1、,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 fir

2、st 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.,參考譯文,詹姆斯.斯科特先生在錫爾伯里有一個(gè)汽車修理部, 現(xiàn)在

3、他剛在平赫斯特買了另一個(gè)汽車修理部. 平赫特離錫爾伯里只有5英里, 但詹姆斯.斯科特先生未能為他新的汽車修理部搞到一部電話機(jī), 所以他買了只鴿子. 昨天, 一只鴿子把第一封信從平赫特帶到錫爾伯里. 這只鳥只用了3分鐘就飛完了全程. 到目前為止, 斯科特先生從一個(gè)汽車修理部向另一個(gè)發(fā)送了大量索取備件的信件和其他緊急函件. 就這樣, 他開始自己的私人 “電話” 業(yè)務(wù).,【New words and expressions】,pigeon n. 鴿子 Its not my pigeon. None of my business. 不關(guān)我的事。,message n. （口頭或書面的）信息,Here i

4、s a message for you from your sister. 這有你姐姐給你的便條。 an oral/written message 口信/便條 leave sb. a message 給留便條 Ill leave you a message. take/leave a message for sb. 替某人捎口信 Can I take a message for you? 我能替你捎個(gè)口信嗎? take a message to sb. 給某人口信,打電話 :,May I have a word with Tom ? May I speak with/to Tom? 我能和To

5、m說話嗎？ information n. 信息（不可數(shù)） messenger n. 送信人，信使,cover v. 越過；覆蓋, vt. 蓋，覆蓋 be covered with.被覆蓋 Snow covered the whole village. =The whole village is covered with snow. 大雪覆蓋了整個(gè)村莊。 She covered the child with a coat. 她給孩子蓋了件外衣。 vt. 行過（一段距離），走過（通常不用被動(dòng)語態(tài)） cover+距離 越過 You can cover the distance in ten minu

6、tes. 你能十分鐘走完那段距離。 n. 覆蓋物，蓋子，罩子，套子 Put a cover on the box! 給盒子蓋上蓋。,distance n. 距離,keep distance from sb 與某人保持距離 distant adj.遠(yuǎn)距離的 importance n. 重要 important adj. 重要的 difference n. 不同 different adj. 不同的,request n. 要求, 請求 n. a request for 對有請求, 有需求 I have a request for the cake.我想定個(gè)蛋糕 She sent a request

7、 for help to Gary. 她向Gary請求幫助。 v. 要求, 請求 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 sth. 某人被要求做某事 對人要求習(xí)慣用被動(dòng)語態(tài),spare adj. 備用的, vt. 抽出（時(shí)間等），讓給 Have you got five minutes to spare? 能占用你五分鐘時(shí)間嗎？ I cannot spare the time. = I have no time to spare.

8、 我沒時(shí)間 vt. 饒恕，赦免 Spare me!begged the prisoner. “饒了我吧?！蹦莻€(gè)犯人乞求說。, adj. 多余的，空閑的，剩下的，備用的 You can sleep in the spare bedroom. 你可以睡在客房里。 I have no spare time now. 我現(xiàn)在沒時(shí)間。,service n. 業(yè)務(wù), 服務(wù) service作為不可數(shù)名詞時(shí)通常用于表示旅館、餐館以及商店等對旅客、顧客等的侍候、接待或服務(wù)；作為可數(shù)名詞時(shí)可以表示為幫助他人所采取的行動(dòng)或所做的工作。 The service in that hotel is quite good.

9、那個(gè)賓館的服務(wù)很棒。 You have done me a great service. 你對我的服務(wù)很棒。 service既可以指公用事業(yè)的業(yè)務(wù)， the mail service（郵政業(yè)務(wù)）、the telephone service（電話業(yè)務(wù)）；也可指辦這些業(yè)務(wù)的機(jī)構(gòu)， a travel service（旅行社）、a news service（通訊社）。 At your service. = Glad to be at your service. = I am glad to be at your service. 我很樂意為您效勞. serve v. 服務(wù), 接待,Thank you.

10、 You are welcome.(下次又需要再來找我) Not at all.(根本完全不用謝) Thats (all)right./Thats ok. (Its) My pleasure.(我很高興這么做） Thank you for your listening.在講課, 演講結(jié)束時(shí)說, 即感謝大家的合作的概念,【課文講解】,1、Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. another(+單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞) 三者或三者以上中的另一個(gè) My pen

11、is broken. Can you buy me another one? 我的筆壞了。你能再給我買一個(gè)嗎？ other(+復(fù)數(shù)名詞) adj.其它的 onethe other 一個(gè)另一個(gè) the other+（單數(shù)名詞 ） 兩個(gè)之中的另外一個(gè) others(不加名詞)= other + 名詞復(fù)數(shù) 其他的 the others(不加名詞)= the other+名詞復(fù)數(shù) 剩余的 Some boys are playing football, and others are rowing/(going boating).,2、Pinhurst is only five miles from Si

12、lbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. 介詞from在這里表示距離上相隔，作“距”、“離”講，常與away連用 It is far (away) from here. Bus stop is only one mile from school/here. Bus stop is only one mile (away). She has been away from home for 5 days now. How far.? 多遠(yuǎn)

13、（對距離提問） How far(away) is the bus stop? How far is your home(from here)? My home is ten miles away from here.,3、Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. carry v. 帶著, 攜帶（其強(qiáng)調(diào)所攜帶的東西不會(huì)著地） I carried my son. （背或抱著） I carry the bag. take v. 帶走 I take my sister to the cinema. b

14、ring v. 帶來,fromto表示從一個(gè)地方到另一個(gè)地方 He looked at the girl from head to foot. The news spread from house to house. 家家戶戶都得知了這條消息。,5、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 =up till now 到目前為止，到現(xiàn)在為止(作時(shí)間狀語，時(shí)態(tài)多用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，相

15、當(dāng)于until/till now) Up to now, he has not been very hard-working.,a great many(+可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)) 許多 a great many可以做形容詞短語： A great many trees were destroyed in the storm. 也可作代詞短語： He has read a great many of the books in this room. a great number of(+可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)) 許多 urgent adj. 緊急的 something urgent 緊急的事情,【Multiple c

16、hoice questions】,Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his garage. _ he has just bought twelve pigeons a. Thats so b. Thats why c. Because d. For so表示前面是原因, 后面是結(jié)果 Thats why+從句 那就是原因, 前者是原因, 后者why后面是結(jié)果was caught in the traffic jam. Thats why I was late. Thats后面的表語從句常常用特殊疑問詞引導(dǎo), 再加一個(gè)句子 Thats when we can start class. Thats where we will have a meeting. Thats how I get to school.,Mr. Scott has a garage in Silbury. His _ garage is in Pinhurst. a. another b. other c. else d. different 在語法上, 冠詞（an/a）、