Listen to the tape then answer this question: Why did George and Ken miss the train?
| GEORGE: | Two return tickets to London, please. 买两张到伦敦的往返票。 What time will the next train leave? 下一班火车什么时候开？ |
| ATTENDANT: | At nineteen minutes past eight. 8点19分。 |
| GEORGE: | Which platform? 在哪个站台？ |
| ATTENDANT: | Platform Two. 2号站台。 Over the bridge. 过天桥。 |
| KEN: | What time will the next train leave? 下一班火车什么时候开？ |
| GEORGE: | At eight nineteen. 8点19分。 |
| KEN: | We've got plenty of time. 我们的时间还很宽裕。 |
| GEORGE: | It's only three minutes to eight. 现在才7点57分。 |
| KEN: | Let's go and have a drink. 让我们去喝点东西吧。 There's a bar next door to the station. 车站旁边有一个酒吧。 |
| GEORGE: | We had better go back to the station now, Ken. 肯，我们现在最好回到车站去。 |
| PORTER: | Tickets, please. 请出示车票。 |
| GEORGE: | We want to catch the eight nineteen to London. 我们要乘8点19分的车去伦敦。 |
| PORTER: | You've just missed it! 你们刚好错过了那班车！ |
| GEORGE: | What! 什么！ It's only eight fifteen. 现在只有8点15分。 |
| PORTER: | I'm sorry, sir. 对不起，先生。 That clock's ten minutes slow. 那个时钟慢了10分钟。 |
| GEORGE: | When's the next train? 下一班车是什么时候？ |
| PORTER: | In five hours' time! 5个小时以后！ |