★Lesson 5  No wrong numbers 
★pigeon    n. 鸽子
It's not my pigeon. ＝None of my business.  不关我的事。
★message    n. （口头或书面的）信息
Here is a message for you from your sister.
an oral/written message    口信/便条
leave sb. a message    给……留便条
I'll 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 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
★cover    v. 越过；覆盖
① 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。
② 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.
③ n. 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
Can I share this table?
Can I join you?
importance  n. 重要    important  adj. 重要的
difference  n. 不同      different  adj. 不同的
★request    n. 要求, 请求
① 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 for help to Gary.  她向加里请求帮助。
② v. 要求, 请求
do sth. ＝ do sth.  要求某人做……
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
① 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.
② vt. 饶恕，赦免
The robbers spared his life.
‘Share me!’begged the prisoner.
③ 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.
‘Have you any old clothes that you do not want?’ he asked.
=‘Have you any old clothes to spare?’he asked.
★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 quite 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 welcome.(下次又需要再来我)/Not at all.(根本完全不用谢)/That's (all)right./That's ok.(绝对正确, 绝对过时)/(It's) 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 another garage in Pinhurst.
garage    n. 车库, 车行（英美读音不同）
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   
one…the 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、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.
lesson复数介词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 home for 5 days now.
?  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.
get a telephone    得到电话, 安装电话
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 sister to the cinema.
from…to…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。
4、The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
cover the distance    飞过那段距离
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，时态多用现在完成时，相当于until/till now)
  Up to now, he has not been very hard-working.
request for    对……的需求
a great many(+可数名词复数)    许多……
a great many可以做形容词短语：

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