新概念英语第二册第五课课件Lesson 5 No wrong numbers

Lesson 5 No wrong numbers
How do you send messages to others？
A.write to her/him
B.call her/him
C.E-mail her/him
D.chat with her/him by surfing the internet
E.put a piece of paper with your name and address into a bottle, and then throw it into the sea
F.Buy some pigeons and use them to send letters
在古代，飞鸽传书，和鸿雁传书、青鸟传书一样，是古人之
间联系的一种方法。

信鸽在长途飞行中不会迷路，源于它所特有的一种功能，即可以通过感受磁力与纬度来辨别方向。

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.
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12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】生词和短语
★pigeon['pɪdʒɪn] n.鸽子 dove of peace 和平鸽
It's not my pigeon.＝None of my business.不关我的事。

★message['mesɪdʒ] n. （口头或书面的）信息
Here is a message for you from your sister.
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 you take a message for me? take a message to sb. 给某人口信 I’ll take a message to you.
★cover['kʌvə] v. 越过；覆盖
① vt. 盖，覆盖
Snow covered the whole village.
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['dɪst(ə)ns] 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
①n. 要求, 请求
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。

②v. 要求, 请求
request sb.(not) to do sth. ＝ask sb.(not) to do sth. 要求某人做…… Sb be requested/asked to do sth. （对人要求习惯用被动语态）
Students are requested to park at the rear of the building.
学生们被要求在那座楼后面停车。

★spare[speə] adj. 备用的；多余的；空闲的 I have no spare time now. vt. 抽出（时间等），让给
I have no time to spare.
★service['sɜːvɪs] n. 业务, 服务
At your service. = Glad to be at your service.
= I am glad to be at your service. 很乐意为您效劳.
serve v. 服务, 接待
You have done me a great service. 你已经帮了我很大的忙。

Sorry, the number you dial is out of service, please try again and dial later.
您所拨打的号码不在服务区，请您稍后再拨。

Grammar
1、Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought
another garage in Pinhurst.
one the other
Now Mr.James Scott has two garages.One is in Silbury and the other is in Pinhurst.
两个东西中的一个是one,另一个是the other
O------->O O O
One another
三个东西或三个以上，一个是one，另一个、再一个就是another
He has just bought another garage.他刚刚又买了一家汽车修理厂（好多
家中的一个,而不是指他拥有的两家中的一家）。

For example，I’ll give you another example.比如，我再给你举个例子吧。

one the others
多数中的一个是one，剩下的全部是the others
He has just bought twelve pigeons.One is white，and the others are gray. O O O------->O O O O
some the others
一方为一些是some，另一方为剩下的全部为the others（当只是指另一方的
一部分时，要用others）
.......
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. 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.
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. 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……（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
【Special Difficulties】
带way的短语
in the way 按照，以……方式Do your work in the way I have shown you. 按我给你示范的方法来做你的工作。

I do the work in the way you showed me.
I fly the kite in the way you showed me.
in the/one’s way 挡路；妨碍（某人）
Don’t stand in the way. I can’t see the blackboard.
in this way 这样,以这种方式
In this way, he has begun his own private ‘telephone’ service. in a way 从某种意义上来说，在某种程度上
In a way, he is successful.
in a friendly way 用友好的方式
in the family way 怀孕了, 快有小孩了(have a baby)
The woman is in the family way.
by the way 随便说一声, 随便问一下(插入语，改变话题时用)
By the way, have you seen Harry recently?
on the/one’s way(to) 在去……的途中(陈述句) :
on the way to school/the office；on my way home
out of the way 让路Get out of the way! 你给我滚出去!
get one's own ] way 随心所欲(at one’s pleasure)
Children get their own way during the holidays.。