Listen to the tape then answer this question. Why did George and Ken miss the train?
听录音,然后回答问题。为什么乔治和肯误了火车?
GEORGE: Two return tickets to London,
please.
What time will the next train
leave?
ATTENDANT: At nineteen minutes past
eight.
GEORGE: Which platform?
ATTENDANT: Platform Two.
Over the bridge.
KEN: What time will the next train
leave?
GEORGE: At eight nineteen.
KEN: We've got plenty of time.
GEORGE: It's only three minutes
to eight.
KEN: Let's go and have a drink.
There's a bar
next door to the station.
GEORGE: We had better
go back to the station now,
Ken.
PORTER: Tickets, please.
GEORGE: We want to catch
the eight nineteen to London.
PORTER: You've just missed it!
GEORGE: What!
It's only eight fifteen.
PORTER: I'm sorry, sir.
That clock's ten minutes
slow.
GEORGE: When's the next train?
PORTER: In five hours' time!
New Word and expressions 生词和短语
return[ri'tə:n]v.返回;n.往返
train[trein]n.火车
platform['plætfɔ:m]n.站台
plenty['plenti]n.大量
bar[bɑːr]n.酒吧
station['steiʃən]n.车站,火车站
catch[kætʃ]v.抓住
miss[mis]v.想念,思念
参考译文
乔 治:买两张到伦敦的往返票。
下一班火车什么时候开?
服务员:8点19分。
乔 治:在哪个站台?
服务员:2号站台。过天桥。
肯:下一班火车什么时候开?
乔 治:8点19分。
肯:我们时间还很宽裕。
乔 治:现在才7点57分。
肯:让我们去喝点东西吧,
车站旁有一个酒吧。
乔 治:肯,我们现在最好回车站去。
收票员:请把车票拿出来。
乔 治:我们要乘8点19分的车去伦敦。
收票员:你们刚好错过了那班车。
乔 治:什么!现在只有8点15分。
收票员:对不起,先生,那个钟慢了10分钟。
乔 治:下一班车是什么时候?
收票员:5个小时以后!