2020.7.20讲义文本：新概念二Lesson 5 New words and expressions生词讲解

1. pigeon [ˈpɪdʒɪn] n. 鸽子

2. message [ˈmesɪdʒ] n. 信息 相关词组：short message短信/text message短信/leave a message for sb.给某人留口信儿/take a message for sb.替某人捎口信儿/send a message发送信息/receive a message from sb.收到某人的信息

3. cover [ˈkʌvə(r)] v. 越过；走过（一段路程）；覆盖；支付（费用）；报道（事件） n. （书或杂志的）封面；覆盖物 相关词组：cover a distance of…走了多远的距离/be covered with…覆盖着……

4. distance [ˈdɪstəns] n. 距离 a. distant遥远的；偏远的

5. request [rɪˈkwest] n. 要求，请求 v. 请求

6. spare part [ˌspeə ˈpɑ:t] n.备件 spare备用的；空闲的；多余的

7. service [ˈsɜ:vɪs] n. 业务，服务；上菜

8. garage [ˈɡærɑː(d)ʒ] n. 车库；修车厂；（兼有修理的）加油站

9. urgent [ˈɜ:dʒənt] a. 急迫的；紧急的

新概念英语第二册 Lesson 5 课文讲解

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.

讲解：mile英里（大约1.609344公里），mph英里/小时 kph千米/小时

foot英尺/inch英寸/acre英亩

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.

讲解：up to now至今； a great many+复数可数名词，表示“许多”; one…the other…一个……另一个……

In this way, he has begun his own private ‘telephone’ service.

讲解：in this way就这样，以这种方式；own用在形容词性物主代词后，是形容词，表示“某人自己的”。