2) get a telephone: 得到一部电话;安装电话
Notes on the text
Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
1) carry v. 随身携带”(如搬,提,拿,扛,抬,抱,背,带等),不具体说明来去的方向,有时含有沉重 或麻烦之意。 e.g. I carried my son. (背或抱着) I carry the bag.
take: 带走,强调由近及远 e.g. I take my sister to the cinema. bring: 带来,强调由远及近 e.g. Please ask Uncle Tom to bring you here in August. fetch: 意为“去拿来;去请来”(由近而远,再由远而近,指往返动作)。 e.g. Can you fetch some water for me?
e.g. You can sleep in the spare bedroom.
Where can I get spare parts for this machine? a spare wheel
New words and expressions
★ service
1)不可数名词 通常用于表示旅馆、餐馆以及商店等对旅客、顾客等的侍候、接待或服务; 2)可数名词,表示为帮助他人所采取的行动或所做的工作。
我很乐意为您效劳。
serve v. 服务, 接待
e.g. Are you being served? She served us a delicious lunch.
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