Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury
詹姆斯.斯科特先生在锡尔伯里有一个汽车修理部,
and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
现在他刚在平赫斯特买了另一个汽车修理部.
Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury,
平赫特距离锡尔伯里只有5英里,
but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage,
但詹姆斯.斯科特先生未能为他新的汽车修理部搞到一部电话,
so he has just bought twelve pigeons.
所以他买了12只鸽子.
Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from
Pinhurst to Silbury.
昨天, 一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫特带到锡尔伯里.
The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
这只鸟只用了3分钟就飞完了全程.
Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare
parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
到目前为止, 斯科特先生从一个汽车修理部向另一个发送了大量的
索取备件的信件和其他紧急函件.
In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.
就这样, 他开始了自己的私人 “电话” 业务.
【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.
参考译文
詹姆斯.斯科特先生在锡尔伯里有一个汽车修理部, 现在他
刚在平赫斯特买了另一个汽车修理部. 平赫特离锡尔伯里只
有5英里, 但詹姆斯.斯科特先生未能为他新的汽车修理部
搞到一部电话机, 所以他买了12只鸽子. 昨天, 一只鸽子把
第一封信从平赫特带到锡尔伯里. 这只鸟只用了3分钟就飞
完了全程. 到目前为止, 斯科特先生从一个汽车修理部向另
一个发送了大量索取备件的信件和其他紧急函件. 就这样,
他开始了自己的私人 “电话” 业务.
