新概念第二册第五课

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.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

3、在平赫斯特买了另一个汽车修理部. 平赫特离锡尔伯里只有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, 所以他买了只鸽子. 昨天, 一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫特带到锡尔伯里. 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, 他开始自己的私人 “电话” 业务. 【New words and expressions】 pigeon n. 鸽子 Its not my pigeon. None of my business. 不关我的事。 message n. （口头或书面的）信息 Here is

4、a message for you from your sister. an oral/written message 口信/便条 leave sb. a message 给留便条 Ill leave you a message. take a message for sb. 替某人捎口信 Can I take a message for you? 我能替你捎个口信吗? Can you take a message for me? 你能替我捎个口信吗? take a message to sb. 给某人口信打电话 :Hello!-May I have a word with Tom ?/May

5、 I speak with/to Tom?-Can you take a message for me?information n. 信息（不可数）messenger n. 送信人，信使单击此处添加标题cover v. 越过；覆盖 vt. 盖，覆盖 Snow covered the whole village. She covered the child with a coat. 她给孩子盖了件外衣。 vt. 行过（一段距离），走过（通常不用被动语态） cover+距离 越过 You can cover the distance to the museum in ten minutes. n.

6、 覆盖物，盖子，罩子，套子 Put a cover on the box!distance n. 距离 keep distance 保持距离 distant adj.远距离的 importance n. 重要 important adj. 重要的 difference n. 不同 different adj. 不同的request n. 要求, 请求 n. request for 对有请求, 有需求I have a request for the cake.He granted my request for more time. 他同意了我延长时间的请求。She sent a request

7、for help to Gary. 她向加里请求帮助。 v. 要求, 请求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. （对人要求习惯用被动语态） spare adj. 备用的 vt. 抽出（时间等），让给 Have you got five minutes to spare? I cannot spare the time. I have no time to spare. vt. 饶恕，赦免 The robbers spare

8、d his life. Spare me!begged the prisoner. adj. 多余的，空闲的，剩下的，备用的 You can sleep in the spare bedroom. Where can I get spare parts for this machine? I have no spare time now. service n. 业务, 服务 service作为不可数名词时通常用于表示旅馆、餐馆以及商店等对旅客、顾客等的侍候、接待或服务；作为可数名词时可以表示为帮助他人所采取的行动或所做的工作。 The service in that hotel is quit

9、e good. You have done me a great service. service既可以指公用事业的业务，如：the mail service（邮政业务）、the telephone service（电话业务）；也可指办这些业务的机构，如：a travel service（旅行社）、a news service（通讯社）。 At your service. = Glad to be at your service. = I am glad to be at your service. 我很乐意为您效劳. serve v. 服务, 接待Thank you.You are welc

10、ome.(下次又需要再来找我)/Not at all.(根本完全不用谢)/Thats (all)right./Thats ok.(绝对正确, 绝对过时)/(Its) My pleasure.(我很高兴这么做, 把自己放得很低, 把对方抬得很高) Thank you for your listening.在讲课, 演讲结束时说, 即感谢大家的合作的概念（应以鼓掌回应） 情急之下, 可用No thanks.回答 Sorry. No sorry.【课文讲解】 1、Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought ano

11、ther garage in Pinhurst. another(+单数名词) 其它的很多个中的一个， Can you show me another? other(+名词) adj.其它的(可加单/复数名词) the other 两个之中的另外一个 onethe other 一个另一个 One is watering the flowers, and the other is reading. others(不用再加名词)= other + 名词复数 Some boys are playing football, and others are rowing/(going boating).2

12、、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.介词from在这里表示距离上相隔，作“距”、“离”讲，常与away连用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 h

13、ome for 5 days now.How far.? 多远（对距离提问）How far(away) is the 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. 带着, 携带（其强调所携带的东西不会着地）I carried my son. （背或抱着）I carry the bag.take v. 带着I take my

14、sister to the cinema.fromto表示从一个地方到另一个地方He looked at the girl from head to foot.The news spread from house to house. 家家户户都得知了这条消息。 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 到目前为止，到现在为止(作时间状语，时态多

15、用现在完成时，相当于until/till now) Up to now, he has not been very hard-working.a great many(+可数名词复数) 许多a great many可以做形容词短语：A great many trees were destroyed in the storm.也可作代词短语： He has read a great many of the books in this room.a great number of(+可数名词复数) 许多urgent adj. 紧急的something urgent 紧急的事情【Multiple c

16、hoice questions】 Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone 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, 后面是结果 Thats why+从句 那就是原因, 前者是原因, 后者why后面是结果was caught in the traffic jam. Thats why I was late. Thats后面的表语从句常常用特殊疑问词引导, 再加一个句子 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 在语法上, 冠词（an/a）