
新概念英语第二册lesson 5 No wrong numbers.doc
5页Lesson 5 No wrong number 无错误号码课文内容: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.Notes on the text课文注释1 from Silbury:介词from作“距……”“离……”讲,常与away连用。
如: It is far (away) from here. 离这里很远2 up to now (=up till now), 到现在为止;作时间状语,句子的时态多用现在完成时3 a great many, 许多的,其中great表示数量很大;只能同可数名词的复数连用本文参考译文詹姆斯·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机,所以他买了12只鸽子昨天,一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫斯特带到锡尔伯里这只鸟只用了3分钟就飞完了全程到目前为止,斯科特先生从一个汽车修理部向另一个发送了大量索取备件的信件和其他紧急函件就这样,他开始了自己的私人“”业务课文】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.【课文翻译】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。
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机,所以他买了12只鸽子昨天,一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫斯特带到锡尔伯里这只鸟只用了3分钟就飞完了全程到目前为止,斯科特先生从一个汽车修理部向另一个发送了大量索取备件的信件和其他紧急函件就这样,他开始了自己的私人“”业务生词和短语】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【知识点讲解】1 cover [动词] 越过;走(一段路程)例句:By sunset, we have covered 3 miles.在日落时,我们已经走了三里路cover这个词的意思很丰富,既可做动词,又可作名词作动词时,除了有以上的意思,还可表示①覆盖、遮掩,或(以盖或遮掩的方式)隐藏或保护某物例句:She covered her legs with a wool felt.她用羊毛毯盖住了自己的双腿②包括,涉及;处理例如:Some people are covered in this scandal.有几个人涉及到这件丑闻。
③(指新闻记者)报道(审判、选举、动乱之类的大事)例如:The Times covered the Labour Party's annual conference.泰晤士报报道了工党年会的新闻2 distance n. ①距离;间距 ②远处,远方例句:It's a great distance from here.那里离这儿很远Distance is not a problem with the rapid development of Internet.在互联网快速发展的今天,距离已经不是问题了短语扩展:in the distance 在远方keep one's distance from sb/ sth. 与某人或某物保持一定距离keep sb at a distance 与某人保持一定距离;不愿与某人亲近3 request [名词] 要求,请求例句:Your request will be approved, so please don't worry.别担心,你的请求会被批准的短语扩展:at sb's request/ at the request of sb. 应某人之请求;鉴于某人之请求be request (of sb.) 应(某人的)请求;经(某人之)要求request还可作动词,也表示请求、要求的意思。
例句:All citizens are requested to speak Mandarin.所有市民都被要求说普通话还可表示“想要”的意思例如:Will you request coffee?你要咖啡吗?4 spare n. (机器、汽车等的)备件;尤指汽车备用轮胎adj. 剩余的,备用的例句:Have seen the spares that I put on the desk?你看到我放在书桌上的备件了吗?spare part 备用零件;备件;配件5 from Silbury,介词 from作“距……”、“离……”讲,表示两地间的距离,常与away连用例句:It's ten miles from the coast.距离海岸有十公里6 up to now 意思与up till now 相同,意为“到现在为止”,在句子中作时间状语,句子的时态多用于现在完成时例句:I haven't eaten anything up to now!我到现在为止什么都没吃7 he has just bought another garage.这是一个现在完成时的句子现在完成时用来表示过去发生的动作,这个动作的影响一直延续到现在。
说话的人一般强调这个动作所产生的结果或影响它的基本形式是“动词have/ has+过去分词”一) 表示过去发生的动作或状态,但其结果却和现在有联系换句话说,就是动作或状态发生在过去,但它的影响到现在还存在例句:Mary has come back from America.玛丽已经从美国回来了①表示过去完成的动作,使用一般过去时和现在完成时均可两者的区别在于说话者的角度不同简单叙述过去的某一动作用一般过去时;强调动作所具有的意义或所产生的结果用现在完成时例如:He went to school. (强调他已去学校这个事实)He has gone to school. (强调他走了这个事实,如果你来找他,是看不到他的,这样的意思)②由于现在完成时与现在时间在意义上有联系,所以使用现在完成时的时候不能用具体的时间作状语例如:I have had lunch at 12 o'clock. (×)I had lunch at 12 o'clock. (√)(二) 过去某一时刻开始并持续到现在的动作,常和“for + 一段时间”、“since +点时间”或before单独作时间状语连用例如:We have been friends for more than seven years.I have known him since I was 12 years old.I have heard of him before.(三) 现在完成时可以表示刚刚完成的动作,句子中常有just、already、yet等状语。
例句:I have just read this book.我刚看过这本书上期作业回顾】将下面句子翻译成英语你收到我的短信了吗?Have you received my message?他为出国做了很多努力He made great efforts for going abroad.她正在希腊旅行She is travelling in Greece now.【课后作业】将下面三个句子翻译成英文1 凶手用床单盖住了血迹2 应市长的要求,他在广场上作了演讲3 妈妈已经做好了早餐。












