每天早起匆忙赶地铁/公交的你,免不了会迟到。 “But, who cares?”看看下面这位小哥哥迟到后的态度: 今天的话题就是——迟到啦! (一)正式的会议要迟到了: I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it to our meeting on time. 我恐怕不能准时到会了。 Attention! 如果不小心把”on time” 去掉,就是“我来不了了”。 (二)正式的会议已经迟到了: Sorry to keep you waiting. 对不起让您久等了。 I’m so sorry for taking up more of your time. 很抱歉,我占用了您太多的时间。 完整的表达: Sorry to keep you waiting. Thank you for your flexibility. I really appreciated. 对不起让您久等了。感谢您的理解。非常感激。 (三)不太正式的会议要迟到: I’m sorry I’m running late. I’m sorry I’m a little bit late. 抱歉,我要迟到了。 I may be about 10 to 15 minutes late. 我可能会晚10到15分钟。 (四)迟到的借口理由: I’ve got caught up at work. 我有些事情要处理。 Something’s come up. 突然有急事。 I lost track of time. 我完全忘记时间了。 (honest mistake 不是故意的过错) It's too jammed ahead. 前面太堵了。 I overslept. This one is on me. 我睡过头了。我的错! (五)如何补救: I swear I’ll make it up to you. 我保证会做出弥补的。 Please forgive me, I promise I won't be late again. 请原谅,我保证不会再迟到了。 (六)要迟到了,催促别人: Hurry up, or we’ll be late. 快点儿,否则我们就迟到了。 It was all because of your dawdling that we were late. 都是你老磨蹭,害得我们迟到了。 (七)其它相关词汇: overdue 到期的 overdue account 逾期未付款 the latecomer迟到者 put off to… / postpone to…推迟到…… in time 及时,在恰好的时候 守时自然是很好的品质,但有时的确会有突发情况导致迟到。客气礼貌的回复是最好的补救方式。但若是故意“放鸽子”,小编认为是不可原谅的! stand somebody up 爽约,放某人鸽子 Well, I was afraid you would stand me up. 我担心你会放我鸽子。 Maureen was in a bad mood because she got stood up. Maureen因别人爽约而心情不好。 希望大家都不会有被放鸽子的时候。 —END— |
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