Level3.Unit1 Part1
作者：Ding Ming
Listening: An Unusual Day
Kathy usually gets up at 6:30, but this morning, she didn’t hear her alarm.
As a result, she overslept.睡得太久，睡过头( oversleep的过去式和过去分词)
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.despicable
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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 becau 2020小学几号开学they had to buy breakfast on their way to school.juru
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It usually takes 45 minutes to drive her kids to school, but today it took longer.
It took them longer becau 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.
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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 wor than usual.
The cars were moving very slowly.
As a result, it took them longer than usual to get to school.
The traffic was much wor than usual.
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One of her children got to school on time, but the other two were late.
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simsimThey were late becau their schools are farther away.
They were both about 10 minutes late to school.
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When Kathy finally got home, she cleaned her hou as usual.
She vacuumed the living room and cleaned the bathroom.
vacuumed:用真空吸尘器清扫（vacuum的过去式形式）
vacuum: n.真空;空白;空虚;清洁 v.用真空吸尘器清扫
Then she talked with 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.发动机
But her car’s engine didn’t start.
Her car battery was dead, so she had to call for help.
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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.
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It’s now 3:00 and everything is going as usual.
Kathy doesn’t want anything el to go wrong.
She wants the rest of the day to go as usual.
She doesn’t want any more surpris.
And tomorrow she won’t oversleep.
She never wants to oversleep again.
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Her friend was waiting for her at the mall.
Listening: Bus Schedule
Here is a bus schedule at a bus stop.
On most days, the bus come on schedule, but sometimes they don’t.
Yesterday, for example, veral bus were late.
This is becau the traffic yesterday was much heavier than usual.
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Bus No.38 was suppod to come at 8:40, but it was 5 minutes late.
It didn’t come until 8:45.
Bus No.60 was suppod to come at 8:30.
But yesterday it didn’t come until 8:40.
It was 10 minutes late.
Not one bus came early.
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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.
inbrandHe didn’t notice that it was the wrong bus.
It didn’t go to the airport.
As a result, he misd his flight.
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Vocabulary: Activities & Food
Weddings are where two people get married.
This man and woman are getting married.
The building in the middle is an office building.
Many people come to work here during the week.
