? ?pick-upanddelivery service 上門取送業(yè)務(wù)
關(guān)鍵句型:
一般過去時(shí)
連詞前后時(shí)態(tài)可以不一致
but ...so...?