实用口语对话 | “开会迟到”be late for the meeting

Conversation:

A: Where is everyone? We were supposed to start fifteen minutes ago.

大家都去哪儿了？我们本来15分钟前就要开始的。

B: Jo calledand said she’d be here in a sec. She said she got tied up with the client.

乔打电话说她一会儿就到，她说被一个客户缠住了。

C: Sorry, I’m late everyone. There was a huge traffic jam on the highway this morning.

大家不好意思，我迟到了。今天早上高速公路那儿发生了一起交通事故。

D: Morningeveryone! Were youstuck in traffic as well, Jess?There was a huge Pileup on the highway and traffic was backed up for miles.

大家早上好！杰斯，你也堵车了吗？高速公路那边撞车，交通堵了有几英里。

B: Scott just called and said that he’s running late. His last meeting ran over, but he’s on his way now.

斯科特刚刚打电话说他晚点到。他上个会议超时了，但是他现在在路上。

A: Guys, this is not acceptable. If I say the meeting starts at ten, the meeting starts at ten. Not ten-oh-one and definitely not ten twenty. All right,let’s get started. So the first thing Iwant to talk about is our..

各位，这真让人无法接受。如果我说会议十点开始，那就必须十点开始，不能10:01，更不能10:20。好了，现在开始。那么我要说的第一件事情是我们的。

E: I’m really sorry everyone. Iknow I’m late but really, it’s not my fault. I was getting a coffee at Starbucks and the line was way too long. I was waiting for twenty minutes to get my coffee.

真的很抱歉，各位，我知道我迟到了，但真的不是我的错。我去星巴克买了杯咖啡，队排的太长太长了，我等了20分钟才拿到咖啡。

be supposed to

（按照规则；传统或预期）应该...（强调客观意义上）

例句：

Weare supposed tobe quiet during a concert.

我们在听音乐会时应该保持安静。

Youare supposed tobehome before nine o’clock.

你应该在九点前到家。

get tied up

被...缠住

例句：

Sorry I’m late, honey.Igot tied upat the office.

抱歉，我迟到了，亲爱的。我在办公室一直很忙。

Iwas tied upon the phone all afternoon and didn’t get any workdone.

我整个下午都在打电话，没有完成任何工作。

Igot tied upin trafficon the way here.

我来的路上堵车了。

traffic jam

交通堵塞

ahuge/big traffic jam

例句：

We were stuck in atraffic jam.

我们遇上了交通堵塞。

pileup

连环相撞

ahuge/serious pileup

例句：

I wasdrivingin my carwhen I sawthepileup.

我正在开车，看到路上车连环相撞。

in a sec

马上；很快

=in a second

注意和in a minute的细微区别

be running late

迟到

例句：

Janeis running late, she’ll be here in ten minutes.

简要迟到了，她十分钟后到。

Traffic isreally bad, so I’m running late.

交通真的很糟糕，所以我要迟到了。

I’mrunning a bit late, so please start without me.

我有点晚了，所以请开始吧。

run over

延长

例句：

My meetingran overfifteen minutes.

我的会议延长了十五分钟。

stuck in traffic

堵在交通中了

例句：

Igot stuck intraffic.

我堵在路上了。

backed up formiles

堵了好几英里

例句：

The traffic isbacked up for miles.

交通堵了好几英里。

Pronunciation:

whereis everyone→rɪze

minutes ago→tsə

in asec→nə

tied up→də

with a→ðə

there was a→zə

jam onthe→mɑːnə

stuck intraffic as well→kɪ;kə

pileup onthe→pɑːnə

backed up→də

ran over→nəʊ

he’s onhis way→zɑːnɪ

this is not acceptable→sɪ;də

if I→faɪ

starts at→tsə

talk about→kə

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