English: Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury,

Chinese: 詹姆斯·斯科特先生在锡尔伯里有一个车库。


English: and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.

Chinese: 现在他刚在平赫斯特又买了一个车库。


English: Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury,

Chinese: 平赫斯特离锡尔伯里只有五英里，


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

Chinese: 但斯科特先生无法为他的新车库装电话。


English: so he has just bought twelve pigeons.

Chinese: 因此他刚买了十二只鸽子。


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

Chinese: 昨天，一只鸽子把第一条消息从平赫斯特带到了锡尔伯里。


English: The bird covered the distance in three minutes.

Chinese: 这只鸟在三分钟内飞完了这段距离。


English: Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts

Chinese: 到目前为止，斯科特先生已经发送了许多索要备件的请求


English: and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.

Chinese: 以及其他紧急信息，从一个车库发到另一个车库。


English: In this way, he has begun his own private “telephone” service.

Chinese: 通过这种方式，他开始了自己的私人电话服务。


English: Where has Mr. Scott opened his second garage?

Chinese: 斯科特先生把他的第二家车库开在哪里？


English: He has opened his second garage in Pinhurst.

Chinese: 他在平赫斯特开了第二家车库。


English: His first garage is in Silbury.

Chinese: 他的第一家车库在锡尔伯里。


English: Can Mr. Scott get a telephone for his new garage?

Chinese: 斯科特先生能为他的新车库装电话吗？


English: He cannot get a telephone for his new garage.

Chinese: 他无法为他的新车库装电话。


English: In how many minutes do the pigeons carry messages from one garage to the other?

Chinese: 鸽子把消息从一个车库带到另一个车库需要多少分钟？


English: The pigeons carry messages in three minutes.

Chinese: 鸽子用三分钟传递消息。