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.
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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.
1. have done
2. garage 英[ˈgærɑ:ʒ, ˈgærɪdʒ;] 美[gəˈrɑ:ʒ; ɡəˈrɑʒ] 车库，修理厂
3. Silbury and Pinhurst
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Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
cover
If you cover a particular distance, you travel that distance. 走过一段距离
例句：It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol.
If a sum of money covers something, it is enough to pay for it. 足够支付
Send it to the address given with $2.50 to cover postage and administration.
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.
a great many 非常非常多
spare
adj.
You use spare to describe something that is the same as things that you are already using, but that you do not need yet and are keeping ready in case another one is needed. 备用的
比如：He could have taken a spare key.
If possible keep a spare pair of glasses accessible in case your main pair is broken or lost.
You use spare to describe something that is not being used by anyone, and is therefore available for someone to use. 多余的
比如：They don't have a lot of spare cash.
The spare bedroom is on the second floor.
n. Spare is also a noun. 备用品
比如：Give me the key and I'll get the spare.
v.
If you spare time or another resource for a particular purpose, you make it available for that purpose. 抽出
比如：She said that she could only spare 35 minutes for our meeting.
If you spare someone an unpleasant experience, you prevent them from suffering it. 使免遭
比如：I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject.
我们5月在看The Martian 火星救援，其中有一个章节，Mark提到了用NASA的设备制作氢气和氧气，然后再利用氢气燃烧产生水的这个过程，最后能生产多少水呢？他说"I'll spare you the math" 就是说我不让你难受了，直接告诉你答案。
phrases
If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck. 为…着想
比如：Spare a thought for the nation's shopkeepers – consumer sales slid again in May.
spare no efforts 不遗余力 =spare no pains
spare time
spare part/ key/ cash/ tire