新概念入门第二册05
[audio]http://sound.yywz123.com/tingbbs/xgnrm/xgnrmdec/05.mp3[/audio]Lesson 5
No wrong numbers
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 _________________. In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.
New words and expressions
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
**** Hidden Message ***** sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages ,from one garage to the other 1 sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
页:
[1]