課文內(nèi)容:
Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now hehas just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurstis only five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannotget a telephone for his new garage, so he has justbought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carriedthe first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The birdcovered the distance in three minutes. Up tonow, Mr Scott has sent a great many requestsfor spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way,he has begun his own private telephone service.
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4.The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
這只鴿子只用了3分鐘就飛完了全程。
語言點(diǎn) cover在此作“越過”講,常用固定表達(dá)方式如下:sht./sb. cover the distance of+距離,意為“某人/某物走過或越過了……(距離)”
The Red Army covered the distance of 25,000 kilometres.紅軍進(jìn)行了兩萬五千里長征。
5.Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgentmessages from one garage to the other.
到目前為止,斯科特先生已經(jīng)用鴿子從一個(gè)修理部向另一個(gè)修理部傳送了大量索取備件的信函和其他緊急信件。
語言點(diǎn)1 uo to now=so far=up till now到目前為止,后常接現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)。
語言點(diǎn)2 urgent message緊急通知,加急電報(bào);written message書面通知;greeting message賀電;賀信
語言點(diǎn)3 復(fù)習(xí):a great many=a lot of=a great number of大量,許多
6.In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service.
用這種方式,他開始了他自己的私人“電話”業(yè)務(wù)。
語言點(diǎn) 總結(jié)有關(guān)way的短語:
1)in this way用這種方式 6)in a family way懷孕了,快有小孩了
2)in the way擋路 7)on the way在……路上
3)out of the way讓路 8)by the way順便說一句,順便問一句
4)in a way從某種意義上 9)no way沒戲
5)in a friendly way以一種友好的方式 10)get one's own way隨心所欲