James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from Pakistan, and the difficulty they had 1 in England．The play was very 2 , and it was bought by an American TV company．
James was 3 to go to New York to help．He lived in Dulwich, which was an hour's ride away from Heathrow Airport．The flight was to leave at 8∶30 a.m, 4 he had to be at the airport at about 7∶30 in the morning．
He ordered 5 for 6∶30, set his alarm clock for 5∶45, and went to sleep． 6 he forgot to wind(给钟上发条)the clock, and it stopped soon after he 7 ．Also the driver of the taxi had to 8 deep into the night and overslept．
James 9 with that terrible feeling that something was wrong．He 10 his alarm clock．It stood there silently, 11 the hands pointing to ten past twelve．He turned on 12 and discovered that it was 13 ten to nine．He switched on the electric kettle(水壶)．
He was just about to pour the boiling water into the teapot 14 the nine o'clock pips(报时信号)sounded 15 the radio．The announcer began to read the news…“ 16 are coming in of a crash near Heathrow Airport．A Boeing 707 leaving for New York crashed soon after 17 this morning．Flight number 2234…” James 18 ．“That's my 19 ,” he said out loud, “If I hadn't 20 , I would have been on that plane．”