Lesson 5 No wrong numbers

Lesson 5 No wrong numbers

词汇

pigeon n. 鸽子
复数形式:pigeons
搭配:pigeon house 鸽笼
同义词:dove n. 鸽子
复数形式:doves
音似词:tofu n. 豆腐
口语:It’s not my pigeon. 与我无关。

message n. 信息【可数】
常用搭配:an oral message 口信
     a written message 字条
用法:leave … a message
   给……留字条
例句:我要给他留一张字条。
   I’ll leave him a message.
区别:information n. 信息【不可数】
   massage v.+n. 按摩
相关:messenger n. 送信任,信使
例句:他绝不会理解你的意思。
   He’ll never understand your message.

cover v. 覆盖,掩护 n. 盖子,被子,书皮
例句:她盖上了这个孩子。
   She covered the kid.
用法:cover + 距离 越过,走过……
例句:你十分钟可以走到博物馆。
   You can cover the distance to the museum in ten minutes.
口语:Cover me! 掩护我!
例句:你先撤,我掩护你。
   You go first. I’ll cover you.
搭配:book cover 书皮
   from cover to cover 读完书、杂志
例句:以前我每一本书都会从头读到尾。
   I used to read every book from cover to cover.

distance n. 距离
短语:keep distance 保持距离
   in the distance 在远处
   long distance 长途的
形容词:distant a. 远距离的
例句:远方的天空开始变暗。
   In the distance, the sky is getting dark.

request n.+v. 要求,请求
用法:have a request for … 对……有需求
例句:我需要蛋糕。
   I have a request for the cake.
   她向Alice求助。
   She sent a request for help to Alice.
用法:request sb. to do = ask sb. to do 要求某人做……
例句:老师要求我去学习。
   The teacher request me to study.
   他们要求他离开。
   They request him to leave.

spare a. 多余的,空闲的,备用的
搭配:spare time 空闲时间
   spare room 空房
例句:你可以睡在客房。
   You can sleep in the spare bedroom.
   在业余时间,他经常编新故事。
   In his spare time, he always makes up new stories.

part n. 一部分,零件
搭配:part one 第一部分
口语:Good part! 这部分做得不错!
   take part in … 参加
例句:那是生命的一部分。
   That is a part of life.
   他出演了这部新剧。
   He took part in the new play.

service n. 服务,业务,汽车保养
口语:At your service. 很高兴为你服务。
例句:这个饭店的服务很好。
   The service of this restaurant is good.

课文部分

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.

语言点

Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury. James先生在Silbury有一个车库。
复习:garage n. 车库,车行,修理站,加油站
相关:加油站 gas station

… and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
……现在他刚在Pinhurst买了一个新的。
不定代词another:another + [单数名词/one] 不确定范围中的另一个
例句:你能再给我看一个别的么?
   Can you show me another one?
相关不定代词:
other + 名词 a. 其它的 [可加单/复数名词]
the other 两个之中的另外一个
搭配:one … the other … 一个……另一个……
例句:一个正在浇花,而另一个正在读书。
   One is watering the flowers, and the other is reading.

Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury. Pinhurst离Silbury只有5英里远。
搭配:far from = far away from 离……很远
例句:那离得很远。
   It is far from here.
   汽车站离学校只有一英里。
   Bus stop is only one mile from school.

… but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage.
但是Scott先生没给新车库安电话。
call用法:
get a telephone 安装电话
make a telephone call 打个电话
call sb. 给……打电话
例句:我想打个电话。
   I want to make a telephone call.
   不要给我妈打电话。
   Don’t call my mother.

call up 唤起
例句:这个故事使人怀念起旧时光。
   This story called up old times.
call in question = call into question 对……质疑
例句:我对她的分数提出质疑。
   I call her marks in question.

Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
昨天一只鸽子带着第一条消息从Pinhurst 到了Silbury.
区别:carry v. 带着 [所携带的东西不会着地]
take v. 带着 [着地]
例句:我每天带着书包去学校。
   I carry the schoolbag to school every day.
例句:我昨天带着我妹妹去电影院。
   I took my sister to the cinema yesterday.
用法:from … to … 从……到……
例句:他从头到脚的打量这个女孩。
   He looked at the girl from head to foot.
   家家户户都得知了这条消息。
   The news spread from house to house.
   他带球横穿全场。
   He carried the ball from coast to coast.

Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts …
到现在为止,Scott已经发送了大量索取配件的消息……
搭配:up to now = up till now 到目前为止
   =until/till now [完成时标志]
搭配:a great many+可数名词复数
   =a great number of +可数名词复数
   许多…
例句:到今天,我已经读完了《战争与和平》。
   Up to now, I’ve finished reading "The War and Peace " already.

…and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
还有其他的紧急消息从一个车库传递到另一个。
复习:urgent a. 紧急的
something urgent 紧急的事情
from one to another 从一个到另一个
例句:我从一座山爬到另一座山。
   I climbed the hills from one to another.

In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone service’.
以这种方式,他开始了自己的电话业务。
in this way:以这种方式
way的短语:
in the way 按照,以…方式
in one’s way 挡路,妨碍 [某人]

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