早安英文 第414期:迟到道歉不要只会说sorry!

 　　punctual¹ adj.准时的

　　unusually adv.异乎寻常地

　　stuck in traffic 堵在路上

　　Do you think you're a punctual man?

　　你觉得你是一个守时的人吗？

　　Sometimes you are sick, or sometimes you are stuck in traffic, so that you are late for work or a meeting.

　　有时候生病或者堵车这种情况，导致你上班或开会迟到。

　　It's really necessary that you should explain why you cannot make it on time.

　　所以解释一下你为什么不能准时到就很有必要啦！

　　Running late this morning?

　　今天早上又迟到了？

　　What held you up this morning?

　　今天早上是什么事情耽搁你延误你了呢？

　　You have been late 3 times in the last 2 weeks. Is this going to be a continual² problem?

　　你这两周已经迟到3次了，还能不能行了？

　　I'm terribly sorry.

　　十分抱歉。

　　Traffic was unusually bad today.

　　今天真的是异常地堵！

　　I got stuck in every light this morning.

　　每个红绿灯的地方都等好久，堵很久。

　　I had a dentist appointment³ this morning and it was longer than I expected.

　　今天早上约了看牙医，花了比预计更长的时间。

　　I didn't feel well this morning, so I got up a little bit later than usual.

　　我今天早上不太舒服，所以比平时起得晚了点。

1 punctual   

adj.严格守时的；正确的，精确的；点状的

参考例句：

• I have to go now because I must be punctual for class.我现在不得不走了，因为我得准时去上课。
• If you are punctual you are not late.如果你严守时间，你就不会迟到。

2 continual   

adj.不间断的，不停的；多次重复的，频频的

参考例句：

• I am tired of this continual rain.不停的下雨使我厌倦。
• He has continual arguments with his father.他屡次跟他父亲争论。

3 appointment   

n.约会，指定

参考例句：

• I have an appointment with him at four o'clock.我和他四点钟有个约会。
• They made an appointment for the second day of May.他们在五月二号有个约会。