05_No_Wrong_Numbers
05 No Wrong Numbers¶
Mr.James Scott has a garage 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. 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.
詹姆斯·斯科特先生在锡尔伯里有一个汽车修理部，现在他刚在平赫斯特又买了一个汽车修理部。 平赫斯特离锡尔伯里只有5英里，但斯科特先生没能为他新的汽车修理部搞到一部电话机，所以他买了12只鸽子。 昨天，一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫斯特带到锡尔伯里。这只鸽子只用了3分钟就飞完了全程。 到目前为止，斯科特先生已经从一个汽车修理部向另一个发送了大量索取备件的信件和其他紧急函件。 就这样，他开始自己的私人"电话"业务。
Words¶
- garage /ɡəˈrɑʒ/ 车库
- pigeons /ˈpɪdʒənz/ 鸽子
- message /ˈmɛsɪdʒ/ 信息
- cover /ˈkʌvɚ/ 覆盖；走完
- distance /ˈdɪstəns/ 距离
- spare /spɛr/ 备用的
- part /pɑrt/ 零件
- service /ˈsɝvɪs/ 服务
- request /rɪˈkwɛst/ 请求
Expressions¶
- leave sb. a message 给某人留口信
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customer service 客户服务
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cover the distance in st. 用……时间走完这段距离
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A is 5 miles from B A 离 B 有 5 英里
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get sth. for sb. 给某人弄到某物
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a great many + 可数名词复数
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send a request for sth. 发出对某物的请求
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up to now 直到现在
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in this way 以这种方式