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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 a message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mt. 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.

Note

  1. pigeon: n. 鸽子
    It's not my pigeon. = None of my business.

  2. message: n. 信息 (可数)
    information: n. 信息（不可数）
    live sb. a message. 给某人留便条
    take a message for sb. 替某人捎口信
    -Can I take a message for you?

  3. cover: v. 越过 覆盖
    cover the distance.

  4. distance: n. 距离 -> distant: adj. 远距离的
    importance: n. 价值，重要 -> important: adj. 重要的
    difference: n. 不同，差异 -> different: adj. 不同的
    keep distance: 保持距离

  5. request:
    • n. request for
      e.g. I have a request for the cake.
    • vt. request sb. to do sth = ask sb. to do sth. = require sb. to do sth.

  6. service: n. 业务，服务
    serve: v. 服务，接待
    -at your service.
    -(I am) glad to be at your service. 乐意为您效劳