新概念英语第二册第5课.pptxVIP

Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 【Text】 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.参考译文 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. 【New words and expressions】 ★pigeon n. 鸽子 Its not my pigeon. ＝None of my business. 不关我的事。 ★message n. （口头或书面的）信息 Here is a message for you from your sister. 这有你姐姐给你的便条。 an oral/written message 口信/便条 leave sb. a message 给……留便条 Ill leave you a message. take/leave a message for sb. 替某人捎口信 Can I take a message for you? 我能替你捎个口信吗? take a message to sb. 给某人口信打电话 : May I have a word with Tom ? May I speak with/to Tom? 我能和Tom说话吗？information n. 信息（不可数）messenger n. 送信人，信使★cover v. 越过；覆盖① vt. 盖，覆盖 be covered with...被……覆盖 Snow covered the whole village.=The whole village is covered with snow.大雪覆盖了整个村庄。 She covered the child with a coat. 她给孩子盖了件外衣。 ② vt. 行过（一段距离），走过（通常不用被动语态） cover+距离 越过……　 You can cover the distance in ten minutes. 你能十分钟走完那段距离。 ③ n. 覆盖物，盖子，罩子，套子 Put a cover on the box! 给盒子盖上盖。★distance n. 距离 keep distance from sb 与某人保持距离 distant adj.远距离的 importance n. 重要　　 important adj. 重要的 difference n. 不同 different adj. 不同的★request n. 要求, 请求① n. a request for对……有请求, 有需求I have a request for the cake.我想定个蛋糕She sent a request for help to Gary.她向Gary请求帮助。② v. 要求, 请求request sb.to do sth. ＝ask sb.to do sth. 要求某人做……require sb.to do sth.要求某人做……You are required/asked to do s