first listen and then answer the question
收聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
what does 'no wrong numbers' mean
“沒有錯誤的號碼”是什麼意思？
mr. james scott has a garage in silbury and now he has just bought another garage in pinhurst.
詹姆斯·斯科特（James Scott）先生在西爾伯里（Silbury）有乙個汽車維修部門，現在他剛剛在平赫斯特（Pinhurst）又買了乙個。
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.
平赫斯特距離西爾伯里只有5英里，但詹姆斯·斯科特先生無法為他的新汽車維修部門買到一台機器，所以他買了12羽鴿子。
yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from pinhurst to silbury.
昨天，乙隻鴿子把第一封信從平赫斯特帶到了西爾伯里。
the bird covered the distance in three minutes.
這只鳥只用了 3 分鐘就飛了整個飛行。
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，斯科特先生已經向另乙個汽車維修部門傳送了大量要求備件和其他緊急信件的信件。
in this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.
就這樣，他開始了自己的私人“**生意”。
新詞和表達方式
pigeonnounuk
pɪdʒ.ən/
a large, usually grey bird that is often seen in towns sitting on buildings in large groups, and is sometimes eaten as food
鴿子。 c ]
a pigeon kept as a pet in order to take part in flying competitions
信鴿。
賽鴿歸巢鴿 歸巢鴿。
messagenoun[ c ]uk
mes.ɪdʒ/
a short piece of information that you give to a person when you cannot speak to them directly
資訊; 訊息; 口信。
if i'm not there when you call,le**ea message.如果當你點選**時我不在場，請留言。
that ] igota messagethatshe'll be late.
coververbuk
kʌv.ər/
to put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something
蓋; 蓋; 蓋; 遮蔽。
the light was so bright that i had to cover my eyes.燈光太亮了，我不得不捂住眼睛。
snow covered the hillsides.雪覆蓋了山坡。
she covered him(up)witha blanket.她用毯子蓋住他。
to tr**el a particular distance
好吧，走（某種方式）。
we covered 400 km in three hours.在三個小時內，我們開了400公里。
distancenounuk
dɪs.təns/
the amount of space between two places
距離，距離。
what's the distancebetweenmadrid and barcelona/frommadridtobarcelona?馬德里和巴塞隆納相距多遠？
he tr**els quite a distance (= a long way) to work every day.他每天要走很長的路去上班。
does she livewithinwalkingdistance of her parents?可以從她的居住地步行到她父母的家嗎？
requestnounuk
rɪˈkwest/
the act of politely or officially asking for something
禮貌，正式）請求，請求。
they received hundreds of requestsformore information.數百人向他們詢問更多資訊。
to infinitive ] the boss refused our requesttole**e work early.老闆拒絕了我們提前下班的要求。
the clause was added to the contractatcarlos's request (= because carlos asked for this).該條款是應卡洛斯的要求新增到合同中的。
an application form will be sent to youonrequest (= if you ask).申請**將根據要求立即傳送。
spareadjectiveuk
speər/
if something is spare, it is **ailable to use because it is extra.
額外，備用; 多餘的。
備用鑰匙輪胎。
備用床單和毯子。
do you h**e a spare pen?你有多餘的筆嗎？
partnounuk
pɑːt/
some but not all of a thing
部分，部分。
partofmy steak isn't cooked properly.我沒有把牛排的某些部分做完。
partofthis form seems to be missing.這個**的一部分似乎不見了。
spare part
英語 spe pɑ t
n-count]spare partsare parts that you can buy separately to replace old or broken parts in a piece of equipment. they are usually parts that are designed to be easily removed or fitted.備用。
in the future the machines will need spare parts and maintenance.
這些機器將來將需要備件和維護。
servicenounuk
sɜː.vɪs/
a government system or private organization that is responsible for a particular type of activity, or for providing a particular thing that people need
公共服務系統; 公用事業。
郵政服務。
美國國家公園管理局。
英國國家衛生服務體系。
the act of dealing with customers in a shop, restaurant, or hotel by taking their orders, showing or selling them goods, etc.
接待; 招待; 服務。
the only trouble with this café is that the service is so slow.這家咖啡館唯一的缺點是服務太慢。
you should le**e a generous tip to rewardgoodservice.您的小費應該是慷慨的，並獎勵優質的服務。
優質作者名單