Lesson 95
Tickets, please.
請把車票拿出來。
Listen to the tape then answer this question. Why did George and Ken miss the train?
聽錄音，然后回答問題。為什么喬治和肯誤了火車？
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 生詞和短語
return
n. 往返
train
n. 火車
platform
n. 站台
plenty
n. 大量
bar
n. 灑吧
station
n. 車站，火車站
porter
n. 收票員
catch (caught, caught)
v. 趕上
miss
v. 錯過
參考譯文
喬 治：買兩張到倫敦的往返票。
下一班火車什么時候開？
服務員：8點19分。
喬 治：在哪個站台？
服務員：2號站台。過天橋。
肯：下一班火車什么時候開？
喬 治：8點19分。
肯：我們時間還很寬裕。
喬 治：現在才7點57分。
肯：讓我們去喝點東西吧，
車站旁有一個酒吧。
喬 治：肯，我們現在最好回車站去。
收票員：請把車票拿出來。
喬 治：我們要乘8點19分的車去倫敦。
收票員：你們剛好錯過了那班車。
喬 治：什么！現在只有8點15分。
收票員：對不起，先生，那個鍾慢了10分鍾。
喬 治：下一班車是什么時候？
收票員：5個小時以后！