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　　Lesson 04 迟到

　　Being Late

　　01 Be sure not to clock on late or clock off early.

　　务必不要迟到或早退。

　　类似表达

　　Be sure not to be late or leave early. / You mustn't be late or leave early.

　　02 You are late by half an hour.

　　你迟到了半小时。

　　注意事项

　　这句话一般是上级对下级说的，说明对方迟到了多长时间，还可以说：You are half an hour late.

　　03 Chris is a good worker, and she has never been late for work.

　　克瑞斯是一个好员工，她上班从来没有迟到过。

　　语法提要

　　never在句中作频率副词，意思是“一次也没有”。短语be late for表示“因……迟到了”。

　　04 I'm so sorry for being late.

　　很抱歉我迟到了。

　　类似表达

　　I feel sorry for my lateness. / I apologize for being late. / I'm sorry I'm late.

　　05 Why are you always late for work?

　　你为什么总是上班迟到？

　　注意事项

　　这句话一般是上级对下级说的，含有警告的意思。如果你的领导对你说了这句话，那你就要小心了，以后尽量不要再迟到了，你的回答可以是：I'm very sorry. 千万不要找借口。

　　06 Don't make excuses for your late.

　　不要为你的迟到找借口。

　　类似表达 Don't excuse your lateness. / Don't find pretexts for your lateness.

　　07 My bus was late this morning.

　　今天早上公交车晚点了。

　　注意事项

　　Traffic was bad. / I overslept. / The alarm didn't go off. 等都是最常见的迟到理由。当领导问你为什么迟到时，你可以这么说，但是只能用一两次，多的话老板就会认为你是在找借口了。

　　08 Why are you so late?

　　你为什么这么晚？

　　类似表达 What made you so late? / What's reason of your late? / Why so late?

　　09 If you are late more than three times a week, you would be chucked out.

　　如果你一个月内迟到超过三次，你就会被开除。

　　词组释义 chuck out 开除

　　10 I swear I won't be late again.

　　我发誓再也不会迟到了。

　　单词释义 swear [sweə(r)] vt.&vi. 发誓，咒骂

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