Uncle Harry works in a bookshop in the middle of the city.The shop is not far from his home.It's about one kilometer away.So Uncle Harry seldom goes to work by bus.He usually goes there by bike or twenty minutes on foot.Today his bike is broken.He wants to walk there.Now he is having breakfast.He leaves home at ten to eight.He walks to work twenty minutes earlier.His work starts at half past eight and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon.
kilometer[kɪˈlɑmɪtɚ, ˈkɪləˌmitɚ]:千米
minute[ˈmɪnɪt]:分钟
broken[ˈbroʊkən]:破碎的,(break的过去分词)
on foot:步行
by bus:坐公交
finish[ˈfɪnɪʃ]:结束
quarter[ˈkwɔ:rtə(r)]:刻钟,四分之一
quarter to five=4:45