新概念英语第二册Lesson5教案.pptVIP

4. Up 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相当于until/till now，意思是“迄今、到目前为止”，一般与现在完成时连用： 到目前为止，他一直很用功。 Up to now, he has been very hard-working. * a great many +可数名词复数 表示“许多，好多” 好多树被毁坏了。 A great many trees were destroyed. urgent [?:d??nt] adj. 紧急的 urgent message 急件 something urgent 紧急的事情 * 5. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service. 在课文中，service的意思是“业务”。 Eg: the mail service（邮政业务）