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A1-54 / CEFR A1 / EPISODE 54

What Time Is It?

Asking the time and platform

SceneTrying to catch the next train.

Tina pulls Frank along through a station beneath a large clock.
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STORY English with optional Japanese translations

Narrator

Tina and Frank are at Tokyo Station during their trip to Japan. They want to catch the next train.

日本旅行中、ティナとフランクは東京駅にいる。二人は次の電車に間に合わせたい。

Tina01

Excuse me. What time is it?

すみません。今何時ですか？

Stranger02

It's three o'clock.

3時ですよ。

Tina03

Thank you! Frank — our train is at three oh five!

ありがとう！フランク——電車は3時5分よ！

Frank04

We only have five minutes.

あと5分しかない。

Tina05

Which platform? Where do we go?

どのホーム？どこへ行くの？

Frank06

Platform two. This way. Follow me.

2番ホーム。こっちだ。ついてきて。

Tina07

Wait — why are you walking so slow?!

待って——なんでそんなにゆっくり歩くの？！

Frank08

I do not run. I was built for walking.

僕は走らない。歩くために作られたんだ。

Tina09

Then walk faster!

じゃあ、もっと速く歩いて！

Frank10

Okay! Fast walking. I can do that.

速歩き。それならできる。

WORDS & CONTEXT

Words & context

“three oh five”

The time 3:05 is read three oh five. For single-digit minutes from 01 to 09, the zero is pronounced oh. For an exact hour, say three o'clock, as in line 2.

“Then walk faster!” / “Fast walking. I can do that.”

Here then means "in that case," and faster means more quickly. Fast walking means walking quickly, and that in I can do that. refers to fast walking. The punchline is Frank's literal-minded honesty: he insists he does not run, but he happily agrees to walk fast.

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