课文内容：
Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now hehas just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurstis only five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannotget a telephone for his new garage, so he has justbought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carriedthe first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The birdcovered the distance in three minutes. Up tonow, Mr Scott has sent a great many requestsfor spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way,he has begun his own private telephone service.
精讲笔记：
4.The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
这只鸽子只用了3分钟就飞完了全程。
语言点 cover在此作“越过”讲，常用固定表达方式如下：sht./sb. cover the distance of+距离，意为“某人/某物走过或越过了……(距离)”
The Red Army covered the distance of 25,000 kilometres.红军进行了两万五千里长征。
5.Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgentmessages from one garage to the other.
到目前为止，斯科特先生已经用鸽子从一个修理部向另一个修理部传送了大量索取备件的信函和其他紧急信件。
语言点1 uo to now=so far=up till now到目前为止，后常接现在完成时。
语言点2 urgent message紧急通知，加急电报;written message书面通知;greeting message贺电;贺信
语言点3 复习：a great many=a lot of=a great number of大量，许多
6.In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service.
用这种方式，他开始了他自己的私人“电话”业务。
语言点 总结有关way的短语：
1)in this way用这种方式 6)in a family way怀孕了，快有小孩了
2)in the way挡路 7)on the way在……路上
3)out of the way让路 8)by the way顺便说一句，顺便问一句
4)in a way从某种意义上 9)no way没戏
5)in a friendly way以一种友好的方式 10)get one's own way随心所欲