Lesson 5
第5課
No Wrong Numbers
無錯號之虞
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
What does 'No wrong numbers' mean?
“無錯號之虞”是什么含義？
Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
詹姆斯.斯科特先生在錫爾伯里有一個汽車修理部，現(xiàn)在他剛在平赫斯特買了另一個汽車修理部。
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.
平赫斯特離錫爾伯里只有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(jī)，所以他買了12只鴿子。
Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
昨天，一只鴿子把第一封信從平赫斯特帶到錫爾伯里。
The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
這只鳥只用了3分鐘就飛完了全程。
Up to now,
到目前為止，
Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
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。
In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.
就這樣，他開始自己的私人“電話”業(yè)務(wù)。
第5課
No Wrong Numbers
無錯號之虞
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
What does 'No wrong numbers' mean?
“無錯號之虞”是什么含義？
Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
詹姆斯.斯科特先生在錫爾伯里有一個汽車修理部，現(xiàn)在他剛在平赫斯特買了另一個汽車修理部。
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.
平赫斯特離錫爾伯里只有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(jī)，所以他買了12只鴿子。
Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
昨天，一只鴿子把第一封信從平赫斯特帶到錫爾伯里。
The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
這只鳥只用了3分鐘就飛完了全程。
Up to now,
到目前為止，
Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
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。
In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.
就這樣，他開始自己的私人“電話”業(yè)務(wù)。