George: Two return tickets to London please. What time will the next train leave?
Attendant: At nineteen minutes past eight.
George: Which platform?
Attendant: Platform Two. Over the bridge.
Ken: What time will the next train leave?
George: At eight nineteen.
Ken: We’ve got plenty of time.
George: It’s only three minutes to eight.
Ken: Let’s go and have a drink. There’s a bar next door to the station.
George: We had better go back to the station now, Ken.
Porter2: Tickets please.
George: We want to catch the eight nineteen to London.
Porter: You’ve just missed it!
George: What! It’s only eight fifteen.
Porter: I’m sorry, sir. That clock’s ten minutes slow.
George: When’s the next train?
Porter: In five hours’ time!
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plenty of, 充足的，足够的。
后面可跟可数名词或不可数名词。 -
ten minutes slow, 慢 10分钟； ten minutes fast, 快 10分钟。
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When's the next train?下一班车是什么时候？
这个句子是用来询问火车启程时间时常见的句型。 -
had better与 must
had better表示“最好还是”、“最好”，表达某种忠告或建议。
must则表示“必须”、“一定”，语气比 had better强烈。
had better表示现在时或将来时，而不是过去时。其否定形式为 had better not
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