Tickets, please.
新概念英语－听录音，并回答问题
Why did George and Ken miss the train?为什么乔治和肯误了火车？
新概念英语－课文
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!
新概念英语－单词与短语
return
[ri'tə:n]
n.
往返
train
[trein]
n.
火车
platform
['plætfɔ:m]
n.
站台
plenty
['plenti]
n.
大量
bar
[bɑ:]
n.
酒吧
station
['steiʃən]
n.
车站，火车站
catch
[kætʃ]
v.
赶上
miss
[mis]
v.
错过
新概念英语－翻译
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！