第 5 课 · No Wrong Numbers

Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.

詹姆斯·斯科特先生在锡尔伯里有一家汽车修理厂，现在他刚买下了平赫斯特的又一家汽车修理厂。

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.

平赫斯特离锡尔伯里只有5英里，可是斯科特先生无法为自己的新汽修厂装上电话，所以他刚买了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斯特送到了锡尔伯里。

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，斯科特先生已从一个汽修厂向另一个汽修厂发出大量索取备件的信件以及其他紧急信件。

In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.

就这样，他开创了自己的私人“电话”业务。