Lesson 5 笔记（素材）新概念英语第二册

英汉对照 No wrong numbers 无错号之虞 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买了另一个汽车修理部。平赫特离锡尔伯里只有5英里，但詹姆斯.斯科特先生未能为他新的汽车修理部搞到一部电话机，所以他买了只鸽子。昨天，一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫特带到锡尔伯里。这只鸟只用了3分钟就飞完了全程。到目前为止，斯科特先生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。 词汇 Lesson 5 1 pigeon [pidʒin] n.鸽子 2 message ['mesidʒ] n.信息 3 over ['əuvə] v.越过 4 distance ['distəns] n.距离 5 request [ri'kwest] n.要求，请求 6 spare [speə] 备件 7 service['sə:vis] n.业务，服务 概要写作 Mr. Scott has opened his second garage in Pinhurst. His first garage is in Silbury. Silbury is five miles away from Pinhurst. Mr. Scott can’t get a telephone for his new garage. He has bought twelve pigeons. They carry messages from one garage to the other in three minutes. (48 words) 名师精讲笔记 【New words and expressions】生词和短语 ★pigeon n. 鸽子 It's not my pigeon. 这不是我的过错＝None of my business. ★message n. 信息 information...不可数 leave sb. a message:给...留便条 I'll leave you a message. take a message for sb:　替...捎口信 Can I take a message for you? 你能替我捎个口信吗? Can you take a message for me? 打电话 : Hello!--May I have a word with Tom ?/May I speak with/to Tom?--Can you take a message for me? ★cover v. 越过 cover:覆盖 cover+距离 : 越过　　　cover the distance ★distance n. 距离 distant:(a)远距离的 importance:(n.)重要　　 important:(a.)重要的 difference : (n.)不同 different:(a.) 不同的 keep distance:保持距离 Can I share this table? Can I join you? ★request n. 要求, 请求 request for: 对...有请求, 有需求 I have a request for the cake. request sb.to do sth...要求某人做..＝ask sb.to do sth. require