【生词和短语】
pigeon n. 鸽子 It's not my pigeon. 这不是我的问题。
message n. 信息
information是不可数名词
leave sb. a message: 给...留信息
I'll leave you a message.
take a message for sb: 替...传话
Can I take a message for you?
Can you take a message for me?
cover v. 覆盖
cover: 覆盖的距离
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
different: (a.) 不同的 difference： (n.) 不同
keep distance: 保持距离
request n. 要求，请求
request for: 对...有要求，有需求
I have a request for the cake.
spare part 备件
service n. 服务
serve: (v.) 服务，接待
——Thank you.
——You are welcome./Not at all./That's all right./(It's) My pleasure.
【课文内容】
Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and recently purchased another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott couldn't obtain a telephone for his new garage, so he purchased twelve pigeons as a solution. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury in just three minutes. So far, Mr. Scott has sent numerous requests for spare parts and other urgent messages between the two garages. As such, he has started his own private 'telephone' service.
译文：
詹姆斯·斯科特先生在锡尔伯里有一个汽车修理部，最近他又在平赫斯特买了一个汽车修理部。平赫斯特离锡尔伯里只有5英里，但詹姆斯·斯科特先生未能为他新的汽车修理部安装电话，所以他买了12只鸽子作为解决方案。昨天，一只鸽子从平赫斯特带回了第一条信息到锡尔伯里，只用了3分钟的时间。到目前为止，斯科特先生已经从两个汽车修理部发出了许多索取备件和其他紧急信息的请求。他开始自己的私人“电话”业务。
【课文讲解】
garage: 车库
another: 其他的很多个中的一个
other: 其他
(1) Pinhurst is five miles (away) from Silbury.
(2) Bus stop is only one mile from school/here.
(3) How far is the bus stop?
(4) Just completed actions
(5) Carry: take with oneself or by oneself
(6) Cover the distance: fly over the distance
(7) A great many/number of: many (used with plural nouns)
(8) In this way, Mr. Scott began his own private 'telephone' service.
(9) Special difficulties in learning English:
in this way: 用这种方式
in a friendly way: 以友好的方式
(10) by the way: 顺便说一下，顺便问一句