Lesson 95 Ticket, please.
听录音，然后回答问题。Why did George and Ken miss the train?
为何乔治和肯误了火车？
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: Weve got plenty of time.
George: Its only three minutes to eight.
Ken: Lets go and have a drink. Theres 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: Youve just missed it!
George: What! Its only eight fifteen.
Porter: Im sorry, sir. That clocks ten minutes slow.
George: Whens the next train?
Porter: In five hours time!
New Word and expressions 生词和短语
return
n. 往返
train
n. 火车
platform
n. 站台
plenty
n. 很多
bar
n. 洒吧
station
n. 车站，火车站
porter
n. 收票员
catch (caught, caught)
v. 赶上
miss
v. 错过
参考译文
乔 治：买两张到伦敦的往返票。
下一班火车什么时间开？
员工：8点19分。
乔 治：在什么站台？
员工：2号站台。过天桥。
肯：下一班火车什么时间开？
乔 治：8点19分。
肯：大家时间还非常宽裕。
乔 治：目前才7点57分。
肯：让大家去喝点东西吧，
车站旁有一个夜店。
乔 治：肯，大家目前最好回车站去。
收票员：请把车票拿出来。
乔 治：大家要乘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！目前只有8点15分。
收票员：对不起，先生，那个钟慢了10分钟。
乔 治：下一班车是什么时间？
收票员：5个小时将来！
自学导读
1．plenty of, 充足的，足够的。
后面可跟可数名词或不可数名词。
2．ten minutes slow, 慢 10分钟； ten minutes fast, 快 10分钟。
3．When's the next train?下一班车是什么时间？
这个句子是用来询问火车启程时间时容易见到的句型。
语法 Grammar in use
had better与 must
had better表示最好还是、最好，表达某种忠告或建议。
must则表示需要、肯定，语气比 had better强烈。
had better表示目前时或以后时，而不是过去时。其否定形式为 had better not
词语学习 Word study
1．exact adj.
（1）精准的；确切的；恰好的：
What is the exact time?
确切时间是什么时间？
This vase is an exact replica.
这只花瓶是件非常巧妙的复制品。
It's the exact shape I've been looking for.
这恰好是我一直以来要探寻的形状。
（2）严格的；严厉的：
The workers must obey exact rules.
工大家需要遵守严格的规定。
2．catch v.
（1）赶上；准时赶到：
We must hurry if we want to catch the last train.
假如大家想赶上最后一班火车就需要快点。
Every morning she would catch the 7.30 train to town.
天天早上她都赶7点半的那班火车进城。
（2）听了解；理解：
I didn't catch what you said just now.
我没听了解你刚刚所说的话。
（3）引起（注意等）；吸引，迷住：
The bright colours on the wall caught our attention.
墙壁上鲜艳的颜色吸引了大家的注意力。
The beautiful view in front of me caught and held me.
我面前漂亮的景色把我迷住了。
训练答案 Key to written exercises
Lesson 96
A
1 I had better stay here.
2 We had better wait for him.
3 You had better call a doctor.
4 They had better go home.
5 She had better hurry.
6 You had better be careful.
B
1 I'll go to Sydney in a month's time.
2 The next train will leave for Geneva in an hour's time.
3 I'll fly to Beijing in two days' time.
4 Jean and I will go to London in an hour's time.
