An Unusual Day一个不寻常的一天
Kathy usually gets up at 6:30, but this morning she didn't hear her alarm.凯西通常六点半起床，但是今天早上她没有听到闹钟响
As a result, she over slept.结果，她睡过头了。
She didn't get up until 7:00, 30 minutes later than usual.她直到七点才起床，比平时晚了30分钟。
As a result, she didn't have time to cook breakfast for her children.结果，她没有时间为她的孩子做早餐。
Today Kathy and her kids left home early.今天凯西和她的孩子们很早就离开家了。
They usually leave home at 7:30, but today they left at 7:15.他们通常7点半离开家，但今天7点15分离开。
They left early because they had to buy breakfast on their way to school.他们很早就走了，因为在上学的路上他们不得不买早餐。
It usually takes 45 minutes to drive her kids to school, but today it took longer.开车送孩子上学通常要45分钟，但今天要花更长时间。
It took them longer because they stopped for breakfast along the way.他们花了更长的时间，因为他们中途停下来吃早饭。
It took 15 minutes for them to have breakfast.他们花了15分钟吃早餐。
They ate at a little coffee shop along the side of the road.他们在路边的一家小咖啡店里吃饭。
After eating breakfast, they got back into their car.吃完早饭，他们回到车上。
On most days, the traffic isn't too bad in the morning.在大多数日子里，早上的交通不是很糟糕。
But this morning, it was much worse than usual.但是今天早上，情况比往常更糟。
The cars were moving very slowly.汽车行驶得很慢。
As a result, it took them longer than usual to get to school.结果，他们花了比平时更长的时间到达学校。
The traffic was much worse than usual.交通比平时糟糕得多。
They had to buy breakfast on their way to school.他们不得不在上学的路上买早餐
She overslept because she didn't hear her alarm.她睡过头了，因为她没听见闹钟响
One of her children got to school on time, but the other two were late.她的一个孩子准时到了学校，但另外两个孩子迟到了。
They were late because their schools are farther away.他们迟到了，因为他们的学校离这儿远。
They were both about 10 minutes late to school.他们俩上学都迟到了10分钟。
When Kathy finally got home, she cleaned her house as usual.凯西终于到家了，她像往常一样打扫房子。
She vacuumed the living room and cleaned the bathroom.她用吸尘器清扫客厅和浴室。
Then she talked to her friend on the phone as usual.然后她像往常一样和她的朋友通电话。
When she finished talking with her friend, she got into her car.当她和朋友谈完话后，她上了车。
She put the key into the ignition and tried to start the engine.她把钥匙插进点火装置，试图发动引擎。
But her car's engine didn't start.但是她的车的引擎没有启动。
Her car battery was dead, so she had to call for help.她的汽车电池没电了，所以她不得不求助。
After getting a new battery for her car, the engine started.给她的汽车换了新电池后，引擎发动了。
Then Kathy drove to the mall to meet her friend.然后凯西开车去商场接她的朋友
She arrived at the mall an hour late, but her friend was waiting for her.她晚到了一个小时，但她的朋友正在等她。
They had lunch together, and then they went shopping.他们一起吃午饭，然后去购物。
They both bought new shoes and some things for their kids.他们都买了新鞋和一些东西给他们的孩子。
Kathy bought a new tie for her husband.凯西给她丈夫买了一条新领带
It's now 3 o'clock, and everything is going as usual.现在是3点钟了，一切照常进行。
Kathy doesn't want anything else to go wrong.凯西不想出任何差错。
She wants the rest of the day to go as usual.她想让今天剩下的时间像往常一样去。
She doesn't want any more surprises.她不想再有惊喜了。
And tomorrow, she won't oversleep.明天，她就不会睡过头了。
She never wants to oversleep again!她再也不想睡过头了!
After eating lunch, they went shopping.午饭后，他们去购物。
Bus Schedule公共汽车时刻表
Here is a bus schedule at a bus stop.这是汽车站的公共汽车时刻表
On most days, the buses come on schedule, but sometimes they don't.在大多数日子里，公共汽车准时到达，但有时却不准时。
Yesterday, for example, several buses were late.例如，昨天几辆公共汽车晚点了
This is because the traffic yesterday was much heavier than usual.这是因为昨天的交通比平时拥挤得多
Bus No.38 was supposed to come at 8:40, but it was 5 minutes late.38路公共汽车本该在8点40分到达，但晚了5分钟。
It didn't come until 8:45.直到8:45才来。
Bus No.60 was supposed to come at 8:30.60路公共汽车应该八点半来。
But yesterday it didn't come until 8:40.但是昨天它直到8:40才来。
It was 10 minutes late.晚了10分钟。
Not one bus came early.没有一辆公共汽车早来。
As a result of the delays, one man got on the wrong bus.由于耽搁，一个人上错了车。
He wanted to go to the airport, so he wanted to get on Bus No.38.他想去机场，所以他想上38路公共汽车。
He expected it to come at 8:40.他希望它在8点40分到达。
Instead, he got on Bus No.60, which came at 8:40.相反，他上了8点40分来的60路公共汽车。
He didn't notice that it was the wrong bus.他没有注意到那是错的公共汽车。
It didn't go to the airport.它没有去机场。
As a result, he missed his flight.结果，他错过了航班。
Several buses were late yesterday.昨天有几辆公共汽车晚点。
The traffic was much heavier than usual.交通比平时拥挤得多。
He missed his flight because he got on the wrong bus他错过了航班，因为他上错了车