Laurance-When did you get here？
Soony- Just a few minutes ago.
Ikea- We've been waiting for almost an hour.
Soony- I'm sorry， but I had car trouble——a flat tire.
Laurance-Oh. That's too bad. Couldn't you have telephoned？
Soony- I was going to， but I didn't have any change for a pay phone.
Ikea- You could have gotten some change in a store.
Soony- Not really. The tire went flat out on the edge of town. There wasn't any place to call from.
Ikea- WelL at least you're here now. No need to wait any longer. So let's get started！
注解：
a flat tire：輪胎癟了
Could you have telephoned？此句用虛擬語氣，有"你該做而沒有做"的責(zé)備之意。
change：零錢。這里指硬幣。
a pay phone：公用電話。公用電話是收費(fèi)的，所以也稱a pay phone.
went flat=became flat，went 在這里是系動(dòng)詞。
get started（口語）=begin work
Soony- Just a few minutes ago.
Ikea- We've been waiting for almost an hour.
Soony- I'm sorry， but I had car trouble——a flat tire.
Laurance-Oh. That's too bad. Couldn't you have telephoned？
Soony- I was going to， but I didn't have any change for a pay phone.
Ikea- You could have gotten some change in a store.
Soony- Not really. The tire went flat out on the edge of town. There wasn't any place to call from.
Ikea- WelL at least you're here now. No need to wait any longer. So let's get started！
注解：
a flat tire：輪胎癟了
Could you have telephoned？此句用虛擬語氣，有"你該做而沒有做"的責(zé)備之意。
change：零錢。這里指硬幣。
a pay phone：公用電話。公用電話是收費(fèi)的，所以也稱a pay phone.
went flat=became flat，went 在這里是系動(dòng)詞。
get started（口語）=begin work