请翻译下面短文,请不要用翻译工具.谢谢Donna was waiting in the lobby at 9:00 am. We had settled on this time because we figured that traffic would be lighter -- the number one item of conversation inthe area seems to be traffic Except for a lunch break we worked tirelessly until about 4:30 pm and then headed back to the hotel trying to avoid traffic but that was not to be It had been raining most of the day and by the time we got on the freeway traffic wasat a standstil

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请翻译下面短文,请不要用翻译工具.谢谢
Donna was waiting in the lobby at 9:00 am. We had settled on this time because we figured that traffic would be lighter -- the number one item of conversation inthe area seems to be traffic Except for a lunch break we worked tirelessly until about 4:30 pm and then headed back to the hotel trying to avoid traffic but that was not to be It had been raining most of the day and by the time we got on the freeway traffic wasat a standstill. While it had only taken about 20 minutes to get from Yorba Linda to Fullerton inthe morning it took us a full hour to make the return trip New Practical English 3(Second Edition)General WritingA very kind man by the name of A. J. Teschen volunteered to drive outfrom LA to Yorba Linda bring us to the show and take us homeafterwards. Little did we know when this arrangement was made that itwould take him over two hours to get to the hotel and take us another hourand fifteen minutes to make the return We arrived atthe show about 15minutes late missing the first two songs of Annes show.None of us had eaten since about 2:00 pm so when the show endedaround 10:30 pm A. J. could think of only one restaurant inthe area thatwe could count on to be open at that hour on a Monday New Practical English 3(Second Edition)General Writingnight - CANTORS which turned out to be a typical New York stylerestaurant The sandwiches were huge and delicious and theconversation was just as heartening. The drive back to the hotel was thankfully uneventful except fora slight delay caused by a one-car accident about halfway. It was wellpast midnight when we got back - and our driver still had another 45-minute drive back home