新概念第一冊(cè)Lesson95Tickets,please.請(qǐng)把車票拿出來(lái)

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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!
    參考譯文
    喬 治:買兩張到倫敦的往返票。
     下一班火車什么時(shí)候開(kāi)?
    服務(wù)員:8點(diǎn)19分。
    喬 治:在哪個(gè)站臺(tái)?
    服務(wù)員:2號(hào)站臺(tái)。過(guò)天橋。
     肯:下一班火車什么時(shí)候開(kāi)?
    喬 治:8點(diǎn)19分。
     肯:我們時(shí)間還很寬裕。
    喬 治:現(xiàn)在才7點(diǎn)57分。
     肯:讓我們?nèi)ズ赛c(diǎn)東西吧,
     車站旁有一個(gè)酒吧。
    喬 治:肯,我們現(xiàn)在回車站去。
    收票員:請(qǐng)把車票拿出來(lái)。
    喬 治:我們要乘8點(diǎn)19分的車去倫敦。
    收票員:你們剛好錯(cuò)過(guò)了那班車。
    喬 治:什么!現(xiàn)在只有8點(diǎn)15分。
    收票員:對(duì)不起,先生,那個(gè)鐘慢了10分鐘。
    喬 治:下一班車是什么時(shí)候?
    收票員:5個(gè)小時(shí)以后!