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 took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.
他花了不少时间把长长的橡胶管接到铺设在码头周围的空气供应管上,最后他终于把它们连接起来,工作因而进展得更快。