and I promised to have lunch with both of them today.
我答应今天和他们共进午餐。
When the accident happened, I was cleaning the car.
当意外事故发生的时候,我在清理汽车。
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.