3.1.1-1 An Unusual Day

课文重点：一般过去时的学习

一般过去时常与yestaday ,  six month ago  , last year 连用。

动词过去式：规则变化形式：

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

As a reault, she overslept.

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.

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.

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.

After 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.

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 about 10 minutes late to school.

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

She vacuumed the living room and cleaned the bathroom.

(vacuumed:用真空吸尘器清扫;vacuum的过去式)

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

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

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

她把钥匙插进点火开关，试图启动发动机。

But her car's engine didn't start.

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

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.

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!

Bus Schedule

Here is the 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.

How was the traffic yesterday?

Bus No.38 were supposed to come at 8:50, but it was 5 minutes late.

It didn't come until 8:55.

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 late was bus No.60?

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 they'll 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.

Which bus came at 8:40?

Why did the man miss his flight?

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