5-No wrong numbers(錄音)

Lesson 5. No wrong numbers

Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury
詹姆斯.斯科特先生在錫爾伯裏有一個汽車修理部,

and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
現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,
平赫特距離錫爾伯裏隻有5英裏,

but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage,
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,

so he has just bought twelve pigeons.
所以他買了12隻鴿子.

Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from
Pinhurst to Silbury.
昨天, 一隻鴿子把第一封信從平赫特帶到錫爾伯裏.

The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
這隻鳥隻用了3分鍾就飛完了全程.

Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare
parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.

到目前為止, 斯科特先生從一個汽車修理部向另一個發送了大量的
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, 他開始了自己的私人 “電話” 業務.

【Text】
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.

參考譯文
詹姆斯.斯科特先生在錫爾伯裏有一個汽車修理部, 現在他
剛在平赫斯特買了另一個汽車修理部. 平赫特離錫爾伯裏隻
有5英裏, 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, 所以他買了12隻鴿子. 昨天, 一隻鴿子把
第一封信從平赫特帶到錫爾伯裏. 這隻鳥隻用了3分鍾就飛
完了全程. 到目前為止, 斯科特先生從一個汽車修理部向另
一個發送了大量索取備件的信件和其他緊急函件. 就這樣,
他開始了自己的私人 “電話” 業務.

[唯唯動人]

您的倫敦音真好聽，謝謝分享~