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05_No_Wrong_Numbers

05 No Wrong Numbers

Mr.James Scott has a garage /ɡəˈrɑːʒ/ in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. /ˈpɪdʒɪn/ Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.

Words

  • garage /ɡɚˈɑʒ/ 车库
  • pigeons /ˈpɪdʒənz/ 鸽子

Expressions

  • leave sb. a message 给某人留口信

  • customer service 客户服务

  • cover the distance in st. 用……时间走完这段距离

  • A is 5 miles from B A 离 B 有 5 英里

  • get sth. for sb. 给某人弄到某物

  • a great many + 可数名词复数

  • send a request for sth. 发出对某物的请求

  • up to now 直到现在

  • in this way 以这种方式