You’re late, you’re flustered and in a panic about how your boss is going to react when you get to work or how your mother-in-law is going to feel about you missing the birthday cake. We’ve all been late at one point in our lives and it’s important to have a store of excuses for when you are in trouble!

你遲到了，你很慌亂，擔(dān)心你的老板會在你上班時做出什么反應(yīng)，或者你的婆婆會對你錯過生日蛋糕有什么感覺。在我們的生活中，我們都遲到了，當(dāng)你遇到麻煩的時候，有一大堆借口是很重要的!

These excuses that we have ever so graciously put together for you will get you out of any situation you’re put in. Be careful not to use them too often though, people will start realising that you are making up excuses! The other option of course is to be on time and punctual, but who really has the time and the patience to do that?

我們?yōu)槟憔�心編造的這些借口將使你擺脫任何處境。但是要小心不要經(jīng)常使用，人們會開始意識到你在編造借口!另一個選擇當(dāng)然是準(zhǔn)時，但是誰真正有時間和耐心去做呢?

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Let’s take a look at the categories by which we are going to classify our excuses:

讓我們來看看我們將根據(jù)哪些類別來對借口進行分類：

Traffic

交通

Family problems

家庭問題

Alarm clock

鬧鐘

Public transport

公共交通

Car problems

汽車問題

Police problems

警察問題

Doctor’s appointment

醫(yī)生預(yù)約

Weather

天氣

There will be new terms in each dialogue that will be put in bold. Then at the end of the dialogue we will explain the terms one by one.

每一個對話中都會有一些粗體字。然后在對話結(jié)束時，我們將逐一解釋這些術(shù)語。

So, let’s get started!

所以，我們開始吧!

Traffic

交通

Traffic can ruin anyone’s day.

交通會毀了任何人的一天。

If you have to drive long distances to get to work it’s likely that you will run into traffic, which is when cars, buses and other vehicles have to form long lines due to the amount of people trying to use the roads. You can spend hours of your life sat in traffic, isn’t that sad?

如果你要開很長的路去上班，很可能會遇到交通堵塞，也就是說，汽車、公共汽車和其他車輛必須排起長隊，因為要使用道路的人太多了。你可以花上幾個小時坐在車流中，不是嗎?

So, if you don’t want to cycle or walk to work here is a sample dialog of an excuse using traffic.

所以，如果你不想騎車或步行上班，這里有一個使用交通工具的借口的示例對話框。

RIA: DAMIAN, YOU’RE 20 MINUTES LATE!

莉亞：達米安，你遲到了20分鐘!

DAMIAN: YEAH, I’M SORRY RIA, I GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC.

戴米安：是的，對不起，瑞亞，我堵車了。

RIA: STUCK IN TRAFFIC? ARE YOU SURE YOU DIDN’T JUST LEAVE LATE?

里婭：堵車?你確定你不只是遲到嗎?

DAMIAN: HONESTLY! I TAKE THE MOTORWAY TO WORK AND IT WAS COMPLETELY GRIDLOCKED. IT’S BECAUSE I HAVE TO TRAVEL IN RUSH HOUR.

達米安：說實話!我走高速公路去上班，交通完全堵塞了。因為我得在高峰時間旅行。

RIA: HM, WELL I STILL THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BE LEAVING EARLIER. THIS IS THE SIXTH TIME THIS MONTH THAT YOU’VE BEEN LATE AND IT’S NOT ACCEPTABLE.

瑞亞：嗯，我還是覺得你應(yīng)該早點走。這是你這個月第六次遲到，這是不可接受的。

DAMIAN: COME ON RIA, WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT TRAFFIC? IT’S NOT MY FAULT!

達米安：來吧，瑞亞，我能怎么處理交通問題?這不是我的錯!

RIA: THAT’S TRUE, BUT PLEASE TRY TO PLAN AHEAD FOR TRAFFIC INCIDENTS IN FUTURE.

RIA:是的，但是請盡量提前為將來的交通事故做好準(zhǔn)備。

DAMIAN: OKAY, I WILL GET UP EARLIER AND I WILL TRY TO LISTEN TO THE TRAFFIC UPDATES ON THE RADIO BEFORE I LEAVE. THAT WAY I CAN PLAN AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE IF I NEED TO.

戴米安：好的，我會早點起床，在離開之前我會試著聽收音機里的交通動態(tài)。這樣，如果我需要的話，我可以計劃另一條路線。

RIA: THAT SOUNDS GOOD, DAMIAN, THANK YOU.

聽起來不錯，達米安，謝謝。

DAMIAN: YOU’RE WELCOME, RIA, I APOLOGISE.

達米安：不客氣，瑞亞，我道歉。

traffic vocabulary words

交通詞匯

Stuck in traffic

堵車

When you have to drive slowly or stop because of the number of vehicles on the road.

當(dāng)你因為路上的車輛太多而不得不慢行或停車時。

Motorway

高速公路

A large road that is designed for lots of vehicles to travel at high speed.

為許多車輛高速行駛而設(shè)計的一條大路。

Gridlocked

陷入僵局

When traffic is so bad that cars cannot move.

當(dāng)交通狀況很糟糕，汽車無法行駛時。

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