$課文5 無錯號之虞

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

詹姆斯.斯科特先生在錫爾伯裏有一個汽車修理部，現在他剛在平赫斯特買了另一個汽車修理部。

48. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury,

平赫特離錫爾伯裏只有5英裏，

49. but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage,

但詹姆斯.斯科特先生未能為他新的汽車修理部搞到一部電話機，

50. so he has just bought twelve pigeons.

所以他買了只鴿子。

51. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.

昨天，一只鴿子把第一封信從平赫特帶到錫爾伯裏。

52. The bird covered the distance in three minutes.

這只鳥只用了3分鐘就飛完了全程。

53. 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，斯科特先生從一個汽車修理部向另一個發送了大量索取備件的信件和其他緊急函件。

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

就這樣，他開始自己的私人“電話”業務。

$課文6 珀西.巴斯頓

55. I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street.

我剛剛搬進了大橋街的一所房子。

56. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door.

昨天一個乞丐來敲我的門，

57. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.

問我要一頓飯和一杯啤酒。

58. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.

作為回報，那乞丐頭頂地倒立起來，嘴裏還唱著歌。

59. I gave him a meal.

我給了他一頓飯。

60. He ate the food and drank the beer.

他把食物吃完，又喝了酒。

61. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away.

然後把一塊乳酪裝進衣袋裏走了。

62. Later a neighbour told me about him.

後來，一位鄰居告訴了我他的情況。

63. Everybody knows him.

大家都認識他，

64. His name is Percy Buttons.

他叫珀西.巴頓斯。

65. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.

他每月對這條街上的每戶人家光顧一次，總是請求給他一頓飯和一杯啤酒。

$課文7 為時太晚

66. The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning.

飛機誤點了，偵探們在機場等了整整一上午。

67. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa.

他們正期待從南非來的一個裝著鉆石的貴重包裹。

68. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds.

數小時以前，有人向警方報告，說有人企圖偷走這些鉆石。

69. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield.

當飛機到達時，一些偵探等候在主樓內，另一些偵探則守候在停機坪上。

70. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House.

有兩個人把包裹拿下飛機，進了海關。

71. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel.

這時兩個偵探把住門口，另外兩個偵探打開了包裹。

72. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!

令他們吃驚的是，那珍貴的包裹裏面裝的全是石頭和沙子！

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