Lesson 12 No Wrong numbers
無錯號之虞

一、詞匯部分:
1.pigeon 鴿子
動物：animal
寵物：Pet
例：Nobody likes Peter. He is our teacher’s pet. 沒人喜歡皮特，他就是我們老師的寵物。
口語：放某人鴿子（stand someone out）
例：How dare you stand me out? 你怎么敢放我鴿子。
例 : Peter stood me out last night. He should do something to make it up to me. 皮特昨晚上放我鴿子了，他應該做點啥來補償我。
2.message 信息
搭配：leave a message 留言
例句：Can I leave a message? If Peter comes back, please let him know I’ll pick him up after work. 我能留個言嗎？如果皮特回來，請告訴他下班后我來接他。
搭配：take a message for someone 替某人帶個話；
例句：Take a message for me. Tell Peter if he really loves me, come see me. 幫我帶個話，告訴皮特如果喜歡我，來見我，
3.cover v. 越過
名詞：封面
諺語：Don’t judge a book by its cover. 不要以外貌取人。
動詞：掩護——Cover me!
4.Distance 距離
常見：long-distance relationship 異地戀
例句：As I see it, they will break up real soon. You know, long-distance relationships neverwork. 在我看啊，他們很快就會分手的。異地戀從來都行不通。
5.request n. 要求，請求
搭配：request someone to do sth 請求某人某事（常用被動）
搭配：request to do sth 要求做某事（常用被動）
You’re requested to do sth.
6.Spare part 備件
7.service 服務（out of service）

文章講解:
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. 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.

1.Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
1)have 有，表示所擁有的。
例：I have this book. 我有這本書；
I have had this book for 2 weeks.
I have bought this book.
實意動詞／助動詞（do）--否定，疑問
I have this book.
I don’t have this book.
Do you have this book?
對比：There be 也表示有。不強調所屬關系。
例：There is a book. 那有一本書。
例：There is a car under the tree.
錯誤：There has a book. 大錯特錯。
Just—完成時
Just now—過去時
2）have just bought another garage
現在完成時: have bought
標志詞：just
擴展：I have had this book for two years.
another/the other
the other: 兩者之中另一個；
another: 三者或三者以上另一個
例：I have two friends. One is Peter; and the other is Laura. 我有兩個朋友。一個是皮特，另外一個是勞拉。
some…the others…/some…others
some..the others: 兩部分，一部分，另一部分
some…others…: 三部分或者三部分以上
例：There are two groups of students on the playground. Some are boys and the others are girls. 操場上有兩部分學生，一部分學生是男孩，另一部分是女孩。
例：There are many students on the playground. Some are from Grade 1 and others are from Grad 5. 操場上有很多人，有一些是一年級的，有一些是五年級的。
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.
1)形容距離
A is + 距離 ＋ （away）from B
例：I take subway to go to work. Our company is only 2 stations away from my apartment. 我坐地鐵去工作。我們公司離我家只有兩站路。
例：Is it far from here to the national park? No. It is not that far. It’s about 2 minutes’ walk from here. 從這到國家公園遠嗎？不遠。走路只有兩分鐘。
2)get 小用法；
第一：負責。
例：No worries. I got you. 別擔心，有我呢。
例：I got it. 我來弄。
第二：買單
例：I got it.
例：Where did you get it? 你哪買的？ I got it from a flea market . 我跳蚤市場買的。
第三：懂，明白。
例：You got it? Yeah. I got it. 你懂了嗎？嗯，我動了。
第四：難住某人, 嚇某人一跳。
例：You got me. 這個還真難住我了。