L37 The Westhaven Express

新概念英语3when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs

L37 The Westhaven Express

• myth
  • we have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual
    • develop an unshakable faith in railway timetable
      • ships may be delayed by storms
      • flights may be cancelled because of bad weather
      • trains must on time, only an exceptionally heavy snowfall might temporarily dislocate railway services
• fact
  • when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs
• an example of fact
  • beginning
    • I noted with satisfaction that there was an express train to Westhaven which only takes me a mere hour and seventeen minutes
  • development
    • board the train
      • a great many local people got on as well who wished to take advantage of this excellent service
    • a tiny station a few miles along the line
      • the train stopped at Wildley , which can be held up by signals
    • when the train which chug along at thirty dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder
    • after one hour and seventeen minutes, we had not covered half the distance
  • climax
    • I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it
    • I talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven and he denied the train's existence
    • I borrowed his copy of the timetable and there was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white
  • ending
    • this service has been suspended

L37 The Westhaven Express

• myth
  • we have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual
    • develop an unshakable faith in railway timetable
      • ships may be delayed by storms
      • flights may be cancelled because of bad weather
      • trains must on time, only an exceptionally heavy snowfall might temporarily dislocate railway services
• fact
  • when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs
• an example of fact
  • beginning
    • I noted with satisfaction that there was an express train to Westhaven which only takes me a mere hour and seventeen minutes
  • development
    • board the train
      • a great many local people got on as well who wished to take advantage of this excellent service
    • a tiny station a few miles along the line
      • the train stopped at Wildley , which can be held up by signals
    • when the train which chug along at thirty dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder
    • after one hour and seventeen minutes, we had not covered half the distance
  • climax
    • I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it
    • I talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven and he denied the train's existence
    • I borrowed his copy of the timetable and there was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white
  • ending
    • this service has been suspended