James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from Pakistan．The play was 1 , and it was 2 an American TV company．
James was invited to go to New York to 3 the production．He lived in Dulwich, 4 is an hour's journey 5 Heathrow Airport．The flight 6 to leave at 8∶30 a．m．, so he had to be at the 7 about 7∶30 in the morning．
He 8 a taxi for 6∶30 a．m．He set his alarm clock for 5∶45, and went 9 Unfortunately he 10 to wind the clock, and it stopped 11 midnight．Also the driver of the taxi had to work very late that night and 12 ．
James woke with a terrible 13 that something was wrong．He 14 his alarm clock．It stood there 15 , with the hands pointing to ten past twelve．He turned 16 the radio and discovered that it was, in fact, ten to nine．Now the 17 began to read the news…“Reports are coming in of a crash(坠毁)near Heathrow Airport．A Boeing 707 18 New York crashed shortly after 19 this morning Flight number 2234…”James turned pale．“My flight,”he said out loud．“If I hadn't overslept, I would have been 20 ．”