新概念英語第二冊第5課

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 firs

2、t 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汽車修理部, 現(xiàn)在他剛

3、在平赫斯特買了另一個汽車修理部. 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, 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, 斯科特先生從一個汽車修理部向另一個發(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. 【New words and expressions】 pigeon n. 鴿子 Its not my pigeon. None of my business. 不關我的事。 message n. （口頭或書面的）信息 Here is

4、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Tom說話

5、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（通常不用被動語態(tài)） cover+距離 越過 You can cover the distance in ten minutes. 你能十分

6、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.我想定個蛋糕She sent a request for help to

7、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 對人要求習慣用被動語態(tài) spare adj. 備用的 vt. 抽出（時間等），讓給 Have you got five minutes to spare? 能占用你五分鐘時間嗎？ I cannot spare the time. = I have no time to spare. 我沒時間 vt. 饒恕，赦免 S

8、pare me!begged the prisoner. “饒了我吧?！蹦莻€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)在沒時間。 service n. 業(yè)務, 服務 service作為不可數(shù)名詞時通常用于表示旅館、餐館以及商店等對旅客、顧客等的侍候、接待或服務；作為可數(shù)名詞時可以表示為幫助他人所采取的行動或所做的工作。 The service in that hotel is quite good.那個賓館的服務很棒。 You hav

9、e done me a great service. 你對我的服務很棒。 service既可以指公用事業(yè)的業(yè)務， the mail service（郵政業(yè)務）、the telephone service（電話業(yè)務）；也可指辦這些業(yè)務的機構， 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, 接待Thank you.You are welcome.(下次

10、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, 演講結束時說, 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 My pen is broken. Can you b

11、uy me another one? 我的筆壞了。你能再給我買一個嗎？ other(+復數(shù)名詞) adj.其它的 onethe other 一個另一個 the other+（單數(shù)名詞 ） 兩個之中的另外一個 others(不加名詞)= other + 名詞復數(shù) 其他的 the others(不加名詞)= the other+名詞復數(shù) 剩余的 Some boys are playing football, and others are rowing/(going boating).2、Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott

12、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（對距離提問）How far(away) is th

13、e 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（其強調(diào)所攜帶的東西不會著地）I carried my son. （背或抱著）I carry the bag.take v. 帶走I take my sister to the cinema.bring v. 帶來fromto表示從一個地方到另一個地方He loo

14、ked 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(作時間狀語，時態(tài)多用現(xiàn)在完成時，相當于until/till now) Up to now, he has no

15、t been very hard-working.a great many(+可數(shù)名詞復數(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)名詞復數(shù)) 許多urgent adj. 緊急的something urgent 緊急的事情【Multiple choice questions】 Mr. Scott cannot get a teleph

16、one 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, 后面是結果 Thats why+從句 那就是原因, 前者是原因, 后者why后面是結果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, 再加一個句子 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）、形