Pretty good, but I got caught in a traffic jam in Beijing.
很好,不过在北京碰上了交通阻塞。
The movie began as soon as we got there.
我们一到那儿电影就开始了。
since her parents had impressed upon her that it would be unforgivable to miss it and cause the friends with whom she was going to stay to make two journeys to meet her.