练习材料：Lesson 5 No wrong numbers
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.
ˈlɛsn 5 nəʊ rɒŋ ˈnʌmbəz
Mr. ʤeɪmz skɒt hæz ə ˈgærɑːʒ ɪn Silbury ænd naʊ hiː hæz ʤʌst bɔːt əˈnʌðəˈgærɑːʒ ɪn Pinhurst. Pinhurst ɪz ˈəʊnli faɪv maɪlz frɒm Silbury, bʌt Mr. skɒt ˈkænɒtgɛt ə ˈtɛlɪfəʊn fɔː hɪz njuː ˈgærɑːʒ, səʊ hiː hæz ʤʌst bɔːt twɛlv ˈpɪʤɪnz. ˈjɛstədeɪ, əˈpɪʤɪn ˈkærid ðə fɜːst ˈmɛsɪʤ frɒm Pinhurst tuː Silbury. ðə bɜːd ˈkʌvəd ðə ˈdɪstənsɪn θriː ˈmɪnɪts. ʌp tuː naʊ, Mr. skɒt hæz sɛnt ə greɪt ˈmɛni rɪˈkwɛsts fɔː speə pɑːtsænd ˈʌðər ˈɜːʤənt ˈmɛsɪʤɪz frɒm wʌn ˈgærɑːʒ tuː ði ˈʌðə. ɪn ðɪs weɪ, hiː hæzbɪˈgʌn hɪz əʊn ˈpraɪvɪt ˈtɛlɪfəʊn ˈsɜːvɪs.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：spare [speə]
vt. 节约，吝惜；饶恕；分出，分让
vi. 饶恕，宽恕；节约
adj. 多余的；瘦的；少量的
n. 剩余；备用零件
过去式 spared过去分词 spared现在分词 sparing
练习感悟：花了本来用来给朗读的一个小时给下棋，另外备用的一个小时去散步了，算不上练习的感悟吧，倒是散步的路上和友人交流甚多，颇有收益，思维的碰撞产生智慧的火花
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