2023-2024学年新概念第二册Lesson 5 No wrong numbers讲义

Lesson 5 No wrong numbers Text 课文 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 What does 'No wrong numbers' mean 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. New words 生词 pigeon [pid in] n.鸽子 (dove也表示鸽子，常指白色的和平鸽) message ['mesid ] n.信息 (leave a message留言，take a message捎个口信) over [' uv ] v.越过 (look over检查，take over接管) distance ['dist ns] n.距离 (long distance call长途电话，keep your distance保持距离) request [ri'kwest] n.要求，请求 (at the request of sb.根据某人的要求) spare part [spe pa:t] 备件 (spare wheel备胎，spare可以表示备用的，多余的，空闲的；还可以作动词表示宽恕，抽出） service ['s :vis] n.业务，服务 (after-sales service售后服务；out of service停业) Grammar focus 语法 1. a.Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury. b. And now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. 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。 a句中的has是实义动词，表示有。而b句中的has是助动词，只用于构成现在完成时这种时态的需要，没有实际的意思 garage既可以表示汽车修理部，还可以表示车库。如： I parked my car in the underground garage. 我把车停在了地下车库里。 Silbury和Pinhurst都是英国地名。 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. 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搞到一部电话机，所以他买了12只鸽子。 这句话由3个部分组成，but引导的句子与前面的句子为并列关系，用了一般现在时描述现阶段的状态；so引导的部分强调现在的结果，用了现在完成时。 3. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. 昨天，一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫斯特带到锡尔伯里。 本句强调昨天发生了一件事，所以用一般过去时。 from…to…表示从哪里到哪里。如： I know she has transferred all her love from me to him. 我知道她已把所有的爱从我身上转移到了他身上。 I've read the book from beginning to end. 我把这本书从头至尾都看了。 4. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. 这只鸟只用了3分钟就完成了全程。 cover在这句话中的意思是行走，完成。cover还可以表示掩盖、覆盖。如： She covered her face with her hands. 她双手掩面。 Snow covered the ground. 大雪覆盖了大地。 cover作名词时表示封面。如： The author's name is on the cover of the book. 在书的封面上有作者的名字。 in+一段时间 表示用多长时间或者在多长时间之内完成了某事。如： The project will be finished in a month. 这个项目将在一个月内完成。 5. Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent mess ... ...