新概念英语第一册095_Tickets please

Lesson 95: Tickets, please.

请把车票拿出来。

Watch the story and answer the question

1. Why did George and Ken miss the train?
   1. The clock in station is ten minutes slow.

Key words and expressions

• train 火车
• platform 站台
  • platform ticket 站台票
• plenty 大量
  • plenty of 许多，大量的(可数、不可数n.)
    • There's plenty of rain in the west of England.
    • We have plenty of vegetables.
• station 车站，火车站
• railway
  • a railway station/worker/company 火车站；铁路工人╱公司
• porter 收票员
• conductor n.（乐队等的）指挥；售票员，检票员；导体；<英>传导教育的引导者
• catch 赶上
• return tickets 往返票
  • round-trip ticket
  • single ticket = one-way ticket 单程票
• next door to ... 。。。的旁边、隔壁
  • There's a post office next door to the hairdresser's.
• had better 相当于情态动词，后边跟动词原型。表示最好做某事
  • We'd better be careful.
  • You'd better go to bed early.
• miss 错过；思念
  • miss the train/bus/flight
• slow/fast
  • ten minutes slow/fast 慢、快了十分钟
• In five hours' time! 5个小时之后
  • The next train will leave in five hours' time.
  • in two minutes' time 两分钟之后
  • in thress months' time 三个月之后
  • in four years' time 4年之后

Language points

1. George: Two return tickets to London, please. What time will the next train leave?
2. Attendant: At nineteen minutes past eight.
3. George: Which platform?
4. Attendant: Platform Two. Over the bridge.
5. Ken: What time will the next train leave?
   1. When will the next train leave?
6. George: At eight nineteen.
7. Ken: We've got plenty of time.
   1. have got 有
8. George: It's only three minutes to eight.
   1. It's only seven fifty-seven.
9. Ken: Let's go and have a drink. There's a bar next door to the station.
   1. Let's go and see a film.
10. George: We had better go back to the station now, Ken.
11. Porter: Tickets, please.
12. George: We want to catch the eight nineteen to London.
13. Porter: You've just missed it!
14. George: What! It's only eight fifteen.
15. Porter: I'm sorry, sir. That clock's ten minutes slow.
16. George: When's the next train?
17. Porter: In five hours' time!

Sentence patterns

When did ...? When will ...?

1. When did they fly to Guangzhou?
2. They flew there three days ago.
3. When will they return to Beijing?
4. They'll return in four days' time.

Lesson 96: What's the exact time?

确切的时间是几点？

Pattern drill

1. Athens 雅典（希腊首都）
   1. When did you arrive in Athens?
   2. I arrived in Athens two days ago.
   3. When will you return to Moscow?
   4. I'll return to Moscow in two days' time.
2. Beijing
3. Berlin
   1. A plane left for Berlin three hours ago.
   2. What about the next plane?
   3. It will leave for Berlin in three hours' time.
4. Bombay 孟买
5. Geneva 日内瓦（瑞士西南部城市）
   1. A train left for Geneva an hour ago.
   2. What about the next train?
   3. It will leave for Geneva in an hour's time.
6. London
7. Madrid
   1. When did Tom and Sally come to Madrid?
   2. They came to Madrid a week ago.
   3. When will they fly to Seoul?
   4. They'll fly to Seoul in a week's time.
8. Moscow
9. New York
10. Paris
11. Rome 罗马（意大利首都）
    1. Alice flew to Rome five weeks ago.
    2. What about you?
    3. I shall fly to Rome in five weeks' time.
12. Seoul 汉城，首尔（韩国首都）
13. Stockholm 斯德哥尔摩（瑞典首都）
    1. Tom flew to Stockholm two weeks ago.
    2. What about Penny?
    3. She will fly to Stockholm in two weeks' time.
14. Sydney
15. Tokyo
    1. Frank and Alan returned to Tokyo four days ago.
    2. What about you and Jean?
    3. We shall return to Tokyo in four days' time.