新概念英语第二册第五课最全讲义
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Lesson 5
No wrong numbers
无错号之虞
【
New words and expressions
】生词和短语
（
7
）
pigeon n.
鸽子
message n.
信息
cover v.
越过
distance n.
距离
request n.
要求，请求
spare part
备件
service n.
业务，服务
★
pigeon
n.
鸽子
It's 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.
an oral
['or
ə
l]
口头的
,
口述的<
/p>
/written message
口信
/
便条
leave sb. a message
给
……
留便条
I'll leave you a message.
take 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
?
Can
you take a message for me?
你能替我捎个口信吗
?
take a
message to sb.
给某人口信
打电话
:Hello!--
May
I have a word with Tom ?/May I speak with/to
Tom?
--
Can you
take a message for me?
information
[,
ɪ
nf
ɚ
'me
ʃ<
/p>
ə
n]
n.
信息（不可数）
messenger
n.
送信人，信使
,
邮递员
★
cover v.
越过；覆盖
①
vt.
盖，覆盖
Snow covered
the whole village.
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 to the museum in ten minutes.
③
n.
覆盖物，盖子，罩子，套子
Put
a cover on the box!
★
distance n.
距离
keep distance
保持距离
distant
adj.
远距离的
Can I
share
[
ʃɛ
r]
分享
;
分担
;
共有
this table?
Can I join you?
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.
要求
,
请求
request for
对
……
有请求
,
有需求
I have a request for the
cake.
He granted my request for more
time.
他同意了我延长时间的请求。
She sent a request for help to Gary.
她向加里请求帮助。
②
v.
要求
,
请求
request do sth.
＝
ask do sth.
要求某人做
……
require do sth.
要求某人做
……
You are required/asked to do sth.
（对人要求习惯用被动语态）
★
spare adj.
备用的
①
vt.
抽出（时间等），让给
Have you got five minutes to spare?
I cannot spare the time.
I
have no time to spare.
②
vt.
饶恕，赦免
1
The
robbers
['r
ɑ
b
ɚ
]
抢劫者
,
强盗
spared his life.
③
adj.
多余的，空闲的，剩下的，备用的
You can sleep in the spare bedroom.
Where can I get spare parts for this
machine?
I have no spare time now.
„
Have you any old clothes
that you do not want?
‟
he
asked.
=
„
Have you
any old clothes to spare?
‟
he asked.
★
service
['s
ɝ
v
ɪ
s]
n.
业务
,
服务
service
作为不可数名词时通常用于表示旅馆、餐馆以及商店等对旅客、顾客等的侍候、接待或服务；
作为可数名词时可以表示为帮助他人所采取的行动或所做的工作。
The service in that hotel is
quite
很
good.
You
have done me a great service.
你已经帮了我很大的忙。
service
既可以指公用事业的业务，如：
the mail service
（邮政业务）、
the
telephone
service
（电话业
务）；
也可指办这些业务的机构，如：
a travel
service
（旅行社）、
a news
service
（通讯社）。
At
your service. = Glad to be at your service. = I am
glad to be at your service.
我很乐意为您效劳
.
serve
v.
服务
,
接待
——
Thank you.
——
You are
welcome.(
下次又需要再来找我
)/Not at
all.(
根本完全不用谢
)/ /(It's) My pl
easure.(
我很高
兴这么做
,
把自己放得很低
,
把对方抬得很高
)
【
Text
】
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, 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
,
< br>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
< br>,
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
12
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
,
< br>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
.
【课文讲解】
1
、
Scott has a
garage in Silbury and now he has just bought
another garage in Pinhurst.
garage n.
车库
,
车行
another(+
单数名词
)
其它的很多个中的一个
Can you show me another?
other(+
名词
) adj.
其它的
(
可加单
/
复数名词
)
the other
两个之中的另外一个
one
…
the
other
…
一个
……
另一个
……
One is
watering the flowers, and the other is reading.
others(
不用再加名词
)=
other +
名词复数
Some
boys are playing football, and others are
rowing/(going boating).
2
、
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.
介词
from
在这里表示距离上相隔，
作
“
距
……”
、
“
离
……”
讲，
常与
away
连用
It is far (away) from here.
2