EP 0113The Office
Sorry I’m Late
Where is everyone? We were supposed to start fifteen minutes ago!
Jo called and said she’d be here in a sec. She said she got tied up with a client.
Sorry I’m late everyone. There was a huge traffic jam on the highway this morning.
Morning everyone! Were you stuck in traffic as well, Jess? There was a huge pileup on the highway and traffic was backed up for miles.
Scott just called and said that he’s running late. His last meeting ran over, but he’s on his way now.
Guys, this is not acceptable. If I say the meeting starts at ten, the meeting starts at ten. Not tenoh-one! And definitely not ten-ten! All right. Let’s get started. So the first thing I want to talk about is our...
I’m really sorry, everyone! I know 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!
核心词汇
backed upverb
blocked so you can’t move forward
get tied upphrase
became busy; unable to leave
running lateverb
going to be late
run oververb
to go beyond a limit
stuck in trafficphrase
so may cars on the road that you can not drive or move forward
in a secphrase
soon
hugeAdjective
very big
traffic jamcommon noun, singular
a lot of cars stopped from moving
pileupcommon noun, singular
an accident where many cars crash into each other
拓展词汇
punctual behind scheduleAdjective
the quality of always being on time later than planed; late
sleep inverb
sleep later than planned
tardinessAdjective
the quality of often being late
hustleverb
move very quickly