没有错号码：鸽子传信开创私人电话服务

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Lesson 5. 第五课

No Wrong Numbers Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury, 没有错号码 詹姆斯·斯科特先生在锡尔伯里有一个车库，

and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. 现在他刚在平赫斯特又买了一个车库。

Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, 平赫斯特离锡尔伯里只有五英里，

but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage. 但斯科特先生的新车库装不了电话。

So he has just bought twelve pigeons. 所以他刚买了十二只鸽子。

Yesterday, 昨天，

a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. 一只鸽子从平赫斯特把第一封信带到了锡尔伯里。

The bird covered the distance in three minutes. 这只鸟只用了三分钟就飞完了这段距离。

Up to now, 到目前为止，

Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts 斯科特先生已经从一个车库到另一个车库发送了大量备件请求

and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. 和其他紧急信息。

In this way, 就这样，

he has begun his own private telephone service. 他开始了自己的私人电话服务。