Lesson 5No Wrong Numbers
无错号之虞6 句 · 1:14
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Whatdoes' Nowrongnumbers' mean?
“无错号之虞”是什么意思？
Mr.JamesScotthasagarageinSilburyandnowhehasjustboughtanothergarageinPinhurst.
詹姆斯·斯科特先生在锡尔伯里有一个汽车修理店，现在他刚在平赫斯特又买了一个修理店。
PinhurstisonlyfivemilesfromSilbury, butMr. Scottcannotgetatelephoneforhisnewgarage, sohehasjustboughttwelvepigeons.
平赫斯特离锡尔伯里只有五英里，但斯科特先生无法为他的新修理店装上电话，所以他刚买了十二只鸽子。
Yesterday, apigeoncarriedthefirstmessagefromPinhursttoSilbury.
昨天，一只鸽子把第一条信息从平赫斯特送到了锡尔伯里。
Thebirdcoveredthedistanceinthreeminutes.
这只鸟只用三分钟就飞完了这段距离。
Uptonow, Mr.Scotthassentagreatmanyrequestsforsparepartsandotherurgentmessagesfromonegaragetotheother.
到目前为止，斯科特先生已经从一个修理店向另一个修理店发出了许多索取备件的请求和其他紧急信息。
Inthisway, hehasbegunhisownprivate' telephone' service.
就这样，他开办了自己的私人“电话”业务。
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英英解释为课文中的义项。
- pigeon/ˈpɪdʒɪn/n.
a grey bird often seen in towns and cities
鸽子
#3Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
- message/ˈmesɪdʒ/n.
words that you send or leave for another person
信息；消息；口信
#3Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
- cover/ˈkʌvər/v.
to travel a certain distance
（行走）一段路程；走过
#4The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
- distance/ˈdɪstəns/n.
the amount of space between two places
距离
#4The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
- request/rɪˈkwest/n.
the act of asking for something in a polite way
要求；请求
#5Up to now, Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
- spare part/sper pɑːrt/n.
a new piece kept ready to replace a broken piece of a machine
备件；备用零件
#5Up to now, Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
- service/ˈsɜːrvɪs/n.
a system that gives people something they need
业务；服务
#6In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.
- garage/ɡəˈrɑːʒ/n.
a place where cars are repaired or sold
汽车修理店；车库
#1Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
- mile/maɪl/n.
a unit for measuring length, about 1.6 kilometres
英里
#2Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons.
- urgent/ˈɜːrdʒənt/adj.
very important and needing to be done at once
紧急的；急迫的
#5Up to now, Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
- up to now/ʌp tə naʊ/phr.
from some time in the past until the present
到目前为止
#5Up to now, Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
- a great many/ə ɡreɪt ˈmeni/phr.
very many; lots of
许多；大量
#5Up 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/ɪn ðɪs weɪ/phr.
by doing it like that
这样；用这种方法
#6In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.
- wrong number/rɔːŋ ˈnʌmbər/n.
a phone call that reaches someone you did not mean to call
拨错的电话号码
#0What does 'No wrong numbers' mean?