You'd have a better chance of catching the train if you took a bus to the station instead of walking.
如果你不是步行而是乘公共汽车的话,那你就比较有可能赶上火车。
It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it.
那台割草机去年夏天就坏了,尽管我答应修,但一直没抽出时间,