英語流利說 Level3 Unit1 Part1 Listening:An Unusual Day & Bus Schedule

An Unusual Day

Kathy usually gets up at 6:30, but this morning she didn't hear her alarm.

As a result, she over slept.

She didn't get up until 7:00, 30 minutes later than usual.

As a result, she didn't have time to cook breakfast for her children.


Why did she oversleep? She didn't hear her alarm.

Why didn't she cook breakfast? She didn't have time.


Today Kathy and her kids left home early.

They usually leave home at 7:30, but today they left at 7:15.

They left early because they had to buy breakfast on their way to school.


What time did they leave home? They left home at 7:15.


It usually takes 45 minutes to drive her kids to school, but today it took longer.

It took them longer because they stopped for breakfast along the way.

It took 15 minutes for them to have breakfast.

They ate at a little coffee shop along the side of the road.


How long does she usually take to drive her kids to school? It usually takes 45 minutes.


After eating breakfast, they got back into their car.

On most days, the traffic isn't too bad in the morning.

But this morning, it was much worse than usual.

The cars were moving very slowly.

As a result, it took them longer than usual to get to school.


What did they do after eating breakfast? They got back into their car.

The traffic was much worse than usual.

They had to buy breakfast on their way to school.

She overslept because she didn't hear her alarm.


One of her children got to school on time, but the other two were late.

They were late because their schools are farther away.

They were both 10 minutes late to school.


How many of her children were late to school? two of them


When Kathy finally got home, she cleaned her house as usual.

She vacuumed the living room and cleaned the bathroom.

Then she talked to her friend on the phone as usual.

When she finished talking with her friend, she got into her car.

She put the key into the ignition and tried to start the engine.

But her car's engine didn't start.

Her car battery was dead, so she had to call for help.


Why did she have to call for help? to get a new battery


After getting a new battery for her car, the engine started.

Then Kathy drove to the mall to meet her friend.

She arrived at the mall an hour late, but her friend was waiting for her.

They had lunch together, and then they went shopping.

They both bought new shoes and some things for their kids.

Kathy bought a new tie for her husband.


What did they do after having lunch? They went shopping.


It's now 3 o'clock, and everything is going as usual.

Kathy doesn't want anything else to go wrong.

She wants the rest of the day to go as usual.

She doesn't want any more surprises.

And tomorrow, she won't oversleep.

She never wants to oversleep again!


What doesn't Kathy want? more surprise

After eating lunch, they went shopping.

Bus Schedule

Here is a bus schedule at a bus stop.

On most days, the buses come on schedule, but sometimes they don't.

Yesterday, for example, several buses were late.

This is because the traffic yesterday was much heavier than usual.


What happened yesterday? Several buses were late.


Bus No.38 was supposed to come at 8:40, but it was 5 minutes late.

It didn't come until 8:45.

Bus No.60 was supposed to come at 8:30.

But yesterday it didn't come until 8:40.

It was 10 minutes late.

Not one bus came early.


How many buses came early? Not one bus came early.


As a result of the delays, one man got on the wrong bus.

He wanted to go to the airport, so he wanted to get on Bus No.38.

He expected it to come at 8:40.

Instead, he got on Bus No.60, which came at 8:40.

He didn't notice that it was the wrong bus.

It didn't go to the airport.

As a result, he missed his flight.


What time was bus No.38 supposed to come? 8:40

Which bus did the?man want to take? He?wanted bus No.38.

Several buses were late yesterday.

The traffic was much heavier than usual.

He missed his flight because he got on the wrong bus.

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