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Rowland is interviewing a commuter at a British station in London…

Rowland: Sir, can I ask you how often do you travel on British Rail?
Commuter: Uh, well during the week I use it everyday to go to work but not around here. I travel from Lewisham to the center of London during the week, just…
Rowland: So you are a commuter?
Commuter: I suppose so, yes. A short distance commuter. Yes.
Rowland: How long does the journey take?
Commuter: About twenty minutes generally, yes.
Rowland: Do the trains normally run on time??
Commuter: They’re normally fairly on time.
Commuter: But what annoys me most about that particular route and that particular service is that it is vastly overcrowded in the mornings.

Vocabulary:

Commuting 经常往返者
Traveling to work from home, or from home to work, other than by foot.

Normally 通常的 www.liuxuepaper.com
Usually or most of the time.

Fairly 相当地
Quite or so, so.

Vastly 广大地
Very, very, extremely.