鸽子信使：修理厂老板的“私人电话服务”

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Lesson 5. 第五课

No wrong numbers. 没有错号

Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury, James Scott先生在Silbury有个汽车修理厂，

and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. 现在他刚在Pinhurst又买了一个。

Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, Pinhurst离Silbury只有五英里，

but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, 但是Scott先生的新修理厂却安不上电话，

so he has just bought 12 pigeons. 所以他刚买了12只鸽子。

Yesterday, 昨天，

a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. 一只鸽子把第一封信从Pinhurst带到了Silbury。

The bird covered the distance in three minutes. 这只鸟三分钟就飞完了全程。

Up to now, 到目前为止，

Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts Scott先生已经从一个修理厂向另一个修理厂发出了许多索取备件的信件

and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. 以及其他紧急信件。

In this way, 就这样，

he has begun his own private telephone service. 他开通了自己私人的电话业务。

Thank you. 谢谢。